Here is why the living dead, zombies, walking dead (whatever you call them) can't run!
By Edtrader Oct. 8th, 2021
George A Romero says zombies can't run!
He and his friends laid the groundwork for all things zombie, living dead, walking dead, or whatever you call them. They have made their mark on film history. For years, the undead were slow creatures but were as terrifying as anything could get. However, in modern films, the undead have been made less believable. This list will show why undead creatures couldn't run if science fiction became reality. While I'm at it, here's also why other famous undead creatures can't run.
George A Romero says zombies can't run!
He and his friends laid the groundwork for all things zombie, living dead, walking dead, or whatever you call them. They have made their mark on film history. For years, the undead were slow creatures but were as terrifying as anything could get. However, in modern films, the undead have been made less believable. This list will show why undead creatures couldn't run if science fiction became reality. While I'm at it, here's also why other famous undead creatures can't run.
#6. Ready to settle down.
It's commonly known that after a person dies, their blood settles and pools at the lowest point of the body. Zombies get up to walk, so it stands to reason that the blood will settle at their feet. Fill your shoes with a couple pounds of sand and see if it slows you down. It's the basic laws of gravity and liquids. Liquids follow the path of least resistance. And gravity would pull the blood down.
#5. Fresh staples and sowing.
Dr. Frankenstein sewed together various body parts to create his monster. After a surgery where they used staples and such, what does the doctor tell you? To take it easy as fresh staples and sowing can burst. That's the reason why the monster wouldn't be able to run. If he did, he'd fall apart.
#4. Vampires on the hunt.
Due to films such as Blade, vampires like to run after you and engage in Kung Fu battles. If what we called Dracula-style vampires (and not those role-playing people) existed, this wouldn't be the case. Vampires, by nature, are hunters. Searching for the pray that fills their need for blood. Stylized and systematic hunting is done with skill and patience.
Hunters out there, do you go running after a deer? No, you get a gun and find a position. Usually in a tree stand. Snipers don't run after their target. They find a position and use patience, waiting for the best shot. Vampires do the same thing for various reasons.
For one, that instant presence would give away to their prey where they were coming from. And the longer one's reaction time, the better one can either run or fight. Simply a vampire walking down the street won't be as easily seen as one that runs after you. Another reason is that a vampire has to hide their identity. So, someone who slowly and quietly feeds on can be disposed of.
#3. Mummy's curse.
The practice of mummification dates back to many cultures. Each with various similarities and differences. One common practice was to strengthen the body with things such as wood, sand, tree sap, and sand. This was done in order to better preserve the structure of the body.
The Egyptians would empty the head of the brain. Then fill it with sap to keep the skull from caving in.
Now if a mummy of theirs were to arise, the head could very well be heavier. So heavy that it could throw its balance off. The brain is spongy, feels fatty, and really doesn't weigh that much. So you now replace it with sap that even fills parts of the head that the brain doesn't. When a living person has just a little sinus pressure or water in their ears, it messes them up. Imagine tree sap filling all the space in your head!
Now you have to factor in that a mummy's legs are held in place by wood. Or filled with straw and/or mud between the skin and the bone. They used this to keep the legs straight and to maintain its appearance when alive. Just like what the Chinchoros were doing before the Egyptians. The Egyptians followed this practice, as did other cultures.
If a mummy were to come after it, it couldn't bend its knees. Imagine filling your pants with some kind of padding. Then you get two leg-length 2x4s and attach them to your legs. Making your legs firm and straight Now go run after somebody. I bet it slows you down!
#2. Will Power.
Part of the horror of the undead is that they were once us. whether they be zombies, mummies, vampires, or any other undead creature. They come back to life, but their personality is gone. Well, our personalities and willpower are what drive us to go for what we want. If things such as low self-esteem or depression make you want to lay in bed all day, just imagine if you had nothing at all going on in your head.
One could point out that hunger is what drives them. They are hungry, so they run to the food. For one, if that's the only case, they can eat each other. (no pun intended). Mummies, zombies, ghouls, and minions can't take any nourishment, so food can't drive them. Plus, I don't remember any mummy movies where the mummies ate anyone. Frankenstein's monster didn't eat the little girl. Only zombies have eaten people, but there is no proof that they need to eat. In The Walking Dead, for example, have they really told you why the undead eat you? Just in everyday terms, when you are hungry, do you run to the fridge as fast as a sprint runner? No, you get up and walk at a pleasurable pace.
Plus, it's a given that the brain is the only active organ in the body. That's why you must shoot a zombie in the head. Hunger is a combination of things in the brain and stomach. You can't kill an undead creature by shooting it in the gut. So, it stands to reason that the stomach isn't functioning. Without a functioning stomach, the brain wouldn't get the notion that the body needs food. You have nerves and a hormone called ghrelin that tells the brain that the stomach is empty.
#1. Woo, excuse me.
It's funny, but there's one thing that the movies get wrong about zombies. Imagine if an undead creature did run; they would fart all the way. Due to the decomposition of our organs, enzymes eat up our bodies. And a byproduct is awful gas. And at death, it is common for the body to show signs of bloating.
When you are bloated, do you get up and run around much?
It's commonly known that after a person dies, their blood settles and pools at the lowest point of the body. Zombies get up to walk, so it stands to reason that the blood will settle at their feet. Fill your shoes with a couple pounds of sand and see if it slows you down. It's the basic laws of gravity and liquids. Liquids follow the path of least resistance. And gravity would pull the blood down.
#5. Fresh staples and sowing.
Dr. Frankenstein sewed together various body parts to create his monster. After a surgery where they used staples and such, what does the doctor tell you? To take it easy as fresh staples and sowing can burst. That's the reason why the monster wouldn't be able to run. If he did, he'd fall apart.
#4. Vampires on the hunt.
Due to films such as Blade, vampires like to run after you and engage in Kung Fu battles. If what we called Dracula-style vampires (and not those role-playing people) existed, this wouldn't be the case. Vampires, by nature, are hunters. Searching for the pray that fills their need for blood. Stylized and systematic hunting is done with skill and patience.
Hunters out there, do you go running after a deer? No, you get a gun and find a position. Usually in a tree stand. Snipers don't run after their target. They find a position and use patience, waiting for the best shot. Vampires do the same thing for various reasons.
For one, that instant presence would give away to their prey where they were coming from. And the longer one's reaction time, the better one can either run or fight. Simply a vampire walking down the street won't be as easily seen as one that runs after you. Another reason is that a vampire has to hide their identity. So, someone who slowly and quietly feeds on can be disposed of.
#3. Mummy's curse.
The practice of mummification dates back to many cultures. Each with various similarities and differences. One common practice was to strengthen the body with things such as wood, sand, tree sap, and sand. This was done in order to better preserve the structure of the body.
The Egyptians would empty the head of the brain. Then fill it with sap to keep the skull from caving in.
Now if a mummy of theirs were to arise, the head could very well be heavier. So heavy that it could throw its balance off. The brain is spongy, feels fatty, and really doesn't weigh that much. So you now replace it with sap that even fills parts of the head that the brain doesn't. When a living person has just a little sinus pressure or water in their ears, it messes them up. Imagine tree sap filling all the space in your head!
Now you have to factor in that a mummy's legs are held in place by wood. Or filled with straw and/or mud between the skin and the bone. They used this to keep the legs straight and to maintain its appearance when alive. Just like what the Chinchoros were doing before the Egyptians. The Egyptians followed this practice, as did other cultures.
If a mummy were to come after it, it couldn't bend its knees. Imagine filling your pants with some kind of padding. Then you get two leg-length 2x4s and attach them to your legs. Making your legs firm and straight Now go run after somebody. I bet it slows you down!
#2. Will Power.
Part of the horror of the undead is that they were once us. whether they be zombies, mummies, vampires, or any other undead creature. They come back to life, but their personality is gone. Well, our personalities and willpower are what drive us to go for what we want. If things such as low self-esteem or depression make you want to lay in bed all day, just imagine if you had nothing at all going on in your head.
One could point out that hunger is what drives them. They are hungry, so they run to the food. For one, if that's the only case, they can eat each other. (no pun intended). Mummies, zombies, ghouls, and minions can't take any nourishment, so food can't drive them. Plus, I don't remember any mummy movies where the mummies ate anyone. Frankenstein's monster didn't eat the little girl. Only zombies have eaten people, but there is no proof that they need to eat. In The Walking Dead, for example, have they really told you why the undead eat you? Just in everyday terms, when you are hungry, do you run to the fridge as fast as a sprint runner? No, you get up and walk at a pleasurable pace.
Plus, it's a given that the brain is the only active organ in the body. That's why you must shoot a zombie in the head. Hunger is a combination of things in the brain and stomach. You can't kill an undead creature by shooting it in the gut. So, it stands to reason that the stomach isn't functioning. Without a functioning stomach, the brain wouldn't get the notion that the body needs food. You have nerves and a hormone called ghrelin that tells the brain that the stomach is empty.
#1. Woo, excuse me.
It's funny, but there's one thing that the movies get wrong about zombies. Imagine if an undead creature did run; they would fart all the way. Due to the decomposition of our organs, enzymes eat up our bodies. And a byproduct is awful gas. And at death, it is common for the body to show signs of bloating.
When you are bloated, do you get up and run around much?