Don't Say the Zed Word

In the uncanny valley, we find Zombies. These are of the reanimate type. Those found in George Romero's films such as, "Night of the Living Dead", instill a very uncomfortable feeling in viewers because of their zombie status. The dead return to life and walk amongst the living. Unlike in "Danger Word", the zombies in Romero's films shamble along. They can barely run and they make groaning and moaning noises. They are incapable of human speech. The zombies in "Danger Word" can act like they were still alive. The zombies seemed more like humans infected with some kind of disease which gave them the urge to bite non-infected humans. These types of zombiesmove toward the pit of the uncanny valley because they are exactly like humans; however, we know they are not human. The more capable of human activites a zombie is, the scarier they appear to be. In the film, "28 Days Later", these zombies look like blood-stained, angry mobs who can do nothing but scream. What makes them so scary is that they can sprint like normal humans can and that the only difference between us and them is that they are a lot angrier.