Only after you die, can you become a Zombie. You don't turn while alive

Directors and screenwriters can choose whatever term they want to define the disease. Sure, it would had been better if they chose a different word for it like the walking dead did but hey! It's done and there's nothing you can do about it now.

Also, what makes you the boss of who can be and who can't be a zombie?


As someone already stated, there were voodoo haitians zombies which were also featured in Pirates of the Caribbean 4 (On Stranger Tide) that didn't crave flesh but had strength and so on.

There are no written rules somewhere that states zombies can only be presented a certain way.. the very concept of the zombies we see in popular culture is a bit ludicrous anyways. A zombie is simply an animated corpse, an empty heap of rotting flesh that roams around feasting on living organisms. But in reality, why would a necrotic biological organism need to feast on anything at all, let alone living people? It's because the flesh eating zombies we see in movies and TV is all just for good fun and pure entertainment.

The concept of zombies originated from Haitian folklore, where a zombie was said to be a reanimated corpses brought back to life through sorcery and basically used as a slave to carry out the animator's bidding. The concept we see in popular culture nowadays resulted in somebody taking that concept and building upon it, just like new filmmakers/authors etc. are now taking that concept and building upon it yet again.

The "slow turn" idea may not be true to the classic zombie depictions in film and literature, but who cares? I've seen lots of other films that have featured a long, slow, and often painful transformation process where the infected person begins to decay and decompose while they're still alive. One example that comes to mind is the movie Contracted which I watched on Netflix awhile ago. It was interesting and unique.

I know a lot of hardcore zombie enthusiasts would rather see the same old thing over and over again, but I personally love seeing some originality thrown into the mix there and there. One of the best zombie films I saw recently was "The Returned" which offered a very unique plot, and for me, a very satisfying viewing experience. I haven't seen Maggie yet but it looks really cool and I'm looking forward to what looks like another unique take on the genre.

I find this movie an insult to all Zombie movies.

I haven't seen this movie so I am not defending or attacking it, but there have been several major zombie movies where infected people have started turning undead before they fully died and turned all the way. Return of the Living Dead for example.

Decay would only occur after you're dead.

Ummm, and this is based on some sort of scientific analysis? Dude, are you really that stupid? Zombies are fiction, and in fiction they can be whatever the heck the writers want! So get off your high horse and get a life!

Hey OP,
The only way to become a zombie is to die first? Actually, there is literally no way to become a zombie, seeing how it's not possible. Zombies are fiction, and this is a MOVIE. The writers and director can do anything they want, because it is a MOVIE. Lol people make me laugh.

Btw, I'm sure this has already been said 100 times, but I only read the original post.

You are just being silly. Zombies are living humans who have been drugged by witch doctors. All zombie movies are based upon a false depiction of that real process.

Zombie movies have come in many different versions, depicting zombies in many ways. There is no absolute formula as you seem to think.

If a movie wants to portray a person becoming a zombie while yet alive...hey, it works!