Zombies

With deadly diseases such a bird flu frightening the masses of our modern world, the idea of a zombie apocalypse is not such a farfetched horror movie plot anymore. When germs and illnesses spread, those who manage to avoid getting sick are considered smart, careful, and lucky. So when a zombie apocalypse hits, taking the everyday illness to the extreme, ones must determine if they are indeed smart, careful, and lucky enough to survive for more than a week or two. It is a question that has been popular ever since the zombie sub-genre first gained popularity: How long would you survive in the big zombie apocalypse? Are you smart enough to understand the way the zombie plague spreads, are you careful enough to avoid catching the disease at all costs, and are you lucky enough not to get infected from the get-go?

  The second a zombie infection hits the world, its an every-man-for-himself arms race to survive. The well prepared live; the weak get turned. When a group of young adults are trapped in an old house surrounded by zombies, the stupid stick their hands too far out of the house and get bitten. The sloppy move a little too close to a dead body and get jumped. The unlucky trip in the woods, get shot, or burn alive, dying by the hands of happy accidents rather than zombie bites. To add insult to injury, their undead enemies often consume them immediately after their death. In that right, zombie stories, and especially the movies, are incredibly easy to pick apart. If one takes note of all the characters and their flaws, the survivors of the zombie apocalypse will be quite apparent from the get-go. Depending on which character the viewer can identify with, the chances one would have in a zombie apocalypse can be easily assessed