Zombies!

First, a review
George A. Romero invented the zombie films genre.
In 1968 he directed "Night of the Living Dead". Zombies back then were called ghouls. Weird. Anyway, the story was that zombies had taken over, with the film being shot inside a farm house with a bunch of people hiding in there while the zombies banged on the windows. It was rubbish.
In 1978, he directed "Dawn of the Dead". A bunch of people hide out in a shopping mall while the zombies try and get in. Cue really bad music. Really bad music. More slow moving lurching dead people, and over an hour of film where nothing actually happens apart from they try on clothes.
It was remade in 2004 and directed by Zack Snyder. One of the best films ever. Ever. More on that in a bit.
"Day of the Dead" in 1985 was much better. Scientists and a bunch of military types are hiding in a huge military underground bunker. It did rubbish when it was released, but easily the best. Weird that.

George A. Romero's latest film is "Land of the Dead". Hyped to hell (get it?) because of who he is, the film was bad. More lurching zombies.
It really didn't matter that the story was pants when it was on to a loser right from the start: the zombies were learning to think. Yawn...
And the idea that they could take over the world when they move so slow is just plain stupid.

Now, the remake of "Dawn of the Dead" was awesome. It was awesome because it was realistic and plausable. The zombies ran. Because they could run, they had a better chance of taking over the world. You get away from slow moving zombie, so you could just sit down and wait for them to lurch over to you, then stab them in the head.
When they run, you've got to be fast as well making it a whole lot harder.
Which brings me on to my second point...

Are you prepared?
I'm ready for zombie attack.
When they do come, I'm going to hope they lurch, because then I can survive better. If they can run it's going to be a proper nightmare.

But I'd be one of the survivors.

My house is always full of tins. My loft area can be converted into an impenetrable fortress should the zombies be able to run. Hiding would be the best option.
Packing my survival pack of batteries, radio, and tins of beans with those little sausages in them up into the loft, I could survive a zombie attack for weeks.
I'd use my extendable police baton as my weapon. It's short, which makes swinging it easy. It's light and compact to carry around, but is made of dense steel that will crush bone on contact.

Remember though, zombies are still flesh and bone. Exposed to the elements, the skin wouldn't last more than a few months; the skeletons wouldn't be able to stand.
Humans would win eventually.

I hope you all read these words and remember them.