Two of the most popular monsters of today are zombies and vampires. Fans of these monsters have become at heads with each other recently after the release of Twilight books and movies into mainstream society. However, these two monsters share many similarities as well as differences.
Zombies range in characteristics from being unstoppable, strong, and smart in movies such as Night of the Living Dead and Return of the Living Dead to being weak and stupid in movies such as Dawn of the Dead. Vampires also range in characteristics being strong and unstoppable in movies like Dracula or weak and stupid in movies like Blade. Both vampires and zombies are considered to be both living and dead, great in numbers, “infect” others through biting, and often associated with an apocalypse. However, there are many defining differences among these monsters.
A zombie is a decaying piece of flesh, dark skin, white eyes with a blank stare that looks past whatever it sees, and, most of all, a zombie isn’t a zombie without horrible posture. Zombies are always together and are always looking for brains. On the other hand, there are the more sophisticated vampires.
Vampires are pale, humans with fangs. Vampires can easily blend in with humans, and are known for doing so in the nighttime club scene. Vampires suffer from super strength, super speed, immortality, the ability to easily seduce woman and the inability to go into sunlight, touch crosses, or eat garlic.
Vampires have been portrayed as rulers that can farm humans (Blade 3) while zombies have been portrayed as animals and have been farmed (Dead Rising 2). Overall, zombies are often, in films such as Zombieland, or Return of the Living Dead, something that can be made funny yet scary, while vampires are made out to be more serious and are meant for suspense and action.
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