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Not literally. EUUUUUWWWWW;>!!!! What I do love about them is they are one of the last Monsters that haven't been "Riced". No Teen girls or MiddleAged Housewives get moist reading about THESE Undead! They're just Ex-Human Human Predators....PERIOD.
They aren't Romanticized, Eroticized, etc. And that's a GOOD THING.
Traditionally, Monsters are Protagonists in Morality Tales of a culture. They are what happens when you flaught the Rules. Up until the late 80's(before Irony Horror became the standard), you could tell who the victims of the Monster(s) and who were the Heroes and/or Survivors. Not anymore. In much of modern Horror Hopelessness is the standard...no matter how Good a person you are or/and how hard you fight, you're DOOMED. Says a lot about our culture to me.
Now, this crap has slid into my fav Horror genre with such crap as the remake of 'Dawn of the Dead' and a number of novels. One of the things I like about "classic" Zombie flicks and books(as well as modern creations staying with the template) is that the Zombies thin the herd. The Slow, the Clueless, the Self-Delusional, etc are the victims in this genre. Also, there's the odd view of Realism. An Undead person is no stronger than a Living one...actually less(they're DECOMPOSING). They also have barely Animal Intelligence.They're a Human Plague. They're strength is that they keep going, never giving up....again, like a disease.
The modern "Fast Zombie", "Smart Zombie" or the really annoying "Spider/Gecko Zombie(that can climb on ceilings and such)ruin the tale. You might as well have Robots....
Cheers,
Pat