dhmac

Given how these two supernatural horror types seem to be a lot more popular than other types (like ghosts), just a poll to see which one people here prefer in movies (and even other forms of media, like TV and books).

So which do you like better: vampires or zombies?

TomOpus

Zombies.


Because vampires don't exist. That's silly talk.

Solid Snake

Zombies. There seem to be better stuff w/ them in film.

Tarantino

Zombies.

onebyone

Vampires for me please, especially the original Jerry Dandridge thanks!!

tonyc3742

It depends. I like some zombies (and even some "zombies", like 28 Days Later) better than some vampires, and vice versa.
I like the classiness and craftiness of the vampire character, and I like the single- or no-mindedness focus of the zombie character.
I think zombies are more overplayed right now in video games, although in board games it seems like they're just hitting the sweet spot (I want to get Zombicide). I think there's inherently fewer ways to interpret the archetype than the vampire character.
I think I like "a" vampire better than "a" zombie, but I like zombieS more than I do vampireS.

Charlie Goose

In order

Shuffling Zombies
Evil Vampires
Running Zombies
A Punch in My Face
Waterfall Zombies
My Neighbor's Dog
A Dick in My Ass
Sparkling Emo Vampires

Mike86

I'm kind of sick of zombies personally. It's a fun genre but it just seems so overdone now days with all the video games, The Walking Dead, and a whole slew of crappy movies. The classic Romero films and stuff like Return of the Living are still great though. Not a huge fan of modern vampire films but I would say I like vampires better overall.

big e

I prefer vampires. I can't stand this zombie craze we've been in for the last couple years.

Cardiac161

Prefer both, more along the lines that they are taken in a more "classical" or traditional context. Not really much into the whole "Twilight" or "Vampire Diaries" vampire genre, but I didn't mind the fast-moving zombies in the Dawn of the Dead remake or 28 Days Later.

Michael Corvin

Advantage: Vampires

Nick Danger

Vampires. Smart and sexy evil is always better than stupid but persistent.

I believe the current popularity of zombies is that they are easy to animate with CGI. Paint them in gray and brown, don't worry about natural clothing, hair, or shadows, don't have to put in the work to make them move naturally, and they only require a single unique detail like a gaping chest wound to be finished. It's the movie monster equivalent of those featureless gray corridors in the old Doom game.

Nick Danger

You never met my old boss.

Sonic

Zombies are cool but they are boring.

Vampires are cool and interesting.

I voted for Vampires.

brainee

Another vote for vampires. A much more versatile monster, IMO. Reflecting that, zombies have had a couple "boom" periods in the last 40 years, but vampire stories have been going steady for almost 100 years.

The Antipodean

Lot more versatility to vampires IMHO - everything from Dracula to Buffy to I Am Legend to Lestat to admittedly awful Twilight. Zombies can be fun but rather one-dimensional.

dekker

I voted vampires. They have a lot more personality and sex appeal. Zombies have no personality and are very unlikely to attract members of the opposite sex with their rotting flesh and lack of communication skills.
Best vampires- Lestat, Bill and Eric from True Blood, Nosferatu, Angel, Spike.

Michael Corvin

Despite the Beckinsale pic above, I hate vampires. Never been a huge fan of zombies either but between Zombieland and Walking Dead, I'm slowly coming around.

dekker

I do like Zombieland, Shaun of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead and 28 Days Later. But I still prefer vampires.

Mike86

I did forget about Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland which I love both. I'd still go with vampires overall though as I find them more interesting.

Trout

Walking zombies and ugly vampires...

inri222

wm lopez

Males are brainwashed to kill in many ways another human because they are zombies. Females are brainwashed to lust after vampires the undead, satanic beings from hell.

PhantomStranger

You can craft a much more emotionally compelling story around a vampire, as witnessed by the dozens of television series to have done it. Zombies are very limited characters because they lack normal human personalities as storytelling devices. Zombies are hip right now because a whole generation of young kids grew up killing them in their videogames.

devilshalo

Vampires. Because they have personality and can think.

Zombies are never about zombies. It's about the stupid decisions people make dealing with zombies.