Thread: Good zombie movies?

Originally Posted by Infernus

I think they're actually vampires. You know the whole sunlight thing.

According to the book:

book

some are corpses reanimated by a germ, which have scientific explanations for all of the vampiric symptoms (stakes, crosses, garlic, sunlight, etc.) Others are infected by the germ but have found a "cure" that allows them to continue living sentient lives with only some of the symptoms.

In the movie, though, these are largely downplayed to make them more like sunlight-fearing zombies.