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So when did you first discover zombies?

ItsCleoItsCleo
edited October 2012 in The Walking Dead
Was it The Walking Dead or something else? For me, I was about 12 years old when I first saw The Omega Man with Charleton Heston. He's the lone survivor of a plague that wipes out the entire population, except for a few people who are still alive but physically changed by the effects. They technically weren't zombies but they were scary (to a 12 year old girl!) and dangerous. That has always been one of my favorite movies, and is still tons better than the Will Smith remake I Am Legend.

How did you get introduced to zombies?
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  • HanoverFistHanoverFist
    edited October 2012
    The original Dawn of the Dead from late 70s/early 80s.
    Freaked my 10 year old ass out.
  • Luizao876Luizao876
    edited October 2012
    I think my first zombie movie I remember was the 2004 Dawn Of The Dead, when I was 7 or 8, I think.
  • SaveCarleySaveCarley
    edited October 2012
    Zombie.... zombie... guess it all started with Resident Evil (videogame)... about 15 yo
  • WowMuttWowMutt
    edited October 2012
    telling my age now but.. The origional Night of the Living Dead!
  • RedKoolLoopsRedKoolLoops
    edited October 2012
    Yep, Resident Evil on the original PlayStation. To this day, the reveal of that first zombie turning his head and looking over his shoulder at you after gnawing on the head is a terrifying moment.
  • deleted_kyxc7lde962932deleted_kyxc7lde962932
    edited October 2012
    King of the Zombies and Night of the Living Dead when I was 8.
  • Sir FruitcakesSir Fruitcakes
    edited October 2012
    I was like 8-9 or something and I watched night of the living dead.
  • Master of AeonsMaster of Aeons
    edited October 2012
    Return of the Living Dead. I loved that movie, even though I was like 7.
  • AcadiasAcadias
    edited October 2012
    Like 6 years old watching a Night of the living dead remake
    I watched a lot of zombie movies as a kid
    Master of Aeons wrote: »
    Return of the Living Dead. I loved that movie, even though I was like 7.

    Wait nvm that movie is the one where the zombies can't die, that one is pretty scary.
  • Rock114Rock114
    edited October 2012
    I truly have no idea when I became interested in zombies, and I know only that it was a REALLY long time ago. It's kind of like Scout teaching herself to read in "To Kill a Mockingbird", where she has no idea how long ago or how it happened. She just knows it happened at some point.
  • der_ketzerder_ketzer
    edited October 2012
    The first Thief game.
    And they scared me a lot as a kid.
  • 8Bit_System8Bit_System
    edited October 2012
    Thinking about it, I was going to say Dawn of the Dead (1978) or something similar in my teens... then I realized the first Zombie movie I ever watched. It was The Fog(1980) from John Carpenter.

    My mum was out for a drink across the street and instead of going to bed as being told, 8-9 year old of me thought it was a great idea to secretly watch that movie. I checked for fog coming through the door slits until she finally came home... :D

    At that time it nearly scared me to death really...
  • fangornfangorn
    edited October 2012
    From old movies on VHS cassettes obviously :)
  • FarlanderFarlander
    edited October 2012
    Dangerous Dave in the Haunted Mansion, I was 2-3 years old when I played it.
  • DreadMagusDreadMagus
    edited October 2012
    It's been so long I don't even remember.

    Night of the Living dead, probably.

    My uncle was pretty proud of his VHS copy.
  • Nickldd92Nickldd92
    edited October 2012
    The first resident evil. I used to watch my dad play it a lot when i was little. The part where you open the closet and hes like nothing in here. Then the zombies head comes up and turns around scared the hell out of me. I called h the blood monster and used to have nightmares about him. *shudder*
  • RoboSheriffRoboSheriff
    edited October 2012
    resident evil for ps for sure
  • Miaou50Miaou50
    edited October 2012
    This morning, when I looked at me in the mirror .... ;-)
    More seriously, with the very old film in black & white, the "famous" original one if I can say, but I'm not sure of the name... it was a ssooooooooo long time ago.
  • taomaster99taomaster99
    edited October 2012
    I was hooked when I saw the night of the living dead and was probably around 7 or 8yrs old.
  • TrilobyteTrilobyte
    edited October 2012
    Oddly enough a ray bradbury comic about voodoo zombies in Haiti. Then it was reinforced with the original night of the living dead about a year after that.
  • HiggsBoson2142HiggsBoson2142
    edited October 2012
    I gotta agree with good Ol' George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead
  • crysisnovacrysisnova
    edited October 2012
    uh... :\ Resident evil for dreamcast? (I was 6, and it was 2004)
  • Hidan13Hidan13
    edited October 2012
    Zombies in general? There's no initial movie or anything that comes to mind, especially since I was pretty sheltered growing up. I think when I was pretty little, five or six, I saw zombies in a cartoon or something. That's probably when I was first introduced to them.
  • Haggis_McMuttonHaggis_McMutton
    edited October 2012
    I think it happened when I started reading my father's Dylan Dog comics... a few years later, I watched the 25th anniversary dvd edition of Romero's Night of the Living Dead... couldn't sleep for a whole week...
  • ViserViser
    edited October 2012
    I think the first game I ever played that involved zombies was Medievil 2 for Playstation. I was a kid, so I think it was like 7~8 years ago.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited October 2012
    The first time I ever heard of Zombies was in Maniac Mansion when Dr. Fred was planning to hook Dave's girlfriend Sandy up to his Zom-B-Matic machine. No one was ever shown being turned into a zombie by that machine though, so:

    I've never been much for the horror genre, so the first thing I ever watched/played with zombies in it came much later. I'm not sure whether it was Resident Evil: Code Veronica on Dreamcast or the Resident Evil movie, since I don't remember which I experienced first. It was one of those though, I'm pretty sure.

    Oh, no wait... I remember... the first time I ever saw something with zombies in it was The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror III. :D
  • trd84trd84
    edited October 2012
    Night of the Living Dead remake and the Return of the Living Dead movies.
  • thestalkingheadthestalkinghead
    edited October 2012
    i can't even think of the first zombie thing i heard of, it just existed in the culture like ghosts, vampires and werewolves
  • Walker#8Walker#8
    edited October 2012
    Like many others George Romeros Night of the Living Dead was my first introduction to zombies. I think I was about 7-8 years old and was hiding and watching it from around the corner behind my dads chair. I didn't really get hooked by zombies until RE on PS.
  • ILLphilILLphil
    edited October 2012
    HanoverFist wrote: »
    The original Dawn of the Dead from late 70s/early 80s.
    Freaked my 10 year old ass out.

    Same here still the best zombie movie ever!
  • SodawasserSodawasser
    edited October 2012
    Some of you guys were in the elementary school when they started to like zombies? nice lol
    I think it startet with the Resident Evil 1 film (about 10 years ago) but the real hype started with Left for dead about 4 years ago. (I don't read much zombie comics or books, I prefer to play or watch it but maybe I should start with that stuff)
  • UnknownFoxUnknownFox
    edited October 2012
    Resident Evil on the Sega Saturn, I was only 6 years old and the first zombie you meet pretty much scared me out of my mind for quite some time. Just the way he turns and stares at you.....
  • CTCCocoCTCCoco
    edited October 2012
    With Resident Evil 1 when it came out.. I think.
  • Nonymous99Nonymous99
    edited October 2012
    I cant remember because it has been so long. It was a game on dreamcast but I can't remember what it was...
  • ZeruisZeruis
    edited October 2012
    Long time ago, actually. Grew kind of interested about the creatures in cartoons. Then came the great Romero movies.
  • JackalOsirisJackalOsiris
    edited October 2012
    Mmm... I would say Resident Evil, the movie not PS game. Didn't fall in love with them till Dawn of the Dead, even if the movie did scare the crap out of me.
  • MoggyoxysMoggyoxys
    edited October 2012
    I don't remember, but it definitely wasn't TWD. Probably some cartoon or movie.
  • KingOfZillaKingOfZilla
    edited October 2012
    Ah I remember when I first discovered zombies fondly. I was about 7 years old, and my dad and I were fliping throught the TV channels, looking for something to watch, and we just so happened to come across the original Dawn of the Dead. If my mom had been home I never would have been able to watch it however, thankfully, she wasn't. I will be the first to admit that as a 7 year old, that movie scared the absolute hell out of me, and I loved it. I've been both in love and scared of zombies ever since.
  • LadyJLadyJ
    edited October 2012
    WowMutt wrote: »
    telling my age now but.. The origional Night of the Living Dead!

    Same. It seemed like it was a long time before I ever saw another zombie movie but I never forgot that one. It gave me my first nightmare :)
  • Red PandaRed Panda
    edited October 2012
    These are such heart warming tells.
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