PRO: THEY ALWAYS BRING THE WILLIES!
Poor vampires and werewolves. They used to be horrific horror movie villains, until young adult novels neutered them into sparkly emo douches and sackless (and shirtless) mopey teens that morph into giant Shiba Inus. But no matter the scenario (except in extremely rare cases), the zombie always manages to be unsettling and squirm-inducing.
CON: ZOM-COMS EXIST!
Zombies lend themselves to spoofing, and that’s led to some genuinely great movies (Shaun of the Dead, Return of the Living Dead) – but they always seemed safe from the romance pitfall that swallowed up our vampires and werewolves. Zombies couldn’t be made “hawt” right? Well, someone tried, and the very fact that Warm Bodies exists – starring Nicholas Hoult as a “cute” zombie boy who falls for a human girl – signals the end for the undead. They can survive being the butt of a joke, but there’s no way they’re coming back from the pages of Teen Beat.
