Is Your House Zombie-Proof?
 

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Zombie-proof house is a modern fortress. Concrete dwelling with movable walls and a drawbridge probably would protect against tornadoes and hurricanes, too.

We've written about why you're unlikely to get a tornado-proof house. But you can get a house that protects you against another scary peril: zombies.

That's right. An architect in Poland designed and built a zombie-proof house.

http://realestate.msn.com/blogs/list...=35009&lc=1033

Maybe he was inspired by the blog post from the CDC expert in how to survive a zombie attack.

LOL. I'm a big fan of zombie movies with the original being Night of the Living Dead (yes, I own it). I will watch a good zombie movie a million times. One of my favs is the remake of Dawn of the Dead (yes, I own it) but I'll watch any zombie movie at least once.

I admit that I have hypothetically and relatively fleetingly thought of what I would do should a zombie outbreak occur. LOL. I have probably also had nightmares about it. Don't judge me. Yet, I never thought of planning my life around such an occurrence. Maybe this architect in Poland knows something we don't know. No.

Yeah the blog I posted cites that blog post. I wonder if the Poland architect confused a blog post with a CDC official statement. LOL.

Do you like good Zombie books?

If so I recommend Feed and Deadline from Mira Grant (First two in the Newsflesh series) you're about 25-30 years POST Rising. Everyone is infected, if you die, you reanimate and so does any mammal over 40 lbs. It's a very different take on the genre and written by one of my favorite authors (Seanan McGuire under the pseudonym)

ETA: I forgot what else I wanted to put here, that people who were fans of zombies and zombie movies helped save lives because they knew wtf was going on when the news channels were clueless. Similarly George/Georgia/Georgette are the most common names for children after Mr. Romero.

Also good, Aftertime (more 'infected' than zombies), World War Z (of course ;) ), and The Walking Dead anthology (there may be a second one now too)
Hell if I had the money.... Don't think I haven't figured out three ways out if the zombie apocalypse starts, biggest issue is not having a good weapon but I will improvise. I just need a crowbar...

Can/should you play Plants vs Zombies in a zombie proof house?

I am so on the pipe of that game right now, and I've recently gotten my husband hooked.

Noooooope nope nope nope. That movie (even the lame parts) scared the bejeezus outta me! I couldn't do it a second time. I'm not really even scared by zombies like that--Ghostface freaks me out way more (because being stalked by a serial killer is slightly more likely to happen to me than being chased down by the undead.)

I knew some GCers would feel the zombie love. :o

Thanks. :) I prefer zombie movies over books because I need the visual.

Many years ago, I lived in a neighborhood where people had bars on the windows and I had an awesome steel patio door. It was actually a nice door...I miss it. The bars and patio doors could fend off human attacks and also zombie attacks. There are three things to consider:

1) How would I get to my family should a zombie attack occur?
2) What weapon? Crowbars do not suffice. LOL.
3) Food. Let's say I (with or without others) get stuck in the crib...is there enough food? :eek: LOL.

Then I think about the horror of this scene:

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...51DruvaJ4BfDQA


Zombie movie haters never prosper. I also like 28 Days Later. Have you seen it?

Crowbars/blades are better than guns because they're quieter and don't need reloading. That's why you have to get out of the movie genre DrPhil, if you're going to survive!

I like 28 Days Later too, but I do make an infected vs. zombies distinction generally. Mostly because if we have fast zombies, I'm screwed.

Hey hey hey there's a difference between a hater and a scaredy cat! I haven't seen that one. Whenever I heard it mentioned, I thought people were confusing "28 Days Later" with "28 Days." It took a long time for me to realize they were 2 different movies. :o Is that one scary? It's not the zombies that get me but the really quiet moments then BAM a loud noise. That's why I was no good all through I Am Legend.

This is why I constantly have zombie training.

28 Days (and Weeks) Later aren't necessarily "jump out from a closet" scary. They're scary because the zombies (technically, the "infected") are fast.

The real issue is does your sorority house have a plan to defend it from an attack by the undead. I bring this up at every chapter meeting but my sisters are only interested in the next date party. They will regret it when the undead eat their brains.

I shall definitely heed your advice. I hope you know that you are fueling a zombie "obsession."

I have seen crowbars and blades used on some movies over the years. But, I've grown accustomed to crowbars and blades depicted as taking longer and therefore guns being best.

LOL. I agree with the infected vs. just-dead-and-now-alive distinction. They are technically all considered zombies.

And technically the just-dead-and-now-alive are often now-alive because of some infection...or chemical warfare...or something. They just got the slow end of the deal.

Come on over to the dark side, christiangirl!

I Am Legend was good (even the Will Smith version was decent, in my opinion) but I actually don't consider that a zombie movie. That could be my own bias.

They were running their ass off. LOL. It was a break from the slow ass zombies that walk so darn slow that you wonder how people keep getting killed. Without zombie training, I guess I'd be terrified enough that a group of slow zombies could totally kick my ass. LOL.

And what about the zombie movies where the zombies are relatively smart? That's also scary.

LOL.
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Zombie_Types (not wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_zombie_films

<---thinks George A. Romero is awesome...and adorable

I AM LEGEND is a damn vampire movie. Or should have been. Damn movie makers.

Okay then it isn't just me. I guess it's just like the other infected movies where the people become, what many consider to be, zombies.

LOL @ BadCat25. Keep fighting the good fight. Maybe having a zombie bookclub or zombie movie nights will make your sisters recognize what's at stake. Or, they may kick you out of the sorority and try to commit you to an insane asylum. The "infected" absolutely love hospitals and insane asylums. Be careful!

The book makes them so explicitly vampires :mad:

Yeah they're undead, but they're specific undead!

The Feed/Deadline books have recently 'amplified' (as viral overload can occur post-mortem or kill the individual while alive) zombies can run but they lose that ability relatively quickly. They're also smarter the more of them are around. It's a great twist. *wills the obsession to expand to reading*

Ahhhhh, and therein lies the rub!

The movies depict them as vampire-esque but really just infected people who can be brought back because they are undead.

For the life of me (pun alert) I can't remember what movie(s) had the "smart zombies." It wasn't a particular good movie(s) but the director was making a point about humanity. I thought it was a Romero film...I don't know. The main zombie character was a Black zombie that was paying attention and learning stuff.

That movie is George Romero's "Land of the Dead." The smart zombie was "Big Daddy" played by Eugene Clark.

I was reading about hottie Simon Baker and remembered he was in that film. Such a frivolous way to recall a zombie film. George Romero, I have failed thee. :p

I had a zombie dream last night. It was odd. On the plus side I was surrounded by people who had guns, on the minus side I did not have a gun. Or a crowbar, or bat, or sword.

You are being shown the power of guns over crowbars. :)

I had neither! Also we were being attacked by like.. pieces of zombies, it was very strange.

LOL.

http://www.newsoxy.com/odd/leicester...ack-25629.html

I know I posted this in the "What do you feel like saying" thread, but it's more fitting here.

I started working out regularly again, and all this zombie talk makes me want to take part in an event like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFRfL0fmAOU

I love jogging and this is an awesome idea for an event.

Buuuuuuut, it's creepy and nightmarish as hell. I think I'd pay for the spectator ticket and partake in entertainment and food while the participants ran for their lives. :)

http://www.runforyourlives.com/#/the-race

I'm a fan of nightmarish things, so this would be right up my alley haha

LOL. I'm also a fan of nightmarish things but watching my favorite movies is different than "being in" my favorite movies.

:D Thanks for the link. It has been placed on my tentative schedule.

Zombie insurance, anyone?

http://money.msn.com/insurance/artic...3c32&gt1=33004

Zombie apocalypse training is going down next weekend in Maryland.

Zombie Survival Trainings

Just in case.

How did I miss this thread? I have a super fascination/love/fear of zombies. In fact, I am convinced that one day, zombies will walk the earth and humanity as a whole will be wiped out except for the survivors (of which I plan to be a part of). LOL! I'm a dork, I know.

Regarding crowbars vs. guns vs. knives. It's a tough decision for me. To use crowbars & knives would require one to get physically close to a zombie which I would flat out not want to do unless I had no choice. The problem with guns though is they are loud & attract more zombies thus forcing you to fun like hell & find a place to hide out (if you're lucky).

Best zombie movies that have scared the bejeezus out of me (or in somce cases, made me laugh hysterically):
28 Days Later
Dawn of the Dead (2004 remake)
Shaun of the Dead
Zombieland
The Walking Dead (not a movie but damn, I love this show).

Another zombie question that often arises in debates: What zombie is more frightening? The slow moving zombie or the crazy fast running zombies?

Love it.

The fast moving zombie gets the adrenaline pumping while the slow zombie makes you mesmerized like WTF IS THIS!?!?!?!?!??!?!!? The slow moving can be beaten as long as there aren't a bunch of them. The fast moving can kick your butt with just one of them.

If life sucked so much that I absolutely had to choose a zombie to battle...the slow ones.

We discussed the zombie runs. Has anyone considered a zombie walk?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie_walk

Zombie movies are the only scary movies I don't enjoy. Except for 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later.

I've seen videos of a few of these. Didn't seem terribly interesting.

This thread makes me want to see if my sorority would be down to host a zombie 5k for halloween next year.... :O

Zombies worth over $5 billion to the economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45079546...llion-economy/

My hairdresser's aunt was one of the main zombies in the original Night of the Living Dead. She still gets paid to show up at conventions for autographs.

I just finished watching that. :) I watch this movie everytime it aires and I have the dvd.

They just finished shooting the lone survivor because they thought he was a Living Dead. :(

I've never seen the movie, as I tend to get night terrors. If you want her autograph, I'll be seeing her twice before I move.

:eek: You have never seen it?! DOES NOT COMPUTE...DOES NOT COMPUTE....

I am watching "The Truth Behind Zombies" on National Geographic Channel. :eek:

I am getting absolutely nothing accomplished today because of the NGC. :)