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[Rob Pegler]

It's interesting, though, when you think about it how pervasive the Three Types of Zombies you mention are. The second type even occurs in places you wouldn't expect it too. The Strangers from Dark City are aliens and intelligent but a major part of what makes them scary is the fact they're wearing human corpses.
In any case, this is a really interesting thread, and I like your stuff Rob.

Thank you, sir. You're a gentleman and a scholar... etcetera. 

I do have to contradict myself (or at least my story) to point out that I don't necessarily consider the "outside intelligences controlling human corpses" thing to be a true zombie, because it doesn't have the "mindless" quality I talked about. The thing has a mind, it's just a foreign mind that's inhabited a vacant shell. For example, The Hidden (the 1987 sci-fi/horror flick starring Kyle Maclachlan) revolves around a joyriding alien parasite that kills and then possesses human victims, moving from body to body on an interplanetary crime spree. I think it'd be a stretch to refer to that as a "zombie film".

It is, however, an absolutely balls-to-the-wall awesome movie, which is why I had to find a tenuous excuse to bring it up. 

[Charles Phipps]

The Penny Arcade thing mentioned "I am Legend" the book is a zombie-vampire movie.

So yeah, the "alien intelligence in a body" is more a zombie/demon thing.

But yes, once you have intelligent undead predators there's a certain level of moving away from it. What's the difference between a Walking Dead Zombie, a Mummy, and a Vampire after a certain point? A Shapeshifter isn't really a werewolf even if it ostensibly can become a wolf.

As much as they've lost popularity, of course the "Living Dead" zombies are intelligent. So there's definitely room for interpretation.

So are the Black Lanterns and the Marvel Zombies.

[Charles Phipps]

http://latetothepartydotcom.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/lttp-episode-6-dead-rising-2.mp3

Here's a cool podcast on video games use of zombies.