It is particularly acute for people who believe in the possibility of philosophical zombies, that is, people who think it is possible in principle to have an entity that is physically indistinguishable from a human being and behaves like a human being in every way but nevertheless lacks consciousness.

* The wights of A Song of Ice and Fire are reminiscent of the draugr as they are ice cold zombies from utmost north.

More recently, their music video for " Homage for Satan ", which features blood-splattered zombies on a rampaging mission to capture a priest, was banned from UK music TV channel Scuzz.

This horror-of-Armageddon film about zombies blends psychological insights with gore, it moved the genre even further away from the gothic horror trends of earlier eras and brought horror into everyday life.

Although it has been argued that zombies in an observed world are indistinguishable from the observer ( and therefore non-existent ) under the assumption of reductionist physicalism, it has also been argued that zombies are not conceivable.

Ben and Tom then go to refuel Ben's truck while Harry hurls Molotov cocktails from an upper window to keep the zombies at bay.

Romero stated, " We had a film company doing commercials and industrial films so there were a lot of people from the advertising game who all wanted to come out and be zombies, and a lot of them did ".

Another colorized version appeared in 1997 from Anchor Bay Entertainment with grey-skinned zombies.

To remove zombies from a system, the SIGCHLD signal can be sent to the parent manually, using the command.

BBC reviewer Almar Haflidason stated " It benefits from a far larger budget than its predecessors, but suffers from a story as malnourished as the zombies that are chewing it up ," Haflidason would go on to give the film three out of five stars.

While the term kaiju is used in the West to describe monsters from tokusatsu and Japanese folklore, monsters like vampires, werewolves, Frankenstein's Monster, mummies and zombies would fall into this category.

* In George A. Romero's " Land of the Dead " 2005, the smart zombies came from Uniontown.

His mother bursts from her grave, resulting in more deaths and zombies.

However, the " poison " turns out to be an animal stimulant, and since the zombies come from the bite of the animal ( the Rat-Monkey ), it only gives them even more energy.

The plot of the game involves the player ( Peterson ) taking part in a STAAR ( Strategic Tactical Advanced Alien Response ) military incursion to prevent aliens, known as the Kronn, and alien-created zombies from taking over the Area 51 military facility.

A solo adventure begins when the rest of the Scoobies insist he stay away from the dangerous fight with the Sisterhood of Jhe ; he borrows his uncle's classic car, loses his virginity to mentally unstable rogue Slayer Faith ( Eliza Dushku ), and single-handedly stops Jack O ' Toole and his fellow zombies from destroying Sunnydale High School.

Zombies exist, but are said to be types of vampires caused by an epidemic bloodline that damages the brain and requires the vampire to chew blood from flesh rather than drink it from the vein ; like ' normal ' zombies, they spread their infection through simple biting and can only be killed by destroying the brain.

This approach results in a somewhat more effective handling of spam traffic originating from Botnets because it allows the software to slow traffic from individual spam zombies, rather than requiring zombie traffic to be aggregated into a class.

In addition, the game's artificial intelligence was not regarded as particularly challenging, with GameSpot noting that " enemies follow the same sorts of predictable patterns that may remember from previous Doom games " while GameSpy stated the way enemies would spawn to attack the player was " gimmicky "; the reviewer noted that players would realize that picking up a lone armor vest would cause a variety of zombies to emerge from hidden compartments in the dark.

In Half-Life 2, headcrab zombies are capable of surviving even if they are severed at the torso, simply dragging themselves along the ground with their arms.

The green fog reappears and sinks into the nearby ground, causing an army of zombies to emerge from the lake.

Revive points are considered neutral ground and survivors are generally discouraged from killing zombies found there.

On Earth-2149 ( a world in which almost all heroes and villains are zombies ) an undead Doctor Octopus first appears in the Marvel Zombies series alongside several other zombie supervillains attempting to kill and devour the invading Galactus ; this incarnation of Doctor Octopus is apparently destroyed piecemeal by several cosmically powered hero zombies after he got in the way of an attack they were aiming at the invading Galactus.

She is also among the zombies that attack ( and infect ) Frank Castle.

Later, in the original Marvel Zombies series, she is among the zombies who attack the Silver Surfer, and is presumably destroyed.

He is still mobile when a swarm of zombies attack and attempt to consume the Silver Surfer.

Scavvies have often been known to use bait to lure Plague zombies to attack rival gangs during their raids.

As they investigate, the zombies attack en masse, killing most of the mission's occupants, including Dr. Menard.

These include standard units such as goblins, lions and giant rats ; undead creatures which can only be attacked by other undead creatures or magic weapons, such as ghosts, spectres and zombies ; flying creatures such as bats, dragons and manticores ; mountable creatures which can be ridden by their wizard, such as horses, centaurs and unicorns ; some creatures may have a ranged attack, such as the elf's and centaur's bow and the dragon's breath.

Like standard headcrabs, both fast headcrabs and poison headcrabs are capable of attaching to a host's head, although these headcrabs induce different forms of mutations on their hosts and the resulting zombies employ different strategies of attack.

In the third annual Treehouse of Horror episode, Homer buys Bart an evil talking Krusty doll, King Homer is captured by Mr. Burns, and Bart and Lisa inadvertently cause zombies to attack Springfield.

Numerous zombies try to attack the family, including those of George Washington, Albert Einstein, and William Shakespeare.

A horde of zombies attack them and Chef gets turned into a zombie ala Michael Jackson.

The addicted animals attempting to break into the house to obtain the last Tomacco is a reference the film Night of the Living Dead ( 1968 ) and the zombies ' attack.

This zombie endurance is nevertheless contradicted in both the fourth and fifth films in the series, where the zombies are easily destroyed by attack, including attacks that do not damage the brain.

The gunfire during this bandit attack attracts a herd of zombies, who surround and break through Alexandria ’ s wall, killing several minor characters.

The remaining members of the Wrecking Crew are subsequently among the zombies who attack and infect the Punisher.

Should a survivor run out of action points whilst in an unsecured area, they are at great risk of attack by zombies during sleep.

After a botched insertion in which giant bottom-feeders called " Leviathans " attack the squad and force them ashore, the team manages to make its way through the base's grounds, solving riddles that let them progress through the area as well as dealing with Umbrella's newest creation, called " Trisquads ," which are essentially zombies who have retained enough intelligence and motor capabilities to use automatic weapons.

Lionel reluctantly administers poison to the zombies (" killing " them ) and buries them, just as Uncle Les and a crowd of his friends arrive for a housewarming party.

The overt conflict of " Dead Man's Party " has Joyce bringing home a cursed mask that calls zombies to the house while a party is occurring, killing several people.

Author Nikki Stafford sees the zombies at the party as symbolism for the utter confusion of dealing with Buffy's return.