The Inverse law of Zombie Disidentification

[deriksmith]

Monsters are fascinating, but also misleading. We think of Werewolves, Vampires and Zombies as staples of medieval life and belief, but that's a neologism spawned by their status as staple-monsters in MGM movies and Role Playing Games.
What we would identify as Vampires is a 17th century invention, and Zombies date from the early 20th! And they

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[jarodrussell]

In World War Z there were people who snapped and thought they could "join" the zombies as sympathizers, called Quislings. They'd attack people, shamble around, not be able to talk. The only way to differentiate between them and the real deal was that Quislings bled. I'd suggest a third law for our real world: "If it bleeds, all bets are off."