Our Zombies Are Different: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"If you're going to get into every Tom, Dick, and [[28 Days Later|rage virus]] reimagining of zombies, we will be here all night. [[Night of the Living Dead|Romero]] zombies are the only zombies; we literally '''cannot''' advance this conversation otherwise!"''|'''Dan''', ''[[Cracked.com]] After Hours''}}

 

 

As ''Night'' was accidentally entered into the public domain due to an error in the end credits, it quickly became the object of imitation and emulation by many other directors. Most zombie invasion stories, even those not explicitly based on Romero's films, follow the same conventions, though there are major points of contention. While Romero is responsible for most of the "general" zombie conventions, the more specific and visible zombie tropes are more often inspired by the later works of John Russo, ''Night'''s co-writer. Most zombie movies mix-and-match conventions from the Romero and Russo canons. The Russo canon in particular is the reason most people will respond with "Braaaiinnnns" when Zombies come up in conversation, and most depictions along those lines are references to it.