The real horror of the horde

ScumLord

In Zombie films we're always treated to a Zombie horde ripping the living up into little bits tearing them apart with their teeth.

This is something else I find hard to believe. People would find that hard in the best of health and with tools never mind when their half rotten..

What would actually happen is far more horrifying, the Zombies would surround you and latch onto you. However their biting strength and overall physical strength would mean they wouldn't be able to do anything other than superficial damage. This would mean the poor unfortunate soul caught up in a Zombie horde would be stuck between a pile of dead flesh suffering the pain of a hundred minor cuts slowly dying from the Zombie virus which would take hours and hours to kill them. Hours of scraping and gnawing at your flesh and not a thing you can do to stop it.

That's kind of horror haunts me at night and would make me only too pleased for the quick deaths you see in films.

Ginja Ninja

I doubt it tbh.The unbridled force of a human body could rend flesh,just the whole humanity thing means it's one of those things people just can't do.


Also,the pain and blood loss would probably kill someone relatively quickly when coupled with the fear/panic [still talking a few minutes of terrible pain]

not to thread-jack,but why is it if in the films zombies rip the people apart,you never see mutilated zombies? they are bloodied and maybe a bit broken,but not as if they were mauled and thrashed by a zed.

ScumLord

Ginja Ninja wrote: »

I doubt it tbh.The unbridled force of a human body could rend flesh,just the whole humanity thing means it's one of those things people just can't do.


Also,the pain and blood loss would probably kill someone relatively quickly when coupled with the fear/panic [still talking a few minutes of terrible pain]

not to thread-jack,but why is it if in the films zombies rip the people apart,you never see mutilated zombies? they are bloodied and maybe a bit broken,but not as if they were mauled and thrashed by a zed.

I assumed they where consumed.

I don't think there would be much force though. Many factors lead into a Zombie not having anything near the strength they had when they where alive it's extremely difficult to rip live flesh it's designed to take extremes of pressures.

I also don't think they could do enough damage to cause much blood loss. The human bite doesn't have the design to tackle living flesh and at reduced strength would have difficultly breaking the skin. The only real way they can cause damage with a bite is by using broken teeth (expose sharp bone) which still won't cause enough damage to cause fatal blood loss.

ScumLord

Ginja Ninja wrote: »

I doubt it tbh.The unbridled force of a human body could rend flesh,just the whole humanity thing means it's one of those things people just can't do.


Also,the pain and blood loss would probably kill someone relatively quickly when coupled with the fear/panic [still talking a few minutes of terrible pain]

not to thread-jack,but why is it if in the films zombies rip the people apart,you never see mutilated zombies? they are bloodied and maybe a bit broken,but not as if they were mauled and thrashed by a zed.

I assumed they where consumed. Although it's true you don't see many victims of the abuse the Zombies deal out in the film

I don't think there would be much force though. Many factors lead into a Zombie not having anything near the strength they had when they where alive it's extremely difficult to rip live flesh it's designed to take extremes of pressures.

I also don't think they could do enough damage to cause much blood loss. The human bite doesn't have the design to tackle living flesh and at reduced strength would have difficultly breaking the skin. The only real way they can cause damage with a bite is by using broken teeth (expose sharp bone) which still won't cause enough damage to cause fatal blood loss.

anomalous

the thing that frieks me out the most is you always see a hoard of zombies attacking someone and pulling their intestines and internal organs out of the human and eating them while the human is still alive :eek:

thats my worst night mare

but its true the human jaw just doesnt have the force required to do all the damage the zombies are supposed to be capable of

what happens if an old person with no teeth becomes a zed??? you could keep them as a pet

deise go deo

So zombies would be intirely incapable of geting at the one thing they want then?

Brains.

degrassinoel

pretty easy to rend flesh once you have a working jaw and teeth, death by this fashion would take longer, but infection wouldnt.

this guy isnt a zombie, he just talks like one..

.SONIC.

does this not mean that it could be possible to escape, if its just one zed then he cant do much damage and you might have the chance to escape!!

but thats just my opinion!

degrassinoel

depends on what book/movie you're reading/watching.
One generally isnt a problem if you're aware of it and have a weapon or escape route.

anomalous

i agree with degrassinoel if your up against one zed and you are any way prepared you should have no prob

its when the hoard get you that you need to up your game

if your dealing with classic shambling zombies then it should still be possible to escape if you keep your head (:D) and have a weapon (crowbar would be my choice)

but if your up against a hoard of fast infected/dawn of the dead 2004 faster zombies and you get cornered then i could see them being able to rip you apart as they are more frenzied and i know i would panic in that situation cos the fast ones scare the bejaysus out of me

so when the zombie appocalipse happens im keeping my fingers crossed that they will be shamblers

Ginja Ninja

IMO if you're met with a horde,you've F*cked up and deserve what comes.

All of my goals and plans are to get away from people and thusly zombies in large numbers

Charging through the horde with a chainsaw and gore flying everywhere,while being awesome is far from anything I will ever be doing

SeanKev

Ginja Ninja wrote: »

why is it if in the films zombies rip the people apart,you never see mutilated zombies? they are bloodied and maybe a bit broken,but not as if they were mauled and thrashed by a zed.

Lack of continuation proves they're not, and never will be existent?