My brother and I were discussing some of the possible reasons why zombies have taken such a central place today in the horror genre. When you first think about it rationally, you come to the conclusion made in Shaun of the Dead that zombies really aren't that scary. Yes, they are undead and they are gory-looking with scraps of skin falling off and what not. But given they have no living parts, they don't make any sense as they shouldn't be sentient given their human brain no longer has blood pumping through it. In this way, they should be easily dispensed with in the event of a zombie apocalypse.
So why zombies? What people should be afraid of if they are afraid of anything are mutants. Mutants are not zombies. Mutants are living, breathing humanoids that have been genetically altered to survive pretty much anything. And they *are* sentient. So on the two fronts in which you can discount zombies--sentience and durability--you should fear mutants. They will chase you. They will outrun you. They can wield firearms and shoot you. They can drive armored tanks. They can captain warships. They can enslave us wholesale. They will--undoubtedly--destroy us all systematically, methodically, horrifically, brutally and mercilessly. We have absolutely no reason to believe they would be benevolent. We only have reason to believe they would want us exterminated.
Thus, in conclusion, mutants mean business and they will kill you.
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