Why do zombies always crave human flesh?

Question

I mean, why not chicken? Or grapes?

And why don't they just chow down on each other?

Answer 1

that wouldn't be interesting, for a movie to have grape eating zombies, oh no protect the grapes.

Answer 2

IDK the director made it scarier....

Answer 3

If you're a zombie, are you gonna settle for rotten sweet pork or bunny food when you can have fresh, maggot-free food?

What I don't understand is that movies never show them sharing or drinking fine wine with their dinners.

I also wonder what their cholesterol and blood pressure readings look like.

Until then, stay away from 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, the best of the modern renditions...(And don't watch either of the political conventions. Too scary, with too many zombies.)

Answer 4

Actually, I call those kind zomboids because they are a creation of George Romeo, with very little to do with the zombies of folktales. True zombies do NOT "crave human flesh"; they generally are under the control of someone who wants easily controlled workers or perhaps someone to carry out a plan of vengeance.

Among the best true zombie films are "White Zombie", starring Bela Lugosi; "I Walked with a Zombie", a Val Lewton film that is so much better than the title would lead you to believe; and "The Serpent & the Rainbow", which has many shocking moments. "Kolchak: The Night Stalker", starring Darren McGavin, has an excellent episode titled simply "The Zombie".

In the late Sixties, Romero apparently invented the notion of flesh-eating zombies, dead bodies reactivated via a sci fi explanation. These aren't the first science fiction type, as they were preceded by "Invisible Invaders", in which aliens not visible to the human eye enter dead bodies in order to carry out deeds. However, they do not dine on people, as Romero's do. After "Night of the Living Dead", it seems that very few filmmakers dealt with traditional zombies, preferring to use zomboids.

I guess it's just a cinematic rule that it must be living flesh, not dead. If they ate the dead, they would be ghouls.

Answer 5

cause it's always in the script. lol

Answer 6

zombies dont have good, fresh flesh thats why they dont eat eachother, chikens have feather and im sure the could choke on it,, and since when was their blood  in grapes

Answer 7

Humans are probably the closest meat to a zombie and we have a lot of meat sometimes comapred to chickens.

DUDE! That would be zombie cannibalism. GROSS!