Zombies are the new vampires

First things first. What’s a zombie? A zombie, as depicted in movies, used to be a living, breathing human being that died and then refused to stay dead. Most scripts tend to show zombies as mindless beings that have a craving for human flesh - specifically, the human brain unlike vampires, who only crave blood. Zombies have no feelings and are empty shells of what they once used to be while vampires have emotions and can feel pain as well.
Most films in the zombie horror genre tend to show the end of the world as brought about by a zombie epidemic. And while the genre itself has existed internationally since the 1920s-30s, it is being taken seriously in India, as late as this year. Rise Of The Zombie is due for release soon and Saif Ali Khan’s Go Goa Gone is expected to follow suit later.
That being said, 2013 will see zombies taking over as “the new vampires” in popular culture. With US films like Warm Bodies, a zomcom (zombie comedy) and the third highest grossing zombie film making it to Indian theatres in a few weeks, the highly anticipated Brad Pitt-starrer World War Z releasing in India the same day as the US and and a zombie police drama called R.I.P.D. releasing in July, interest in such films is at an all-time high.
Zombie film trivia
Hotel Transylvania is the highest grossing film in the genre, followed by Zombieland.
Fido is a film where human beings actually win against the zombies and enslave them.
Shaun Of The Dead made Simon Pegg an international star.
George A Romero (Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of The Dead), Danny Boyle (28 Days Later) and Sam Raimi(Evil Dead) are the most respected directors in the genre.
Indian zombie films
Rise of the Zombie - April 2013
Go Goa Gone - May 2013