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R

FilmUndeadShambles2010 to today

R is a zombie living in an airport roughly eight years after the apocalypse, and the film is told from inside his head. He slowly comes back to life after falling for a living woman. The film was called a witty reinvention of the genre and belongs to the trend of humanlike zombies as romantic partners.123

Battle it
First appeared
2013
Released 2013
Source work
Warm Bodies (2013)
Jonathan Levine
Age rating
PG-13
Made in
USA
What causes it
Never explained
The cause of the apocalypse is not given.
How it moves
Shambles
The actors played the zombies as heavy-bodied; they trained with circus performers.
Intelligence
Some intelligence

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2013

Released 2013

field notes

What the sources say

1

He thinks in fluent voice-over but can manage only grunts and a few near-words123

2

He eats brains to experience his victims' memories and feel alive123

3

His bond with a living woman starts his return to life123

4

Based on Isaac Marion's 2010 novel, with a Romeo and Juliet framework123

5

Played by Nicholas Hoult123

6

He cannot recall his own name123

Could you outrun it?

Speed class from how the sources describe it (shambles), not a measurement.

R about 3 km/h (1.9 mph)
You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h (15 mph)
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

  1. Warm Bodies (film) - Wikipedia
  2. Zombie - Wikipedia
  3. Warm Bodies - Rotten Tomatoes

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