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Zombies of Wyrmwood

FilmUndeadVaries2010 to today

Wyrmwood is an Australian film in which survivors use zombie breath and blood as fuel after ordinary fuel stops working. Its dead exhale a flammable gas by day and move faster at night when they stop. It premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2014.1

Battle it
First appeared
2014
Released 2014
Source work
Wyrmwood (2014)
Kiah Roache-Turner
Made in
Australia
What causes it
Other
A meteor shower; people with A-negative blood are reported to be unaffected.
How you become one
A bite; some are infected through the air despite gas masks.
How it moves
Varies
At night they stop exhaling gas and can run faster.
Weak spots
  • nail gun or gunshot
  • fire

When did it first appear?

Ancient worldMiddle Ages1500 to 18991900 to 19671968 to 19992000 to 20092010 to today2014

Released 2014

field notes

What the sources say

1

Their breath and blood are flammable and are used as fuel, because ordinary fuel has stopped working1

2

One survivor gains telepathic control over zombies after being experimented on1

3

Reviewers compared it to Dawn of the Dead and Mad Max1

4

Made for about 160,000 dollars as the director's first film1

5

A sequel, Wyrmwood: Apocalypse, followed in 20211

Could you outrun it?

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

You, walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
You, jogging about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
Zombies of Wyrmwood 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. Wyrmwood - Wikipedia

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