With the zombie genre on the verge of oversaturation, I'm curious how others working with these tropes handle the use of the word itself. I feel like unless you're going full camp, using the word "zombie" is like shooting yourself in the foot if you're attempting something more like World War Z (which is, incidentally, the only film I've seen that used the word without falling victim to it).
I've seen some zombie movies where the word is steered clear from. They just say infection, infected, virus, etc.
I feel like it's almost a definite "no-no" in a query or logline. Am I correct about that? What about in-script? The previous draft of the script I'm working on doesn't use the word, and I doubt this new draft will either, but I'm curious how others approach this.
I've seen some zombie movies where the word is steered clear from. They just say infection, infected, virus, etc.
I feel like it's almost a definite "no-no" in a query or logline. Am I correct about that? What about in-script? The previous draft of the script I'm working on doesn't use the word, and I doubt this new draft will either, but I'm curious how others approach this.
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