Every Type of Zombie Explained in 16 Minutes

Some zombies obey a master. Others sprint, mutate, or hunt by sound. A few can even think. Explore 12 major zombie types across folklore, movies, television, video games, and nature—from Haitian legends and Romero’s flesh-eating ghouls to Resident Evil’s bioweapons and The Last of Us’s fungal infected. Discover their origins, abilities, weaknesses, and the different rules that make each version terrifying. Then step beyond fiction to meet real fungi and parasites that manipulate animal behavior. CHAPTERS 00:00 Voodoo Zombies — Haitian Folklore 01:24 Ghouls — Night of the Living Dead 02:34 Brain Eaters — The Return of the Living Dead 03:49 Jiangshi — China’s Hopping Undead 05:15 Bioweapons — Resident Evil 06:36 The Infected — 28 Days Later 07:49 Special Infected — Left 4 Dead 09:08 Walkers — The Walking Dead 10:23 Swarms — World War Z and Train to Busan 11:49 Fungal Infected — The Last of Us 13:17 Thinking Zombies — Warm Bodies and The Girl with All the Gifts 14:31 Real Zombies — Behavior Manipulation in Nature Which zombie type scares you most? Let us know in the comments, and suggest a topic for the next video. #Zombies #ZombieTypes #HorrorExplained