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Zombies of Train to Busan

FilmUndeadRuns2010 to today

Train to Busan confines a zombie outbreak to a KTX train running from Seoul to Busan. It was the highest-grossing film of 2016 in South Korea and was ranked second on Rotten Tomatoes' list of the 100 best zombie films. It has an animated prequel and a standalone sequel by the same director.1234

⚔️ Battle it
First appeared
2016
Released 2016
Source work
Train to Busan (2016)
Yeon Sang-ho
Age rating
R (US); 15 (UK)
Made in
South Korea
What causes it
Never explained
The film links the outbreak indirectly to a company but states no cause.
How you become one
A bite; infection spreads rapidly through the train.
How it moves
Runs
Critics describe them as fast-moving.

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
2016

Released 2016

field notes

What the sources say

1

Their movements were modelled on the game 7 Days to Die, the dolls of Ghost in the Shell 2 and the nurses of Silent Hill1234

2

Makeup used airbrushed blood vessels that changed with the stage of infection1234

3

The animated prequel Seoul Station shows the outbreak starting with a wounded homeless man1234

4

In the sequel Peninsula, set four years later, soldiers force captives to fight zombies as a game1234

5

The highest-grossing film in South Korea in 2016, with 98.5 million dollars worldwide1234

6

Its director cites Dawn of the Dead (2004) as an influence1234

Could you outrun it?

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

You, walking about 5 km/h
You, jogging about 10 km/h
A fit adult sprinting about 24 km/h
Zombies of Train to Busan about 24 km/h
A fast cyclist about 37 km/h

Sources

  1. Train to Busan - Wikipedia
  2. Seoul Station (film) - Wikipedia
  3. Peninsula (film) - Wikipedia
  4. Train to Busan - Rotten Tomatoes

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