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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.1 2 3 4

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 Hill1 2 3 4

2

Makeup used airbrushed blood vessels that changed with the stage of infection1 2 3 4

3

The animated prequel Seoul Station shows the outbreak starting with a wounded homeless man1 2 3 4

4

In the sequel Peninsula, set four years later, soldiers force captives to fight zombies as a game1 2 3 4

5

The highest-grossing film in South Korea in 2016, with 98.5 million dollars worldwide1 2 3 4

6

Its director cites Dawn of the Dead (2004) as an influence1 2 3 4

Could you outrun it?

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

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)

Zombies of Train to Busan about 24 km/h (15 mph)

A fast cyclist about 37 km/h (23 mph)

Sources

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