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In the original film the zombies moved very slowly and were most menacing when they collected in large groups. In the remake, however, the zombies are fast and agile, and are, on the whole, closer to the quick-moving, psychotically violent victims of the 'Rage' virus in the 2002 British horror film 28 Days Later than the traditional clumsy Zombie standard. Many admirers of the original (as well as Romero himself) protested this change, feeling that it limited the impact of the undead. This is somewhat pointed out by the fact that the remake has almost no close up shots of zombies that last more than a second or two. Snyder mentions this problem in the commentary track of the remake's DVD, pointing out that they seem too human when the camera lingers upon them for longer.
In the original, all 'recently dead' are reanimated by an unidentified source. Zombie......

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