Lost Limbs of the Undead

by court leroy
(Provo Ut)

Zombie Master,

This is probably a simple question but I haven't seen one like it thus far.

Okay, we all know that the head is the control center for a zombie and that a well placed blow will take it out. However lets say I was to decapitate a zombie, keeping the head intact. Could I possibly reattach the head to the zombie and "bring it back to life"? Or for that matter could I reattach it to another zombie?

Court LeRoy
Provo, UT

Court LeRoy,

A simple question is deserving of a simple answer.

If you were writing a script for the "Return of the Living Dead" series or any of the so called zombie movies made by people who really shouldn't (i.e. Trespassers), then you could play with your idea. Otherwise it goes against the zombie rules laid down by the greats (i.e. Romero, Fulci, etc.). If you want to reattach the severed head of a zombie and try to reanimate it again then you have a Frankenstein film rather than a zombie film.

The main thing you want to ask yourself however is why you would want to do such a thing in the first place. Here we are trying to get rid of as many of these things as possible and you are wanting to bring them back again. That's sick dude. Really sick.

Good hunting and aim high,

The Zombie Master