What's the attraction of Zombie Movies for indie filmmakers? Is it the make-up possibilities? The goulish nature of the zombie? The fact that no acting ability is necessary to play a zombie?

I'm not saying that I don't like zombie movies but as a villian, the zombie is terribly boring... they moan and limp about and they terribly easy to kill. They're so boring that a movie needs like a million of them just to be somewhat interesting.

Why not vampires... they're kinda cool... a bit gothic and full of sexual tension. Even a werewolf has some 3 dimensional possibilities... he doesn't want to be a werewolf but when the full moon comes... whamoo.

So answer me this, what's so attractive about zombies?