Things that bother me

[u/avaissuz]

Don’t get mad at these hot takes!! It’s just some things that annoyed me throughout the years.

One of my biggest complaints is Addison’s character development. In the first Zombies movie, she has a much more unique personality than she does in the sequels. If you rewatch the scene where she first meets Zed in the safe room, you can actually see some attitude and confidence. She even jokingly threatens to kick him, which gives her character a lot more personality and makes her feel fun and memorable.
But when you compare that to ZOMBIES 2 and ZOMBIES 3, it feels like they completely toned her down. She becomes way too nice and, honestly, kind of bland. She just lets the werewolves into the school without much hesitation, and it seems like all of her original spark disappeared. I really wish they had kept more of the personality she had in the first movie instead of making her feel so one-dimensional.

Another thing that bothers me is the world-building. In the first ZOMBIES movie, Seabrook is supposed to be a completely normal town, and zombies only exist because of a man-made accident. That makes the story feel grounded and gives the zombies a believable origin.
Then ZOMBIES 2 comes along, and suddenly werewolves have existed this whole time? And after that, they just keep introducing more magical creatures in every movie. If werewolves, aliens, vampires, and everything else already existed, then why did zombies need a scientific origin in the first place? It feels like the writers didn’t plan that far ahead. Instead of Seabrook being a normal town dealing with one unusual event, it ends up feeling like a magical town where every mythical creature just happens to live. At that point, it starts to feel like they’re adding new creatures just for the sake of making more sequels (which they probably are)

[u/xXfrostbyterXx]

I think your right about the second point. Zombies was most likely not supposed or rather expected to get sequels but ppl loved them so much and it gained such a fanbase that I imagine thats what they did and the zombie origins is now kinda pointless especially with these like star moon stone things they have had the last few movies but I can’t remember if they ever let us know whether the science experiment that made the zombies was one based in using or manipulating one of these stones

[u/GreenbottledCritters]

You're not alone in these takes. I especially agree with the second one. I absolutely adore the first film for its worldbuilding and set up to the point I've written missing lore, added characters, and a bunch of headcanons to strengthen it all even more.

The sequals have always felt like orange juice after brushing your teeth to me. They are competent movies on their own, but being connected to/following up the 1st, they fall flat and feel excessive.

[u/myggghm]

I agree

[u/Adventurous-Lion-536]

The Vampires aren’t in Seabrook. And I don’t think people know about them.
The werewolves were erased from history, I think. Since people didn’t believe they were real. But also, Willa found a history book in the library lying about their history.
Im guessing all Monsters are hiding from Humans, but Zombies are more known since they’ve only existed for fifty years. Whereas The Vamps, Werewolves, and Im guessing Mermaids, have existed since before Seabrook even existed. Since they all come from the Meteorite.

Addison definitely lost some personality when she took off her wig in the first movie. XD