I have received a lot of grief over the fact that I do not except certain movies as zombie movies even though they are advertised as such. Not that I really care about what others think I do feel that I owe it to my peeps to give some clarification on why I am so anal about the subject. So, let me explain.

A zombie is a reanimated corpse. Whether your flavor is voodoo, toxic substance, cosmic radiation, or someother form of inducing a zombie state, the cause must kill the body before it is reanimated. 

Films such as 28 Days Later, which I thouroughly enjoyed, and the god forsaken piece of filth that is the remake of Day of the Dead have humans that are not reanimated corpses but rather humans infected by a virus that causes changes while still alive.

Although I am not willing to alter my impressions on this subject, I am willing to say that I am more than acceptant of a new sub-genre where these films can be correctly labeled.