Zombies in the Danger Word

Zombies are probably the most popular in thriller/horror fiction and films today.  People are so fascinated with zombies, I believe, because they provide a sense of terror and excitement at the same time.  Zombies have such a real element to them making them the most uncanny as seen in the Uncanny Valley.  Zombies are not just creatures, but they used to be people that once were, "somebody's son, somebody's husband, somebody's father," as mentioned in "The Danger Word."  It makes the situation of killing them to survive more difficult.  Across zombie fiction and films that I have seen, most zombies have the same characteristics: they eat flesh, usually look like a decaying corpse, and make grunting noises.  What I found most interesting and actually very frightening in "The Danger Word" is that once people turned into zombies, they still looked and acted like a normal human.  The, "freaks could talk, could recognize you."  This gives the zombies an advantage over their prey and makes it more terrifying because they are so close to being human, but they are not.