Zombies are corpses reanimated through supernatural means. They are the main undead enemies encountered in Evil Night.
Zombies appear in every area of the game-- the mansion grounds, the underpass, the ruins, and the graveyard. While some zombies attempt to scratch or bite the player, others attack with a variety of weaponry.
Appearance[]
They appear like the zombies seen in pop-culture media. Just like the zombies seen in George Romero's The Night of the Living Dead (1968), they tend to shuffle slowly towards the players. They usually put their arms in front like a Frankenstein walk. Most of the zombies attack with their arms/claws but as the game progresses, they have been witnessed to utilize weapons such as axes, buzzsaws, chainsaws, knives, hatches, hedge clippers, power drills, and shurikens; similar to the zombies encountered in The House of the Dead series.
Unlike the zombies seen in today's media that bite, infect, and feed on flesh, the zombies encountered here are the true undead. Their objective rather seems to kill the three police officers rather than feeding on their flesh.
Their origin at this point is unknown but it is no doubt a supernatural evil force caused them to awaken, as the game's flyers suggests it.
List of Zombies[]
Please note: all zombies have unofficial names.
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Male Zombie | The most basic and commonly-seen zombie in the game; staggers toward players for a bite or swipe attack. Appears different in the first, third, and fifth stages. | |
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Female Zombie | The weaker, slower counterpart to the Male Zombie. Comes in two variants. | |
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Chainsaw Zombie | A muscular zombie who wields a buzzsaw or drill. | |
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Hedge Scissor | A shirtless, agile midget zombie in blue jeans that attacks with hedge scissors. | |
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Torso Zombie |
A rotting zombie cut at the upper torso; lurches from doorways, trapdoors, and ledge to arm swipe or bite players. |
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Limbless Zombie | A mangled-up zombie wrapped in a ball and chain. They appear to be possessed by a spirit, as they move despite being limbless and the ball and chain attacks on its own. | |
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Dagger Zombie | A zombie wielding a dagger; two different variants appear in the second and fifth stages. | |
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Scythe Zombie | A tall, hooded zombie weilding a scythe; appears either on foot or hanging upside-down. | |
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Claw Zombie | A zombie attacking with claw gloves; two variations appear in the second and third stages. | |
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Butler Zombie | A hunchback-like midget zombie that leaps at players with cleavers. Sometimes they appear holding lanterns. | |
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Corpse Zombie | A floating skeletal, mummified corpse wrapped in a blanket; attacks with a plant-like attachment or by ramming into players. | |
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Water Zombie | A blue zombie which emerges from bodies of water, hurling their entrails as projectiles; dies immediately after throwing three. | |
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Hammer Zombie | A lumberjack suited zombie that attacks with hammers, either at a distance or up close; attacks like a standard zombie after throwing three. | |
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Axe Zombie | A bald, fat zombie in suspenders that wields an axe. | |
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Cult Worshiper Zombie | An undead member of the ancient underground runes' cult; attacks by hurling duel blades or swiping at close-range. |
Trivia[]
- As mentioned above, the zombies encountered behave like their counterparts from The House of the Dead series. What makes it different from THOTD is that the zombies in that game are scientific experiments while here is a result of supernatural curse or energy.
- Perhaps the Skeleton Zombie has received much acclaim from fans who have noted its hammy appearance of man in a skeleton suit. In fact, younger players thought they shot a person in a costume.
- Humorously, two skeleton zombies can be seen feasting on a piece of ham as seen in Stage 1.
- The skeleton zombie is apparently based on a common costume worn on Halloween or the Day of the Dead festival in Mexico.
- A tribal warrior is painted with the same skeleton palette in The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest when Captain Jack Sparrow was made king, then later a sacrifice, in Isla Pelegostos.
- In late-2015, LEGO released a minifigure that resembles the skeleton zombie, called the Skeleton Guy (literally a man in a skeleton suit), as part of their Collectible Minifigures Series 15 Halloween edition.
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