After running afoul of a local mobster, Dr. Peyton Westlake (Liam Neeson) is burned and disfigured. As luck would have it, his research is on synthetic skin for burn victims. Only drawback? It disintegrates when subject to light. He sensibly seeks his revenge in the dark, going by the name Darkman.

In The Walking Dead, Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) is the deputy sheriff of King’s County, Georgia when it becomes overrun with zombies. He leads a small group of survivors, but becomes a bit unhinged when his wife Lori is killed.

In Zombieland, Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) is a survivor of the “mad person disease” epidemic who is especially violent in killing zombies. His real name is unknown, as survivors refer to each other only by their hometowns in this apocalyptic world.

In Dead Rising 4, Frank West is a photographer looking for the next big scoop when he stumbles upon some strange events in the small town of Willamette, Colorado. After fending off a major zombie attack, he must return during the Christmas season to fight off another outbreak.

“Bub” is the name given to a zombie who was “domesticated” by Dr. Logan in George A. Romero’s Day of the Dead and is one of the protagonists of the film. He’s notable for being the only zombie in the Living Dead trilogy to properly fire a gun and becomes fully sentient. Gun and chains optional.

Stephen “Flyboy” Andrews is one of the main characters of the zombie classic Dawn of the Dead, and one of the most iconic movie zombies after a tragic escape leads to him becoming infected. He then leads the zombies to attack the film’s final survivors unsuccessfully.