User blog comment:Helel ben Shahaar/Of Things that Creep in Caverns Deep/@comment-24101790-20170628161752

I'll try to avoid the pretentious answer and instead go with zombies. They're not physically intimidating really, but the concept of everything turning against you and being swarmed and consumed by masses, some of which may be those close to you, is an unsettling one (also belies that social aspect). You can avoid them, but for how long? If they're driven by the basest desires (the need to feed and propagate more), how can we reason with/avoid them? You can theoretically (in a fictional universe) avoid werewolves by hiding during a full moon, vampires by going out in daylight, Wendigos by avoiding their lair, it's harder to avoid zombies/infected as they're everywhere where there are people.