While vampires are vastly more intellegent and powerful than a mindless slow-moving corpse, zombies have proven to be quite a deadly enemy when gathered in large groups. Their numbers are greater than those of the vampires, and they have virtually no weaknesses since they are unable to feel pain and require no rest or sleep. Although driven to feed primarily on living human flesh, zombies will also attack and feed on vampires as well. It is assumed that vampires give off the same scent as humans and thus attract the zombies to them, as they are essentially void of intellegance and thus are unable to comprehend the nature of their victims.
In contrast, vampires are lethal whether they hunt solo, or with a clan. They are able to utilize their speed and enhanced strength in order to overpower their victims. They must feed on the blood of living creatures, human or otherwise in order to survive, and must never drink the blood of the dead. Blood that is still present in corpses has already coagulated and can no loger be properly digested by a vampire. In addition, dead blood is cold as opposed to the warm blood of a living victim, and if injested will cause the vampire to emaciate and begin to mummify.
Vampires also have more methods to destroy them than zombies do. Exposure to direct sunlight, a stake through the heart, decapitation, drowned by holy water, shot with silver bullets, etc. Zombies can only be killed in one of two ways: decapitation, or severe trauma to the brain. So which undead creature would triumph in a battle to the death (er.. undeath, re-death, whatever, you get the point), which one would remain standing when the sun rises the following day and rightfully possess the title of the Undead?
Cast your vote.
