Axe Zombie

"These hardy undead menaces move more swiftly than you might expect. Take them out before they get close or you'll taste their rusty axe blades. Also, just because they're down doesn't mean they're dead-make sure they're down for the count before you move on."

- Blood manual.

The , or Zombie for short, are one of the most common enemies encountered in almost every levels from Blood.

Description
They look like light-brown skinned humanoids with no shirt, always barefooted, and wear torn blue pants. Their head were bald while their facial features look very similar to the Cultist. They occasionally wield axes, suggested by their name.

However, despite their name, there are no sign of any disfigured features and/or wounded spots from their bodies.

Obviously, they probably resemble undead version of the Civilians.

Involvement
Axe Zombies are unintellegent and incapable of coordinating attacks, although they do tend to appear in major groups. They can be encountered very commonly from throughout the levels and sometimes they can be spotted coming out from their grave.

They can also be seen laying on the floor from further levels as if they were dead, but that doesn't really mean they're dead. When approached, they'll get up and start attacking Caleb. While following Caleb, they'll shout "Braiiiins!" and "More brains!" in a nearly-"muffled" voice, like a steratypical zombie.

As a beginner, Caleb is recommended to use the Pitchfork to stab the Axe Zombies to bounce them off until they die. Using the Sawed-Off Shotgun will take 2-3 times to take them down, however. Upon death, they fell to the floor/ground with a guttural scream.

Somtimes when killed, their heads get decapitated and can be kicked around like a soccer ball.

Using the Voodoo Doll on the Axe Zombies will cause their body to collapse into dust while dying.

Official bestiary
These slabs of rotting, undead meat are a force to be reckoned with. They aren't the brightest foes you'll face, but they can be very persistant. If you don't blow their stinking heads off, you'd better learn look over your shoulder, because chances are you have a loyal following you don't know about. Even wreathed in flames they'll drag you screaming into an early grave.

Trivia

 * Along with several enemies, Axe Zombies are inspired from the horror film Evil Dead.
 * Zombie-concept.png its concept art, the Axe Zombie's face suppose to be disfigured to make them look like that of a stereotypical zombie rather than closely resembling to Freddy Krueger from A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.
 * They also equip a sickle instead of an axe.
 * Axe Zombies are one of the enemies to have a unique death animation caused by the Voodoo Doll. The other being the Bloated Butcher.