That annoying trope of survivors getting themselves killed.

After eagerly anticipating the release of 28 Years Later, I decided to revisit some classic zombie movies and games to build up my excitement. However, I couldn't help but notice a recurring theme: survivors in the zombie world always seem to make terrible decisions that lead to their demise, or the demise of everyone around them. Whenever I watch these movies or play these games with my bro, we can't help but come up with better ideas on the spot that would save lives without putting others at risk, but the survivors in these movies tend to choose to more suicidal option.

• Dead Set: A seriously underrated zombie mini-series. I would recommend you watch it because it's another great example of UK filmmaking. Very dark, grounded and gorey, but the final part where the survivor's plan to open the gate and run back to the van is not going to work. Well, after that escalation and behold...all the characters get killed. After that, we said it would've been better to stay put for a few weeks and see if they starved to death.
  
• Dawn of The Dead (2004) is another good zombie movie. But again, they're in the mall, they can hold out for months if not a whole year. Plenty of time for the zombies to starve or things to calm down. But they wanted to leave the mall, go across the city and jump on a boat to an island that they "think" is safe. Well, the ending hinted they>! all got killed!<.
• 28 Weeks Later is not my favourite but decided to give it another whirl. It has one of the best openings for any zombie movie. After that, it's just dumb choices, after dumb choices after dumb choices that made the US Military look completely moronic. The two kids left the safe zone and pretty much destroyed the world because Andy was afraid of forgetting a mum's face. No guards defending the infected. The Janitor has an all-access pass to face-suck the infected mum. And the Zombie Dad was able to take down a few military soldiers without getting shot.

Here are just a few examples. I wouldn't mind if survivors had a decent plan that didn't work out. However, it's clear that in many of these movies and series, they often opt for a risky plan that could end up getting everyone killed, without even exploring other options first.