Zombie AI prompts

Prompts for the zombie love story trend that you can paste into any image-to-video model. Or skip the prompting: the generator on this page writes and runs the full prompt for you.

You (the survivor)(0/1)
Them (the infected)(0/1)

Clear, front-facing photos with one person (or pet) each work best. JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 10MB.

Who turned?
Length
Scene

Includes an instrumental soundtrack with no voices. Swap in a trending sound when you post if you like.

Standoff
Hesitation
Embrace
Memory

Your 9:16 video follows these four beats.

The couple prompt

15-second vertical 9:16 cinematic short film, 6 shots, emotional zombie love story.
Image 1 is the survivor. Image 2 is their romantic partner. Keep both faces, hair and body shape identical to the reference images in every shot.
Shots 1-2: a rain-soaked ruined city street at night, broken neon signs. Cold blue-green color grade. The person in Image 2 has turned into a zombie (pale grey skin, dark veins, clouded eyes, torn clothes) but is still clearly recognizable. The survivor aims a shotgun at them, hands shaking, tears in their eyes.
Shot 3: close-up, the survivor hesitates, lowers the weapon and slowly opens both arms.
Shot 4: they embrace tightly. Match cut at the moment of contact.
Shots 5-6: hard cut to a warm golden-hour memory from before the apocalypse: the couple laughing together on a sunny picnic blanket. Image 2 is fully healthy again, clean casual clothes.
No text, no subtitles, no watermark.

The pet prompt

15-second vertical 9:16 cinematic short film, 6 shots.
Image 1 is the survivor. Image 2 is their dog. Keep both identical to the reference images in every shot.
Shots 1-2: an abandoned supermarket, toppled shelves, grey daylight. The dog from Image 2 has turned into a zombie (matted fur, clouded eyes) but is clearly recognizable. The survivor raises a baseball bat.
Shot 3: the survivor drops the bat and kneels, arms open.
Shot 4: the dog walks into their arms. Match cut on the hug.
Shots 5-6: hard cut to a sunny backyard, the healthy dog leaping happily into the survivor's arms.
No text, no watermark.

The family prompt

Swap the second line for "Image 2 is their mother" (or father), use a pistol in shot 1, and end on "a warm family moment at the kitchen table, laughing". Parents and grandparents versions are often posted as a tribute.

What makes these prompts work

  • Roles first. Say which image is the survivor and which turns before describing any shot.
  • Consistency every time. Repeat that faces, hair and body stay identical to the references.
  • Two outfits. Describe torn clothes for the outbreak and clean clothes for the memory, or the model mixes them.
  • Name the cut. "Match cut at the moment of contact" and "hard cut to" tell the model where the edit lands.
  • No text. Ask for no subtitles or watermark so the clip is clean for posting.

If your model caps clips at 8 seconds, generate the outbreak and the memory as two clips and join them on the hug.

Last updated: 2026-10-14

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