If you're looking to simultaneously gross people out and terrify them this Halloween, you can't do much better than dressing as a spooky rotting zombie.

But if you're going to walk the zombie walk, you should also talk the talk—at least when it comes to captioning your pics. Keep reading for some of our favorite cute and creepy Insta captions for your zombie pics.

For when going out in your zombie makeup wasn't worth the effort:

"I should have stayed undead."

 

For your zombie pic with attitude:

"Zombies eat brains. You're safe."

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For when dressing like a reanimated corpse doesn't stop you from looking super cute:

"Drop dead gorgeous."

 

For the shot of you standing your undead ground:

"You can't negotiate with a zombie."

-Stephen Graham Jones

 

For that photo of you chowing down in full zombie makeup:

"It doesn't take much to please a zombie. Just feed them. Regularly."

-"At Least You Know Where You Stand With a Zombie," Stephan and Fionnuala Black

 

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For the selfie showcasing your gross zombie mouth makeup:

"The better to eat you with, my dear."

-The Big Bad Wolf, Little Red Riding Hood

 

For the group shot of your living dead squad:

"Sometimes, dead is better."

–Pet Sematary, Stephen King

 

For when Halloween season has emboldened you:

"Zombies are nothing if not impulsive."

–The Proper Care and Feeding of Zombies: A Completely Scientific Guide to the Lives of the Undead, Mac Montandon

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For when you look like a zombie, but aren't necessarily acting like one:

"Look I like zombies. They like fro-yo."

-Coach, Z-O-M-B-I-E-S

 

For the pic of you and your S.O. in matching couples zombie costumes:

"Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time."

-Maya Angelou

 

For when you actually look pretty darn cute all zombified:

"I am dead, but it's not so bad. I've learned to live with it."

–Warm Bodies, Isaac Marion

 

For talking up your hottie of a bf while in full zombie mode:

"I like him for his brains, not his body."

 

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For your laziest photo as a zombie:

"When you're undead, the emphasis is on the second syllable."

–Blindsight, Peter Watts

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For when your zombie ensemble looks a whole lot like your normal one:

"Because life is basically a zombie apocalypse already."

 

For when you're dressed as a zombie but your partner isn't:

"You're the best husband an undead wife could ever ask for."

-Sheila Hammond, Santa Clarita Diet

 

For that shot of you and your friends on the dance floor:

"Dance of the dead."

 

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