First-time visitors to Lost Zombies are advised to watch a video that spells out this essential life-saving mission and invites them to take action. The response has been robust: lurid photos, audio files and testimonials cram the "Outbreaks" and "Proof" sections of the Web page. There are links for zombie researchers and discussion forums whose topics range from "Zombie Humor" to tips for those brave videographers attempting to catch the undead in action. Lost Zombies is also host to a wiki of zombie information and a public-awareness sticker campaign.

Zombie cinema has proven a remarkably flexible and creative genre, comfortably hosting comedies that run the gamut from clever character stories—most recently Fido, starring Carrie-Anne Moss and Billy Connolly—to gorefests like Peter Jackson's classically cheesy Dead Alive; it has also spawned any number of truly chilling Dawn of the Dead-type films. The mindless and always ravenous hordes that pervade these films offer viewers and writers alike everything from a good scare to an opportunity for incisive social commentary. By billing itself as a "community-generated zombie documentary," Lost Zombies encourages fans to stitch together a fascinating patchwork of ideas, exploring the edges of horror, and this genre in particular, in new and exciting ways.