User blog comment:El Alamein/Dracula's Hunters vs. the Night of the Living Dead Survivors/@comment-5232784-20120918002613

Having read Dracula and watched Night of the Living Dead, I find this battle to be very interesting.

Physically: people in the 19th century were on average shorter and smaller than those of the mid to late 20th century, due to poorer nutrition, less adequate healthcare (especially when young: intense sickness in youth can lessen one's phyiscal growth) etc. However, the Dracula Hunters would probably make up for this in having a tougher, harder upbringing, due to more primitive techonolgy and therefore the inclination of having to use their bodies more often than those in the 60s or today use (they didn't have dishwasher and washing machines then: YOU were the dishwasher and washing machine!). However, when dealing with melee weapons (non-projectiles), the larger Night of the Living Dead fighters will have an advantage due to longer arms, and therefore longer range. Plus, their larger size might make them look a tad intimidating to the smallish 19th century Dracula hunters.

Edge: Night of the Living Dead Survivors

Weapons:

The Dracula Hunters have the short range weapons here: sure, claw hammers and boards with nails are good weapons (and the latter gives a long range advantage to the Zombie fighters), they are not coparable to Bowie and Kukri Knives, which can be better utilized for throwing weapons than the hammer or nail boards.

Im giving the mid range weapons to the Night of the Living Dead survivors: As far as I know, the S&W revolver is a more advanced weapon than the Colt 1892 Revolver.

Long range: This goes to the dracula team, which ironically has a later, more advanced model of the Winchester rifle than the Zombie team.

Special: A hammer and several steaks are lethal to humans as well as zombies, but molotov cocktails are designed for human on human combat. Plus the cocktail is a long range weapon, a flame grenade. You can bathe someone in fire long before they can reach you with a hammer and steaks. And though a hammer can be used as a projectile weapon, you can more easily throw a molotov.

WEAPONS EDGE: Dracula Hunters

Ultimately, it comes down to cohesion. The Dracula Hunters are fond of each other, and worked together well, surviving both the Gypsies and the vampires they fought with. The Night of the Living Dead survivors, however, were not fond of each other, fought each other (one was shot), and though Ben did manage to survive the zombies, he did not survive the human hunters, who mistook him for a zombie. And lets not forget that Mina Harker was more than capable of wielding a revolver in combat, while Barbara, in the NOTLD, was a basket case, useless in a conflict. The Dracula Hunters, due to their stronger bond, their discipline, and their loyalty to each other and to Dr. Van Helsing especially, will win this fight.

WINNER: Dracula Hunters!