“Do you risk gunning down zombies to keep the corridors clear?”
There’s a technique in movies called the Lewton Bus, first used in Jacques Tourneur’s 1942 horror, Cat People. It works by slowly building tension, then rapidly dissipating it with a jumpscare; in the case of Cat People, the hissing brakes of a bus. The technique, named after producer Val Lewton, has been used in countless films since.
I think I speak for all of us when I say ‘fuck this one room in particular’.