AI zombie video
A short AI hug story: one person has turned, the other lowers a gun, and the clip cuts to a clothed memory. CapCut's Zombie Love Story template is the one-tap path. Dreamina's page is a prompt tutorial for the same hug.
- First observed
- 2026-10-02
- Source
- 2026-10-20 radar keyword, checked against CapCut's Zombie Love Story template, Dreamina's zombie couple tutorial, and public X posts.
Platforms
| Platform | Price note | Verified |
|---|---|---|
| CapCut (Zombie Love Story template) | Not observed. The template page printed no price on 2026-10-20. | Verified |
| Dreamina (zombie couple hug tutorial) | A charge for one prompt was not printed on 2026-10-20. Plan cards on this URL are region-rendered, so no currency figure is quoted as the price. The FAQ says Dreamina offers free trial credits and to check the account. | Verified |
Examples
- https://x.com/Pavilionlakeart/status/2109049757268086833
- https://x.com/trendswapapp/status/2111905422512722401
Related tools
Related models
What it is
An AI zombie video is a short hug story. One adult has turned. The other raises a handgun, then opens their arms. The clip cuts to a warm memory of the same pair, still clothed. People also call this a zombie hug or a zombie couple video. Make the one-tap version on CapCut's Zombie Love Story template. For a written hug, use Dreamina's tutorial. That page says the directions are prompts, and that a built-in preset was not what it offers.
The CapCut preview is the template's own picture. It runs about 27.1 seconds at 1280 by 720 and 30 frames per second, and it includes an audio track. The card badge reads 00:28. The sampled frames show a man in a hooded raincoat in a kitchen, a handgun, then his arms spread. A woman in an orange long-sleeve shirt and dark pants reaches toward him. The picture then jumps to the two of them laughing in a flower field, walking hand in hand, and sitting on a hill. A CapCut watermark and CapCut ID 1128471384 sit on the frames. An Ai mark was not on the frames that were sampled. The preview is five segments in 16:9. It is the template author's clip. It is a different pair from the posts below.
The two posts are other people's versions. This page does not include a clip we made.
Source: Pavilion (@Pavilionlakeart) on X, https://x.com/Pavilionlakeart/status/2109049757268086833
Pavilion posted that clip at 2026-10-10 22:33:41 UTC, which is 2026-10-11 06:33:41 in Asia/Singapore. The text says "Zombie Ai trende I chose Twin sisters, I also made an outtake #zombieaitrend". The post has two videos. The wide one is 1280 by 720 and 20.1 seconds: clothed women, a kitchen, a handgun, a reach, then a field hug. The vertical one is 590 by 1280 and 10.0 seconds, with a long dress and a shorter outtake that shows a boom mic.
Source: TrendSwap (@trendswapapp) on X, https://x.com/trendswapapp/status/2111905422512722401
TrendSwap posted that clip at 2026-10-18 19:41:04 UTC, which is 2026-10-19 03:41:04 in Asia/Singapore. The caption says "the zombie love story edits are past peak but the pet ones keep finding me. a pug that turns and still wants the hug, I'm not okay." That past-peak line is one account's comment. It is not a measured drop. The post also links the author's own generator. The file is 1024 by 576 and 13.1 seconds. The frames are pugs only: one holding a handgun, one in a frilly costume, then two pugs in the grass. Treat it as TrendSwap's example. The shortened link is their promo, and this check did not open it as a template.
Timeline
The earliest artifact checked for this page is CapCut's Zombie Love Story template, timestamped 2026-10-02. A later public post was still up on 2026-10-18. TrendSwap's caption that day says the zombie love story edits are past peak. That is one account's line, not a measured drop. Status stays hot.
- 2026-10-02 03:42:19 UTC (2026-10-02 11:42:19 Asia/Singapore) · CapCut's template data timestamps Zombie Love Story, by Donni Project, at this moment. The card is the five-segment 16:9 hug. · Zombie Love Story
- 2026-10-10 22:33:41 UTC (2026-10-11 06:33:41 Asia/Singapore) · Pavilion posted a twin-sisters version and a vertical outtake. · Twin sisters
- 2026-10-12 09:09:18 UTC (2026-10-12 17:09:18 Asia/Singapore) · Dreamina's zombie couple article carries this timestamp. The page is a prompt tutorial. · Dreamina tutorial
- 2026-10-18 19:41:04 UTC (2026-10-19 03:41:04 Asia/Singapore) · TrendSwap posted a pug version of the hug. The caption says "the zombie love story edits are past peak but the pet ones keep finding me." That line is one account's comment, not a measured drop. · Pug hug
- 2026-10-20 · The Zombie Love Story card still showed 5 clips, a 00:28 badge, aspect ratio 16:9, and Use this template. The Dreamina tutorial was still the prompt page. · CapCut template
Where to make it
Open CapCut's Zombie Love Story template and use it. That is the one-tap path. A price for the template was not observed on 2026-10-20. Dreamina's zombie couple page is a second path: three written hugs, and the page says they are prompts.
CapCut, Zombie Love Story
Use this on the CapCut website when you want the 16:9 hug with five slots. Sign in when the button asks. A subscription price for this template was not observed on 2026-10-20.
Open Zombie Love Story. The template id is 7691909254927699252. A GET on 2026-10-20 returned HTTP 200 and this template, with no redirect. The card shows the title "Zombie Love Story", the author Donni Project, 5 clips, a duration badge of 00:28, aspect ratio 16:9, and the hashtag #zombie. Use this template opens CapCut login, and that redirect keeps create_id=7691909254927699252.
Page data lists videoRatio 16:9, width 1280, height 720, segmentAmount 5, and templateDuration 27086. The public file measures 1280 by 720, 27.1 seconds, and 30 frames per second, and it includes an audio track. The badge still says 00:28. createTime is 1790912539, which is 2026-10-02 03:42:19 UTC (2026-10-02 11:42:19 Asia/Singapore). capabilityName is null. is_valid_template_region and useAvailable are false, and the script includes "This template is not available in your country or region. Open CapCut to explore more templates." The capture still showed the card and the Use this template button. A song title, a music license, and a price were not printed. The signed-in editor was not opened.

Source: Donni Project on CapCut, https://www.capcut.com/template-detail/Zombie-Love-Story/7691909254927699252, captured 2026-10-20.
Dreamina, zombie couple hug
Use this on the Dreamina website when you want a prompt and your account offers a video model. The create buttons ask you to sign in. A charge for one of these prompts was not printed on 2026-10-20.
Open AI Zombie Couple Video: Hug Prompts & Tutorial. The article title is "Create a Tender Zombie Couple Hug with Dreamina". The screenshot captured on 2026-10-20 shows a top banner that reads "New model LIVE: Dreamina Seedance 2.5 is now available". That sentence is the banner in this capture. It is not a claim that every later request still prints it. Under the prompts, the page says the images are illustrative keyframes, and that the prompts do not promise an exact remake.
Each prompt asks for 16:9 and for original adults. The moonlit one is a glass conservatory, a charcoal velvet coat, a faded ivory dress, and a silver pendant. The rainy one is a railway platform, a burgundy coat, and a dark green overcoat. The doorway one is a country house at dusk, a beige sweater, a dusty blue coat, and matching woven bracelets. The moonlit and doorway prompts ask for subtle pale theatrical makeup and intact skin. The rainy prompt asks for pale zombie makeup and no graphic injury. Create in Dreamina under a prompt opens the video generator with that prompt in the address. The banner link in the 2026-10-20 screenshot capture sets the model to dreamina_seedance_45_pro. Some Create links under the prompts in the HTML checked on 2026-10-20 also set that model. This check did not sign in and did not generate a clip.
The how-to says to open the video generator, choose an available model and a landscape aspect ratio, upload your own or an authorized couple image or start from the text, generate, review faces, arms, and the moment of contact, download, and identify shared versions as AI-created. The how-to prints no duration and no frame rate. The FAQ says both people have to agree before you upload a couple photo, and that these directions are a prompt, not a verified built-in preset.
The same page can show plan cards, and those cards are region-rendered. A charge for one of these prompts was not printed on 2026-10-20. Do not copy one capture's currency as the price. The FAQ says Dreamina offers free trial credits and tells you to check the account for the allowance, the eligible models, and the credits a setting requires. Those cards are account plans. They are not a printed price for one hug.

Source: Dreamina, https://dreamina.capcut.com/ai-video/ai-zombie-couple-video, captured 2026-10-20. The crop is the three prompt cards.
Kling's homepage, Kling's AI dance generator, Higgsfield's homepage, and PixVerse had no dedicated zombie-hug or zombie-couple template on 2026-10-20.
Three steps
Open the tool. Open the Zombie Love Story template. Sign in when Use this template asks. Leave template id
7691909254927699252in the address. A GET on 2026-10-20 returned HTTP 200 and this template. For a prompt, open the zombie couple tutorial and choose Create in Dreamina. Dreamina says those prompts are not a verified built-in preset.Add photos you can use, or paste the prompt. The CapCut card prints five segments. Add material you have a right to use if the editor asks for those segments. The signed-in editor was not opened on this check, so the exact upload control was not observed. On the Dreamina path, upload a photo of yourself and another adult who agreed, or skip the photo and use the written prompt. The prompts already ask for original adults. Leave a stranger, a child, and a celebrity photo off the upload. A pet still belongs to someone. Pavilion's post and TrendSwap's post are their examples. They are not a release for your upload.
Export 16:9 and keep the length the template shows. On CapCut, the card is 16:9 and the badge says 00:28. The public file measures 1280 by 720, 27.1 seconds, and 30 frames per second, and it has an audio track. On the Dreamina path, the published prompts ask for 16:9. The tutorial prints no duration and no frame rate. Generate, watch the hug through to the end, and save the version you want. Label anything you share as AI.
Before you post
The input is a likeness the moment it shows a real person. Use a photo you took, a clip the person gave you, or a subject that is not a person. The twin-sisters post and the pug post are other people's work. They are not permission to drop in a friend, a stranger, or a public figure. The pair in the CapCut preview is a likeness too. Dreamina's FAQ says both people have to agree before a couple photo goes in, and the prompts ask for original adults.
Say the clip is AI. Dreamina's how-to says to identify shared versions as AI-created. Put the same fact in the caption, and turn on the network's AI label when the upload form has one. An Ai mark was not on the Zombie Love Story frames that were sampled, so the caption still has to say it.
The template file has audio, and the card did not print a song title or a music license. A soundtrack inside a template is not a license you grant yourself. Dreamina's page does not hand you a track. Use music you already have a right to use. Nothing on this page is legal advice.
Related pages
- CapCut is the editor for the Zombie Love Story template. Read it for the website and the app. This trend check did not re-price CapCut plans. The template page printed no price on 2026-10-20.
- Seedance is the model family Dreamina names on this tutorial. The screenshot captured on 2026-10-20 shows a banner that says Seedance 2.5 is available. Some Create links checked that day set
dreamina_seedance_45_pro. This trend check did not copy a Seedance rate onto the tutorial.
FAQ
What do zombie AI, zombie couple, and zombie hug refer to?
They are names for this hug story. CapCut's captured card uses the title "Zombie Love Story" for a five-segment template by Donni Project. Dreamina's page uses "AI zombie couple" for three written hugs, and it says those directions are prompts. Pavilion's caption uses "Zombie Ai" for a twin-sisters edit. The posts and the template preview are separate clips.
Is the CapCut preview my photo?
No. The captured file is the template's own preview: the raincoat, the kitchen, the field, and the hill, with a CapCut watermark and CapCut ID 1128471384. Use this template opens login and keeps the template id. The signed-in editor was not opened, so the exact slot control was not observed. If it asks for five segments, add material you have a right to use.
Is My Beloved Zombie the template?
That URL returned an empty default card on 2026-10-20. The title, the template id, and the author were blank, and the video on the card was a generic landing file. It is not a place to make this video. Use Zombie Love Story or the Dreamina tutorial.
Do I have to write a prompt?
The CapCut card does not print a prompt. It prints five segments, a 00:28 badge, and Use this template. Dreamina's page is the prompt path. Its FAQ says the examples are prompt-based directions, and that a verified built-in preset was not what the page offers. Paste one of the three prompts there, or upload a photo both people agreed to and describe the hug.
Can I keep the template audio?
A license for that use was not printed on the captured CapCut card. The preview file has an audio track, and the page printed no song title. Dreamina's tutorial prints no soundtrack. Treat the template audio as something you still need a right to use.
The template data says it may be unavailable in my region. What did the check see?
Page data sets is_valid_template_region and useAvailable to false, and the script includes a sentence that the template is not available in your country or region. The capture still showed the card, the 00:28 badge, and the Use this template button. A GET of the canonical address on 2026-10-20 returned HTTP 200 and this template, with no redirect. Use that capcut.com address. The signed-in editor was not opened, and a price was not observed.