I doubt it would make a compeling read, but what i would do if traped in a zombie apocalipse is try to outlast them. i dont recall the exact numeber but iirc about 70 something representatives can repopulate a whole species. so you find a nice big apartment block, get a whole hydroponic, solarpanel, and baracade setup and wait for the zombies to starve or kill each other
as for ideas, i think that the only way of making a zombie story interesting would be to add a significant twist to the very base of you plot. avoiding the "zombie virus" thing would be a good place to start. see what has been done, what twists have been done and what is taken for granted in the genre, then find an interesting way to go against the grain on some points. a couple cool things ive seen:
the
Last blood comic has zombies be the product of blood starved vampires (i think those guys actually got a movie deal or something).
in
28 days later the "zombies" are not undead, they are just seriously pissed off people, every bit as mortal as everyone else.
Black sheep movie has zombie sheep (excelent movie, real good laugh)
In the
Dr. Mcninja comic, the zombie combat plan involves wearing biteproof suits (no bite no zombies
) and waiting for the good doctor to wipe them out.
i never understood why zombies, being the mindless killers that only want to eat, have such an increadible sense of loyalty towards each other that they wont eat their felow zombie but prefer to seek out the hidden armed guy behind a baricade..