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Zombies!

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David Hills, BGS

The zombies we see represented in modern

western literature and movies are most often based on the Medieval European revenant. However, unlike the modern zombie apocalypse, a revenant story was usually a very personal tale of the recently dead rising to harass their families and communities.

In later stories, revenants became victims or perpetrators of terrible crimes. (Murder, witchcraft and heresy). Many of these tales have much in common with those of vampires.

Originshttp://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/the-space-borne-contagion

Nachzehrer - GermanGjenganger and Draugr - Scandinavian Vetala - HinduJiang Shi - ChinesePontianak – Indonesian and MalayGashadokuro – JapaneseZombi – HaitianMiddle East – Walking Corpses (Bible)Wendigo – Native American

Zombie Myths from Around the World

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In more recent times the zombie appeared several

times in fantasy themed novels, such as the 1929 book, The Magic Island, by William Seabrook. This novel has been credited with introducing ‘zombi’ into American speech.

The grandfather of the modern zombie genre is writer/ director George A. Romero, best known for his series of satirical horror films about zombies or ghouls, starting with Night of the Living Dead, which was inspired by the novel, I am Legend, by Richard Matheson.

Modern F-Covers.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1JdPvyy93I Pride & Prejudice & Zombies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBv7cC_qU30 Warm Bodies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQOBc2RYCL4 The Infects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMWDV2rJHKM The Enemy

http://www.whatisall.com/entertainment/what-are-zombies.html

Fear of being eaten - cannibalism. Loss of control and loss of individuality.

Becoming one of the herd, or that we already are one of the herd.

The monster is Us, but still Other. Both more comfortable and scarier.

Slow creeping, inevitable death which does not stop. Nowhere to hide, and no matter how many you destroy... there are always more!

Our Fears http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies.htm#

Conflict between Science and the Military.ConsumerismClass structureRacismSexismSpawned countless imitators

in movies, computer games, novels / graphic novels, music.

Romero used Zombies to Explore Socio-Economic

Issues.http://www.myzombiecostumes.com/zombies-zombies-everywhere/zombies-in-the-media/

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Allows us to examine these and other scary images and ideas from a safe distance.

The Appeal - as a safe observer…

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Books- The Return Man- Warm Bodies- World War Z- This Book is Full of Spiders

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Graphic Novels The Walking

Dead

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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