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A Decade of Zombies IV: Epidemic Rooted in Society
This is Part IV of a series titled ‘A Decade of Zombies.’ Part III is here. “Most people would rather die than think.” – Bertrand Russell The “infection” is a social commentary. When Peter Jackson released King Kong, the reference to the giant ape coming from a place called Skull Island traces its roots back to one of the Australian director’s earlier films, Dead / Alive where a strain of disease that can only be carried by a specific type of monkey causes the zombification of a small town. Although this formula of an unknown tropical disease is more akin to the Haitian roots of zombies, the “infected” of the Read more »
A Decade of Zombies III: Order amidst Chaos
This is Part III of a series titled ‘A Decade of Zombies.’ Part II is here. Perhaps the canon of modern day zombie subculture would be two works of literature by Max Brooks (Mel Brooks’ son). In 2003 he released the Zombie Survival Guide (a copy of which I keep in the glove compartment of my car) and later on, a more epic World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War (2006 // big screen in 2010). In World War Z, Brooks takes on the role of a post-apocalyptic UN agent trying to piece together the memorials of key players in the third world war. This was a Read more »
A Decade of Zombies II: Apocalypse, Anytime
This is Part II of a series titled ‘A Decade of Zombies.’ Part I is here. Playwright David Ives once said that “it is all in the timing” referring to the concept of the punch line. It appears to be the similar case with the zombie apocalypse where the punch line is made more humorous when it occurs in moments of absurd timeliness. Take for instance Joe Ballarini’s Dance of the Dead (2008), where the apocalypse takes place on the night of the senior prom in a small town high school. The UK was also particularly successful in creating similar scenarios. On one hand we have Shaun of the Dead Read more »
A Decade of Zombies I: Social Infection and Romero's Influence
It was much simpler back then. Zombies, just like pirates, robots and ninjas became a significant part of pop culture due to the enduring appearances in movies, comics, video games and the Internet. In the past decade however, the term “zombie” has been ironically stratified into many other sub-types. Before the influence of George Romero’s zombies from Dawn of the Dead (originally from the 1968 Night of the Living Dead, remade in 2004), the “zombie” was defined as a soulless husk that retained ambulatory functions. Although zombies fed on humans, it was Max Brooks (The Zombie Survival Guide, 2003) who clarified that zombies only feed because they can, out of Read more »
