Zombie
A mindless re-animated corpse. Originally voodoo based slaves in 1931's White Zombie, George Romero later solidified their status as infected flesh-eaters in 1968's Night of the Living Dead.
A zombie is a dead body that has been re-animated as a mindless, walking fiend. They are sometimes docile servants if raised by voodoo, though most common depictions are violent with a hunger for human flesh. This type of zombie have become known as the "Romero zombie", due to the popularity of Romero's horror classic Night of the Living Dead, in which the zombies deviated from their traditional behaviors and became more heavily influenced by the common "ghoul".
Of course, everyone already knows what a zombie is, because most people themselves are zombies. Zombies have become a staple in pop culture, to the point where the horror film market has become over-saturated with (bad) zombie films. However, zombies have also become commonplace in video games, as most every game now includes a zombie mode in some capacity. In addition to film and video games, zombies are also taking over the small screen, with equally bad television shows, such as The Walking Dead.
One must recognize that George Romero is largely responsible for the zombie-craze, having created the epic Dead trilogy, which features Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1978), and Day of the Dead (1985). Everything that can be said about zombies has been covered in these three films, though countless zombie movies have been made since, with few notable exceptions.
Among these standout entries in the zombie subgenre are the wave of sleazy Italian zombie films from the late 1970s and early 1980s. These films were made to cash-in on the success of American zombie films after Dario Argento produced Romero's Dawn of the Dead and brought zombies to Italy. Italy would make various trash classics such as Zombi 2, The Beyond, City of the Living Dead, Nightmare City, Hell of the Living Dead, and Burial Ground, which would help solidify Italy's status of being a bad-ass country for the horror genre.
In 1985, Romero's Day of the Dead would have to compete with another genre re-defining film: Dan O'Bannon's Return of the Living Dead. This film acts as a spin-off to the original Night of the Living Dead whereas writers John Russo and Russell Streiner (who were involved in the original Night of the Living Dead) decided to re-imagine the zombie menace once more, making them into undying fiends that not only crave brains instead of human flesh, but they also retain a lot of their human personalities. These bumbling figures would also take on a new characteristic that has been utilized on-and-off since: the ability to run.
Generally, the zombie subgenre would remain in its own redundancy for years, until 2004 saw the release of a new film that could act as both a parody and a legitimate homage to the great zombie films that came before it: Shaun of the Dead. This film was very comedic, yet it respected its antagonists by keeping them dangerous, especially in large numbers. However, since the film revived the subgenre with a newfound popularity, the quality of the modern zombie film has gone down considerably, and zombies would find themselves seeking a new home: the small screen.
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Of course, everyone already knows what a zombie is, because most people themselves are zombies. Zombies have become a staple in pop culture, to the point where the horror film market has become over-saturated with (bad) zombie films. However, zombies have also become commonplace in video games, as most every game now includes a zombie mode in some capacity. In addition to film and video games, zombies are also taking over the small screen, with equally bad television shows, such as The Walking Dead.
Films
>https://trashepics.com/dump/wiki/white_zombie.jpg One of the earliest known zombie films was 1932's White Zombie, starring Bela Lugosi as Murder Legendre, who uses mindless voodoo zombies to do his bidding. The voodoo zombie was the classic rendition of this mythological creature for several years, until George Romero re-defined them with 1968's Night of the Living Dead, which would become the definitive representation of a true zombie.One must recognize that George Romero is largely responsible for the zombie-craze, having created the epic Dead trilogy, which features Night of the Living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1978), and Day of the Dead (1985). Everything that can be said about zombies has been covered in these three films, though countless zombie movies have been made since, with few notable exceptions.
Among these standout entries in the zombie subgenre are the wave of sleazy Italian zombie films from the late 1970s and early 1980s. These films were made to cash-in on the success of American zombie films after Dario Argento produced Romero's Dawn of the Dead and brought zombies to Italy. Italy would make various trash classics such as Zombi 2, The Beyond, City of the Living Dead, Nightmare City, Hell of the Living Dead, and Burial Ground, which would help solidify Italy's status of being a bad-ass country for the horror genre.In 1985, Romero's Day of the Dead would have to compete with another genre re-defining film: Dan O'Bannon's Return of the Living Dead. This film acts as a spin-off to the original Night of the Living Dead whereas writers John Russo and Russell Streiner (who were involved in the original Night of the Living Dead) decided to re-imagine the zombie menace once more, making them into undying fiends that not only crave brains instead of human flesh, but they also retain a lot of their human personalities. These bumbling figures would also take on a new characteristic that has been utilized on-and-off since: the ability to run.
Generally, the zombie subgenre would remain in its own redundancy for years, until 2004 saw the release of a new film that could act as both a parody and a legitimate homage to the great zombie films that came before it: Shaun of the Dead. This film was very comedic, yet it respected its antagonists by keeping them dangerous, especially in large numbers. However, since the film revived the subgenre with a newfound popularity, the quality of the modern zombie film has gone down considerably, and zombies would find themselves seeking a new home: the small screen.
Television
In 2010, television would have its first highly successful zombie TV show with the comic-turned-show The Walking Dead. The novelty of the show would quickly wear off, as the show would become a stale series of aimlessly depressing zombie death scenes, and protagonists that die off every other episode.Please expand this article.