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==The Modern Zombie==
 
==The Modern Zombie==
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[[George A. Romero|Romero]]'s 1968 film ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''. In his films, Romero "bred the zombie with the vampire, and what he got was the hybrid vigour of a ghastly plague monster". This brought into being a new apocalyptic vision of monsters that have come to be known as [[Romero zombies]].
 
[[George A. Romero|Romero]]'s 1968 film ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''. In his films, Romero "bred the zombie with the vampire, and what he got was the hybrid vigour of a ghastly plague monster". This brought into being a new apocalyptic vision of monsters that have come to be known as [[Romero zombies]].
   
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Romero's reinvention of zombies is notable in terms of its thematics; he used zombies not just for their own sake, but as a vehicle "to criticize real-world social ills—such as government ineptitude, bioengineering, slavery, greed and exploitation—while indulging our post-apocalyptic fantasies". ''Night'' was the first of five films in the [[Living Dead]] series.
 
Romero's reinvention of zombies is notable in terms of its thematics; he used zombies not just for their own sake, but as a vehicle "to criticize real-world social ills—such as government ineptitude, bioengineering, slavery, greed and exploitation—while indulging our post-apocalyptic fantasies". ''Night'' was the first of five films in the [[Living Dead]] series.
   
Innately tied with the conception of the modern zombie is the "[[Zombie Apocalypse]]", the breakdown of modern society as a result of zombie infestation, portrayed in countless zombie-related media post-''Night''. Scholar Kim Paffrenroth notes that "more than any other monster, zombies are fully and literally apocalyptic... they signal the end of the world as we have known it."
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Innately tied with the conception of the modern zombie is the "[[Zombie Apocalypse]]", the breakdown of modern society as a result of zombie infestation, portrayed in countless zombie-related media post-''Night''. Scholar Kim Paffrenroth notes that "more than any other monster, zombies are fully and
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''Night'' made no reference to the creatures as "zombies". In the film they are referred as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoul ghouls]" on the TV news reports. However, the word ''zombie'' is used continually by Romero in his 1978 script for ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_of_the_Dead Dawn of the Dead]'', including once in dialog. This "retroactively fits (the creatures) with an invisible [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti Haitian]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African African] [[Voodoo zombie|prehistory]], formally introducing the zombie as a new archetype".
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''Night'' made no reference to the creatures as "zombies". In the film they are referred as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoul ghouls]" on the TV news reports. However, the word ''zombie'' is used continually by Romero in his 1978 script for ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_of_the_Dead Dawn of the Dead]'', including once in
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dialog. This "retroactively fits (the creatures) with an invisible [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti Haitian]/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African African] [[Voodoo zombie|prehistory]], formally introducing the zombie as a new archetype".
   
 
==Traits of a classic Zombie==
 
==Traits of a classic Zombie==

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A 'zombie' (also known as Zeds, Walkers, Roamers, Lurkers, Biters, Z's, Meat Bags, most people think that deez nuts is the king of all the zombies Freak Bags, and Zak) is the term associated with a person infected by a virus of some sort, most likely an infection that reposes the brain and shuts down the internal systems of the victim, or in any other way turned into one of the walking dead. After this mutation occurs the victim is no longer a person, but instead a mindless shambling corpse with an insatiable hunger for flesh. In contemporary versions these are generally reanimated or undead corpses. Stories of zombies are as old as the human race, with mentions of the existence of life after death. DEEZ NUTS THS KING OF ALL THE ZOMBIES

Other more macabre versions of zombies have become a staple of modern horror fiction, where they are brought back from the dead by supernatural or scientific means, and eat the flesh of the living. They have very limited intelligence, and may not be under anyone's direct control. This type of zombie, often referred to as a Romero zombie for the filmmaker that defined the concept, is archetypal in modern media and culture.

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Rarely, Zombies can also be animals, though this is scarcely recognized by Zombie enthusiasts. It is unknown which particular animals are susceptible to the disease, or if they are at risk at all. 

Most Zombies can be found roaming around their places of death in search of living organisms to feed on. The zombies will walk around, searching for food until it locates a living being at which point it will raise it's arms and form a guttural moaning deep in its throat, attracting other zombies in the area.

In a first world country (and many second/third world countries), most people showing symptoms of infection (fever, disorientation) will be brought into the closest hospital. After a few hours (depending on the severity of the infection) the infected will "die" and then reanimate, a fully developed zombie.

Contrary to popular belief, a graveyard is usually a safe haven from zombies. It takes a few hours at most from "death" to reanimation and as it takes a few days at the very least for a burial to be organized, there have been no reports of a zombie reanimating in a coffin. In fact, zombies tend to avoid graveyards as it is simply wide stretches of abandoned land. Even if a zombie did reanimate here, the only danger would be if it reanimated during the burial. It would most likely animate in the coffin where, to get out, it would have to claw through a foot of steel and six feet of dirt.

Zombies in voodoo

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Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead. In his films, Romero "bred the zombie with the vampire, and what he got was the hybrid vigour of a ghastly plague monster". This brought into being a new apocalyptic vision of monsters that have come to be known as Romero zombies.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times chided theater owners and parents who allowed children access to the film. "I don't think the younger kids really knew what hit them," complained Ebert. "They were used to going to movies, sure, and they'd seen some horror movies before, sure, but this was something else." According to Ebert, the film affected the audience immediately:

The kids in the audience were stunned. There was almost complete silence. The movie had stopped being delightfully scary about halfway through, and had become unexpectedly terrifying. There was a little girl across the aisle from me, maybe nine years old, who was sitting very still in her seat and crying.

Romero's reinvention of zombies is notable in terms of its thematics; he used zombies not just for their own sake, but as a vehicle "to criticize real-world social ills—such as government ineptitude, bioengineering, slavery, greed and exploitation—while indulging our post-apocalyptic fantasies". Night was the first of five films in the Living Dead series.

Innately tied with the conception of the modern zombie is the "Zombie Apocalypse", the breakdown of modern society as a result of zombie infestation, portrayed in countless zombie-related media post-Night. Scholar Kim Paffrenroth notes that "more than any other monster, zombies are fully and

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Night made no reference to the creatures as "zombies". In the film they are referred as "ghouls" on the TV news reports. However, the word zombie is used continually by Romero in his 1978 script for Dawn of the Dead, including once in

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dialog. This "retroactively fits (the creatures) with an invisible Haitian/African prehistory, formally introducing the zombie as a new archetype".

Traits of a classic Zombie

Popular culture depictions of zombies have evolved into a relatively consistent archetype generally consistent with the Romero zombie and characterized by the following traits:

  • A body comprised of a deceased human body that has subsequently reanimated, usually because of a viral infection incurred in the brain while the body was still living.
  • Reduced speed of movement relative to normal humans (however, some recent theatrical depictions of zombies portray them as moving as fast as a healthy human, or even faster). This is possibly due to their decaying muscles (leading to slow movement) or adrenaline (leading to quick movements).
  • Increased endurance relative to normal humans; some sources attribute this to removal of normal neurological limits to muscle endurance (e.g., Golgi tendon reflex). This could also mean their inability to feel pain at times, as they are not affected by nerves.
  • Profoundly reduced or absent cognitive function - Zombies may have impaired eyesight, hearing or smelling. However, they are known to be attracted by bright lights or loud noises, possibly meaning that they may instead be highly sensitive to them. Some even believe that zombies are attracted to the anything that make noise which is widely supported and seen in films and media like the Walking Dead and even in Night of the Living Dead.
  • An insatiable and endless desire to consume living animal flesh, usually human, sometimes favoring brains. Some depicts zombies simply possessing the desire to kill.
  • Lack of normal human biological functions such as sleep, digestion, sexual function, or cardiac function.
  • Lack of normal human biological requirements such as conventional food, sleep, or even oxygen.
  • Supernatural resistance or immunity to traumatic injury of any part of the body except for the brain. This is mainly due to the death of their nerves which makes them unable to experience pain or irritation.
  • Vulnerable only to attacks that remove the head or destroy the brain. Some zombies are depicted to also be vulnerable to powerful attacks (crushing of the body, high-caliber shot) which also kills them outright, but the simplest way, still, is to remove the brain.
  • Has high aggression and little intelligence and has the some of the traits of a rabid person.
  • Ignores or is oblivious of fellow zombies.
  • In some depictions zombies can be seen eating each other if there is a lack of humans, as was the case in the video game "Resident Evil Operation Racoon City", however it seems they favor humans as they will stop eating each other should a human get too close.

Zombie Analogues

Not all bite victims fit the traditional definition of the Zombie. Unless infected by some kind of mutagenic pathogeon, and subsequently become deceased and re-animated with the hunger for the living, a human cannot be termed a Traditional Zombie. Examples of this are in the movies 28 Days Later and Quarantine. In 28 Days Later, the victims are infected with a 'Rage virus'. In Quarantine, the virus is likened to Rabies, only with symptoms that show in minutes or hours instead of months. In both cases, the victim will 'turn' while still alive, and while the virus infects the brain and inhabits the blood, will not physically change the body. While losing that which makes them human, they become filled with rage and will attack any living being while recognizing its own. The infected can be killed by any normal means used to kill an uninfected human and will even starve to death without the instinct to feed itself for sustenance.

Zombies in popular culture

Main article: Zombies in popular culture Zombies are very popular in horror- and fantasy-themed entertainment. They are typically depicted as mindless, shambling, decaying corpses with a hunger for human flesh (walking dead). Fictional zombies have a long history in Western culture, dating back to the 1600s, with many evolutions of the concept from literature to films and beyond. Zombies have appeared in countless films and media. Mainly brought back from the dead by a human-made virus or nuclear war, these types of zombies only hunger for human flesh, not brains in particular. They are very easily killed with a shot or bludgeon to the head, and can usually be killed by a bullet to the chest. Found in groups (because of humans need to stick together in a zombie crisis, only to die and reanimate together) they search for humans night and day, moaning, and with enhanced hearing and smell, detect humans from miles away, moaning at their prey to put them in a fear induced sweat making them easier to detect.

Zombies in social activism

Zombie mob participant

A participant in a Zombie Walk event in Calgary, Canada

Some zombie fans continue the George Romero tradition of using zombies as a social commentary. Organized zombie themed flash mobs or Zombie Walks, which are primarily promoted through word of mouth, are regularly staged all over the world. Usually they are arranged as a sort of surrealist performance art but they are occasionally put on as part of a unique political protest such as on Buy Nothing Day, November 25, 2006, in Montreal, a crowd of Zombies invaded the downtown core to take part in a "Shopping Spree of the Dead" and ridicule the compulsive aspect of Christmas shopping.

The world's largest zombie walk was held on October 29, 2006 in Monroeville Mall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the setting of Romero's original Dawn of the Dead film. The walk consisted of 894 attendees who all were instructed to bring canned food for a local food drive. The walk was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest zombie walk ever held.

Zombies in religion

As stated before, zombies have been present in voodoo culture, but also in Christianity.

Here are a few Bible verses that tell us about zombies and how they shall come to be:

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone.

8 I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

9 Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.'"

10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.

Zombie Types

-NOOB

-DISGUSTING

-PIG

-SUMO

-Donald Trump

-DEEZ NUTS

-OX

-HIPOPATAMUS

- DALE CHIHULY

- UKATA ZOMBIES IS THE STRONGEST ZOMBIE OF THE GUARDS OF DEEZ NUTS

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