So, what is the deal with zombies, anyway? What fascinates
people so? Well, people are strange and mysterious, but a few things do occur
to me.
Anyone who has ever gone to the mall, or been to a club, or
driven on the highway in traffic, probably looks with a degree of recognition
at the image of people turned soulless, incognizant monsters who want to
overwhelm and consume them.
Then, there’s the appeal of hitting the societal reset
button, Tyler Durden style; cut through all the accretions of hundreds of years
and fight for your own in a world returned to its primal senses. Although,
zombies are just one device for conveying that kind of story. Nuclear war works
well too.
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| They are also super-gross -- so I went back to the original, low-budget, Night of the Living Dead for a suitable picture. |
And, of course, people are
