Zombies, mindless animals that think only of eating flesh.
What’s the hype with these rotting corpses? Why does everyone seem to be into
zombies? There are so many different reasons that zombies get the reaction that
they do, from the possibility of zombies being real to people wanting to be
able to kill “morally”.
One big thing that makes zombies
so popular is the fact that zombies, or a zombocalypse, may be in humanity’s
future. When looking at the causes of zombies, they range from radiation (Night
of the Living Dead), to a genetic virus (Resident Evil), to Haitian voodoo
(White Zombie). While radiation is not viable, as proved by Chernobyl,
the other causes are perfectly viable. The fact that they are viable, unlike
the scientifically impossible vampires or shape shifters, makes them that much
more appealing.
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The other key factor to zombie
popularity is the fact that people have the inherent wanting to kill or do
violence to others. The only thing that stops us is that it is morally wrong. With
zombies however, it is ok. It is not like killing another person, where you
will have social repercussions, along with legal ones. The anarchy created by
the zombies makes all preconceived rules evaporate. In Night of the Living
Dead, the cops go on a killing spree, finishing the “walkers”. They end up
shooting the protagonist Ben, an ALIVE human. No repercussions, they don’t even
bother checking to see if they messed up and killed someone they shouldn’t
have.
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