Zombies: A Living History [DVD]

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Rather more remarkably, Hurston trained as a professional anthropologist and was sent first to study ‘Hoodoo’ in New Orleans (the African-American version of Voodoo in the bayous) and then spent several months in Haiti, training to be a Voodoo priest. When the larva has gained full control of its host, it turns it into a zombie-like creature that is compelled to stray away from its mates and spin the cocoon-like nest that will allow the larva to grow into the adult wasp. Re-named Haiti from the French Saint-Domingue, the nation became the first independent black republic following a long revolutionary war in 1804. The Resident Evil films, 28 Days Later and the Dawn of the Dead remake all set box office records for the zombie genre, reaching levels of commercial success not seen since the original Dawn of the Dead in 1978.

According to Romero, film critics were influential in associating the term "zombie" to his creatures, and especially the French magazine Cahiers du Cinéma. Despite its sensationalist title, Jacques Tourneur’s I Walked with a Zombie (1943) reimagined Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre (1847) through the lens of anti-colonial discourse. Night of the Living Dead is a significant film for so many reasons, but one of its key elements is perhaps easy to miss.Possible causes for zombie behavior in a modern population can be attributed to viruses, bacteria or other phenomena that reduce the mental capacity of humans, causing them to behave in a very primitive and destructive fashion. This chapter became the basis for White Zombie , and Seabrook often claimed he was responsible for bringing the word into the American vernacular.

Below, you can watch a video showing how the parasitic fungus infects its victims, leading them to their death.Adam Chodorow of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University investigated the estate and income tax implications of a zombie apocalypse under United States federal and state tax codes. These leaf-like growths attract more insects, which allows the bacteria to “travel” widely and infect other plants. Over a year later, the developers of the mod created a standalone version of the same game, which was in early access on Steam, and so far has sold 3 million copies since its release in December 2013.