ZOMBIE

zombie

A zombie is a fictional undead creature that is often depicted in popular culture, particularly in horror films, TV shows, and video games.

In most portrayals, zombies are reanimated corpses that have risen from the dead and are typically depicted as mindless, flesh-eating monsters. They are often depicted as being slow-moving and clumsy, with a shuffling gait and a tendency to moan or grunt.

The concept of the zombie has its roots in Haitian folklore and Voodoo mythology, where it referred to a reanimated corpse that was under the control of a sorcerer or bokor. In modern pop culture, the zombie has evolved into a popular horror trope and is often used to explore themes of mortality, survival, and human nature.

It is important to note that zombies are purely fictional and do not exist in real life. While there are some medical conditions that can cause zombie-like symptoms, such as the walking dead syndrome or Cotard’s syndrome, these conditions are rare and do not involve reanimation or cannibalism.

Zombie Creature

Physical characteristics

Throughout movies and books, zombies have been described in varying forms. Sometimes it’s a decaying corpse, all brown and rotting, crawling up from the ground. Other times they have a green hue and look a bit more “otherworldly”. Often they will be missing extremities and are unable to talk or communicate in any way. This can be accompanied with drooling. They almost always walking with alimp or stagger.

origin

The history of zombies is a very complicated one and can be traced back to various burial traditions where people expected the body to rise up out of the grave and life again, in some form or another. Interestingly enough though, there have beenactual reportsof them occurring in theCaribbeanand more specifically, in Haiti. This phenomenon is linked to theHaitian Voodoo culturethat exists there and their beliefs about zombies, potions, and death.

Zombie creature

powers and abilities

Besides just being dead, zombies are noted for their unending taste forhuman fleshand inability to feel pain, making themultra scaryand pretty tough to take down…if one were to run into a zombie. Beingundeadgives zombies all kinds of abilities that make them a formidable monster. Since they don’t really have a functioning brain, they’re able to only focus on one mission – eating human flesh.

Zombies also have unlimited energy and have no need for sleep.

interesting facts

The first zombie movie came out in 1932 and was titled “White Zombie“. The more popular film “Night of the Living Dead” by George A. Romero came out in 1968, 36 years later, and solidified the scare-factor of zombies in the minds of viewers all across America. Since then, we’ve been obsessed as a culture.

There are now entire TV series dedicated to the zombie – “Walking Dead” being one of the more popular nowadays. AS far as books go, there’s the novel “The Reapers Are the Angels” by Alden Bell and “World War Z” by Max Brooks. There are so many comics out there, including an extensive series from The Walking Dead, that you can explore as well. There are also graphic novels and mini series all over the place that feature zombies.

Fun fact, there was one year that the CDC actually released a guide to surviving a zombie apocalypse.

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