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Scholars and scientists argue that movies depict the living dead in a fantastic, unrealistic fashion (Comentale 2014). Further criticism indicates that this “style over substance” approach to zombie cinema teaches human viewers lessons that may get them killed in a real encounter (Brooks 2003). Although that may be true, according to (Stanley 2013), a zombie epidemic is theoretically possible and nurses have been trained and will be accountable to be prepared as possible to support and care for victims if this ever happened.
I have also had plenty personal experience with zombies. I grew up with a house of five kids, where we were all loved to watch scary movies all the time. Our fascination with zombies began when me and my closest brother were about nine and ten years old. We had a world of VHS movies to choose from, and we always chose to watch the new Scooby Doo movie with the zombies in it. Since then, me and my brother have been amazed by zombie films and still are to this day. In addition to my studies, I believe I have found a conclusion to why individuals easily become so fascinated with …show more content…
The example I am referring to would be in the case of me and my family. When we were all younger, and my mom was still seeing my sister’s father, he was physically and verbally abusive towards us. My mother was not aware of this abusive behavior at the time but when she did find out, she left him immediately. There was no doubt that he left fear us as children. I can remember on two separate occasions where I urinated on myself because I was afraid to go to the bathroom because I knew I would have to pass his room on the way. I remember I would sit at the top of the stairs wanting to open the door so bad because I had to use the bathroom. But I was so scared of what he would do to me so I would never actually open the door. Although it is not obvious, the fear that was instilled in me as a child still follows me around to this day. The fear that is instilled in me is what makes me attracted to scary movies, in this case,