The Role Of Zombie Movies In Today's Horror Media
In today’s horror media, there is arguably nothing more popular than the zombie movie. There have been many, many horror movies that have come out in recent times the main predecessor being Night of the Living Dead. There have been popular zombie shows, such as The Walking Dead, even popular zombie video games like The Last of Us. But why are zombies so popular in today’s media? One could argue that it is because zombie movies and other zombie media address the modern person’s fears. Specifically the fears of millennials, those currently going into the job market or those worried about the environment, things that are unknowable, and unable to be changed, only adapted to. In zombie movies, the zombie epidemic is something that usually just
happens, and it cannot usually just be fixed, it’s just adapted to. People just try to survive in this new world. This can be said to reflect what people fear will happen in the near future. There is the problem with overpopulation, the worry of running out of fossil fuels and how we will run cars once they do run out, the worry of being able to pay off student loans in this current job market. All of these are fears of millennials, and these are all fears that have to be fixed with major change. Zombie movies are a great metaphor for all of these contemporary worries. There are a few pieces of media that use zombies in a way that expresses these ideas. The film Night of the Living Dead has been said to be the predecessor to modern day zombie narratives. Even though this movie is older than the more recent zombie media to come out, even it reflects today’s modern fears. The film Night of the Living Dead has our protagonist, Ben take charge to try to stay alive with 6 others in a farm house while it is being attacked by reanimated corpses.
happens, and it cannot usually just be fixed, it’s just adapted to. People just try to survive in this new world. This can be said to reflect what people fear will happen in the near future. There is the problem with overpopulation, the worry of running out of fossil fuels and how we will run cars once they do run out, the worry of being able to pay off student loans in this current job market. All of these are fears of millennials, and these are all fears that have to be fixed with major change. Zombie movies are a great metaphor for all of these contemporary worries. There are a few pieces of media that use zombies in a way that expresses these ideas. The film Night of the Living Dead has been said to be the predecessor to modern day zombie narratives. Even though this movie is older than the more recent zombie media to come out, even it reflects today’s modern fears. The film Night of the Living Dead has our protagonist, Ben take charge to try to stay alive with 6 others in a farm house while it is being attacked by reanimated corpses.