Zombies in Movies : Humans in Reality
Zombies in Movies : Humans in Reality
Corpse, Rotten meat, intestines etc. These things are disgusting and cause irritation, yet they are the important elements which made the blockbuster movies nowadays. Resident Evil, the Walking Dead are significant representative in the zombie movies category. Even with horrifying scenes of ripping people to shreds, millions of fans all over the world will go to cinemas to watch it. In US, they even have a term zombie economy, making $5.74 billion for the US economy. What makes “zombies” so attractive? What do they seek in these movies? Instant adrenaline rush? Admiring the hot actor/actress in the movie? Or desires that lies deep in their unconscious? Before we could investigate further, we must have basic understanding of zombies. Zombies are categorize as one of the Undead, commonly define as “the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose.” As for a cinematic definition, the rules for a zombie are “1. If you didn't die first, you aren’t a zombie. 2. Zombies are not cannibals. They do not feed on each other only living flesh. 3. The only way to stop a zombie is a well-placed head shot. (Hammer, icepick, gun, axe, etc.)” These definitions illustrated our perceptions for zombies, the zombies that movies help shaped in our minds. We accepted the fact that zombies are caused by virus & plague, an infectious disease spreading by body fluids and bites. Having that thought in mind is most likely because of the shaping by recent popular movies, such as “Resident Evil”, an apocalyptic outbreak of the “T-virus”, turning everyone into zombies.
Without adding the fear-factor of eating living people, zombie is just like a person who wanders emotionlessly, and being dead. So why would we fear this human like creature so much? Well according to the power of Horror: Essay on Abjection, Julia Kristeva had mention that “The Corpse, seen without
Corpse, Rotten meat, intestines etc. These things are disgusting and cause irritation, yet they are the important elements which made the blockbuster movies nowadays. Resident Evil, the Walking Dead are significant representative in the zombie movies category. Even with horrifying scenes of ripping people to shreds, millions of fans all over the world will go to cinemas to watch it. In US, they even have a term zombie economy, making $5.74 billion for the US economy. What makes “zombies” so attractive? What do they seek in these movies? Instant adrenaline rush? Admiring the hot actor/actress in the movie? Or desires that lies deep in their unconscious? Before we could investigate further, we must have basic understanding of zombies. Zombies are categorize as one of the Undead, commonly define as “the body of a dead person given the semblance of life, but mute and will-less, by a supernatural force, usually for some evil purpose.” As for a cinematic definition, the rules for a zombie are “1. If you didn't die first, you aren’t a zombie. 2. Zombies are not cannibals. They do not feed on each other only living flesh. 3. The only way to stop a zombie is a well-placed head shot. (Hammer, icepick, gun, axe, etc.)” These definitions illustrated our perceptions for zombies, the zombies that movies help shaped in our minds. We accepted the fact that zombies are caused by virus & plague, an infectious disease spreading by body fluids and bites. Having that thought in mind is most likely because of the shaping by recent popular movies, such as “Resident Evil”, an apocalyptic outbreak of the “T-virus”, turning everyone into zombies.
Without adding the fear-factor of eating living people, zombie is just like a person who wanders emotionlessly, and being dead. So why would we fear this human like creature so much? Well according to the power of Horror: Essay on Abjection, Julia Kristeva had mention that “The Corpse, seen without