The evolution of the zombie from its roots in Haitian voodoo to its coveted role as the world's most popular monster: from being a clumsy corpse to becoming a cannibal killer and the main agent of every infectious pandemic, the zombie has come a long way in seventy years. A look at the rising tide of zombie culture examining why something so dead has so much life in viewers' nightmares and at the box office.
Acting
Romero's grumpy godfather energy holding court
Production
Rare archival clips from voodoo-era zombie flicks
Writing
Max Brooks explaining why we're all secretly prepping for outbreak
Director
Donna Davies
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wade Davis, the ethnobotanist featured here, was the real-life inspiration for Wes Craven's The Serpent and the Rainbow.
This doc dropped right as Shaun of the Dead and 28 Days Later had cemented the 'fast zombie' divide—making Romero's traditionalist stance feel almost elegiac.
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