{"id":8499,"date":"2013-07-01T01:13:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-01T05:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=8499"},"modified":"2021-03-21T16:59:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T20:59:59","slug":"the-evolution-of-zombies-in-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=8499","title":{"rendered":"The Evolution of Zombies in Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/strong>Like most of you, I’m a fan of (most) zombie movies. \u00a0Recently The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/a> took a look at “Night of the Living Dead” to “World War Z”: The Evolution of Zombie Movies<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0The title of the article is a little deceptive since the first zombie movie they look at is 1932’s<\/strong> White Zombie<\/strong><\/em> that starred Bela Lugosi <\/strong>(which premiered 37 years before Night of the Living Dead<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n

But I digress,\u00a0the article shows how zombies\u00a0in movies have changed over the years. \u00a0Initially zombies were people put into a trance or raised from the dead. \u00a0Slowly\u00a0zombies\u00a0became\u00a0anyone who had lost self-control and were influenced by some outside source (black magic, aliens, etc.).<\/p>\n

George Romero<\/strong> reinvigorated\u00a0the zombie genre with his classic Night of the Living Dead<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0Romero’s zombies<\/strong> were the standard for several years and then folks started to play with the zombie concept. \u00a0This led to zombies that could learn, zombies that could run, zombie comedies, and even a zombie romance. \u00a0Yeesh.<\/p>\n

Using just the films in The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong> post, here are my top five<\/strong> and a couple of closing comments:<\/p>\n