...In 1968, horror movies as we know them was forever changed with the making of George Romero introduced us all to the concept of zombies as a whole giving future generations a basic story and zombie mannerisms to base future films around.. Romero himself would actually create the first real horror sequel with Dawn of the Dead in 1978. But it wasn’t the only direct sequel to the original 1968 movie. , both Romero and fellow co-writer, John Russo shared the filming rights with each other and created their own franchises with Russo’s coming almost fifteen years after the original- The Return of the Living Dead. While the Living Dead series does not have the popularity or acclaim than the Romero series, but The Living Dead series deserves...
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...dies”(“Zombi”). Early Zombie movies including the very first Zombie movie from 1932, White Zombie, were strong based on these legends. These movies focused more on the fear of being cursed and becoming a Zombi rather than the collapse of society. However the fear of being a slave forever was not all that outlandish for the people who practiced the Haitian Voodoo culture because they were in fact slaves. Their biggest fear was being a slave forever and Zombis reflected that. It wasn’t until 1968 that our modern Zombies were introduced and the Zombie Craze officially began. Both the Cold War and Vietnam War were well underway when Night of the Living Dead was released on October 1st, 1968. Night of the Living Dead was co written by Director George A. Romero and John A. Russo. It was the first medium that had Zombies stray from their Haitian roots and portrayed them as the cannibalistic, corpses we know today. Night of the Living Dead also reflected America’s opinions relating to the Vietnam War. “And this was not Transylvania, but Pennsylvania—this was Middle America at war, and the zombie carnage seemed a grotesque echo of the conflict then raging in Vietnam”(Stein). During 1968 most of America was opposed to The Vietnam War and Night of the Living Dead reflect that as many scenes in the movie paralleled what was going on in The Vietnam War. Film historian Rumiko Higashi analyzed the last sequence in the film and compared it to what was happening in Vietnam: Lastly, the final sequence...
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...Analyse of From one mind, into another In the short story ”from one mind, into another,” you will hear about a man who has lost his memories after a car crash, in a zombie world. The man evolves throughout the story, and quickly takes the name Mark Jacobs. It is this developing of a new identity after amnesia, and his ability to quickly adapt to the post zombie apocalypse world, that is intriguing me in this short story. That is why I have chosen this topic to analyse in me paper. What is trigger this progression, is it the environment or a specific event, how does he evolve as a person, and how does he adapt to the world. The story start by a man is waked up by a radio, in a turned over car. The man looks at his jacket and finds out that his surname is Jacobs. But he cannot remember his first name, but think that Mark sounds nice. But why is it so easy for him to pick a name? The place Mark wakes up in can be described as a post-apocalypse place. The roads and buildings destroyed, blood everywhere, and bullet casings all over the place. Mark even calls it a sort of a warzone. Mark is properly a soldier, because he is wearing a camouflage jacket with a nametag, just like the uniform worn by the military. So he knows by instinct what to do in a warzone like the one he is located in. He knows that he have no time to spare, and therefore he is choosing the name, that first comes in mind for him. In this case it is Mark, it could be because his unconsciousness still remember...
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... Zombies are coming to your town! Panic is among you, but you won’t need a thing, other than what’s on my zombie survival guide. Preparing for a zombie apocalypse is like preparing for school. You need to do your homework, if you don't you could face potential doom. Just like if you don't know enough about zombies, you're bound to get your brains eaten. Also, if you don't prepare at all, you'll be out of luck If you leave that essay at home that's due today for school, or leave your machete behind during this state of emergeny, you'll be left in the dust. And, if you haven't prepared at all and you get to school or the battlefield, there's no turning back to prepare once the bell rings. Using The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, I will be guiding you on how to take advantage of a zombie’s biology, what transportation to use, and where to take shelter during the apocalypse I will be taking advantage of a zombie’s lack of intelligence. When Brooks discusses this trait, he says “It has been proven, time and time again, that our greatest advantage over the undead is our ability to think…. On no occasion have they shown any ability to reason or employ logic.”(Brooks 3). Obviously, humans have much more intelligence than zombies. This gives us many more ways to trick them, and since they can’t conduct logical thoughts, you could easily contain them with easy-to-maneuver obstacles for the average human. It is also stated in the text that zombies don’t have the mental capacity to...
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...A zombie (Haitian French: zombi, Haitian Creole: zonbi) is a fictional undead being created through the reanimation of a human corpse. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, where a zombie is a dead body reanimated through various methods, most commonly magic. Modern depictions of zombies do not necessarily involve magic but often invoke science fictional methods such as radiation, mental diseases, viruses, scientific accidents, etc.[1][2] The English word "zombie" is first recorded in 1819, in a history of Brazil by the poet Robert Southey, in the form of "zombi".[3] The Oxford English Dictionary gives the origin of the word as West African, and compares it to the Kongo words nzambi (god) and zumbi (fetish). One of the first books to expose Western culture to the concept of the voodoo zombie was The Magic Island by W.B. Seabrook in 1929. This is the sensationalized account of a narrator who encounters voodoo cults in Haiti and their resurrected thralls. Time claimed that the book "introduced 'zombi' into U.S. speech".[4] Zombies have a complex literary heritage, with antecedents ranging from Richard Matheson and H. P. Lovecraft to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein drawing on European folklore of the undead. In 1932, Victor Halperin directed White Zombie, a horror film starring Bela Lugosi. Here zombies are depicted as mindless, unthinking henchmen under the spell of an evil magician. Zombies, often still using...
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...Some people scoff at the notion of a zombie apocalypse, but with our population’s increased use of chemically altering cosmetics, overused medications, toxic energy drinks, drastic plastic surgery procedures, and cell phones permanently fixed to our faces who knows what the long-term consequences may be. The people who will survive are the people who plan ahead for the unthinkable (and have large amounts of money to construct the perfect zombie-proof house). It is obvious to anyone who watches “The Walking Dead” or other pop culture classics where the undead rule that the first and best line of defense is a good shelter. Without proper protection, you are left exposed and vulnerable. However, with a perfectly located, tricked out post-apocalyptic pad, you can rest easy and ride out the apocalypse in luxury. The most important factor for apocalypse home security is location. By building my dwelling on an island with temperate weather, I will be better protected by the surrounding body of water. At the very least, this naturally expansive moat will slow down the undead even if they can walk along the bottom. When designing the perfect anti-zombie home, safety and protection are paramount. For this reason, my home will be built with steel shutters that can be automatically sealed in the event of an approaching hoard. These shutters, along with the rest of the home’s amenities, will be powered by roof solar panels. Backup generators will be in place if needed, and as a last resort...
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...Once upon a time, I was sitting in my room on a dark and stormy night watching T.V. Then all of a sudden my power went out, so I went to look for a flash light, but I started hearing noises from the garage, so I went out there to see what it was. When I went out there, and my garage was open and no one was there. Then, I panicked because I didn’t know what to do. The garage was closed when I got home, so I freaked-out and I closed it then went into the house. That’s when I started hearing those noises. I was scared, so I went to find my dad so I could tell him what was going on because I had know idea about what happened. Then, we went to the garage to see what was going on, and when we went back to the garage we found out that some one was breaking into it. We called the cops but, by the time they got there, the guy was gone. I had this weird feeling that someone was watching me, so I told my dad. He said that he had the same feeling as well, so we went all around the house to find out where that feeling could be coming from. Well we went outside to find out what it could be, and when we got out there, someone was watching us from our neighbor’s house. We went back into the house to fix the power, then we started hearing noises again, so we went to go find out what it was. We found the noise. It was under the house, but we didn’t want to go under there. We called my uncle. He went under there he found it, and when he found it he came back and told us that he couldn’t see...
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...A funny new twist on a classic love story, WARM BODIES is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie) encounters Julie (a human survivor), and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as the two form a special relationship in their struggle for survival, R becomes increasingly more human - setting off an exciting, romantic, and often comical chain of events that begins to transform the other zombies and maybe even the whole lifeless world As much as I enjoy "The Walking Dead" on AMC and movies such as "28 Days Later," one of my ongoing complaints about the explosion of the zombie genre is the general mopery and overall predictability of those ever-staggering creatures. They lurch. They snarl. They sniff the air for the scent of human flesh. They pounce and gnaw. They pound windows and doors, and express frustration when confronted with 10-foot-high cyclone fences. And then they get shot in the head and die. That's pretty much it. We almost never get inside the rotted mind of the zombie or see things from the zombie point of view. They're forever penned in as the Big Metaphor. One of the many exhilarating pleasures of "Warm Bodies" is the flipping of that script. This is a bloody fresh twist on the most popular horror genre of this century, with none-too-subtle echoes of a certain star-crossed romance that harks back to a certain bard who placed a certain...
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...Br-aaaaaa-in-ssss! Let's do a recap on why zombies love brains too much: 1. Brains contain memories, 2. Brains think of magnificent ideas and last but not the least, brains are tasty for it is the most mysterious body part! But what is "brain"? Brain is an organ of the body in the head that controls functions, movements, sensations, and thoughts. Yep, brains are absolutely like remote controls! It has 3 anatomical divisions: Forebrain that contains the cerebrum, thalamus and hypothalamus, Midbrain, which is a part of the brainstem and Hindbrain that contains the pons, medulla oblongata and cerebellum. Cerebrum, cerebellum and the brainstem are considered as the three main parts of the human brain. Cerebrum is the largest part which makes up 85% of the brain’s weight. It is the “thinking” part of the brain and it controls your voluntary muscles – the ones that move when you want them to. So you can’t dance without your cerebrum! Cerebrum is also involved in remembering, problem solving and feeling. Next up is the cerebellum. The cerebellum sits at the back of your head, under the cerebrum. It’s a lot smaller than the cerebrum at only 1/8 of its size. But it’s a very important part of the brain as it controls balance and coordination. Because of your cerebellum, you can stand upright, keep you balance in biking or surfing and move around. Another brain part that's small but mighty is the brain stem, which is divided into midbrain, pons and medulla. The brain stem sits beneath...
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...Ten Reasons to Hope for the Zombie Apocalypse 1. You’ll never have to deal with your evil boss again. Unless, of course, she/he’s a zombie, in which case, you’ll get to bash her brains in (double win!). 2. When your kids ask you, “What’s for dinner?” you can sweetly reply, “go kill it yourself!” 3. You’ll finally get to test out your Tommy Knocker on some zombies, made by the one and only Zombie Fighter Jango! 4. All that knowledge you acquired from reading countless zombie book and weatching all the classic zombie movies will be put to good use (it’s not just entertainment!). 5. Your neighbors will finally stop complaining about your scraggly garden (I think a talent for killing plants is a sign that you’ll be able to kill zombies just as easily – it makes sense). 6. If the government shuts down, there will finally be a legitimate reason for it. 7. Maybe, just maybe, Daryl Dixon will come along, and you can impress him with your crossbow skills (amongst other things, *wink, wink, nudge, nudge*). 8. Twerking will be a thing of the past (one would hope). 9. Stupid diets like Atkins, South Beach, and juice cleanses will immediately go out of style. Twigs for everyone! 10. There will be a shortage of fossil fuels, and we won’t be polluting the environment at such a rapid rate (you’re welcome, Al Gore!). I hope I was able to brighten your day, now that you can add these to your list of reasons to anxiously await the zombie apocalypse. It’s all about silver...
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... Do I believe in zombies? The answer is yes. There is no proof that an actual apocalypse can happen, but there is a certain disease that makes people suspiciously zombie-like. This disease is called mad cow disease. There have always been a number of diseases and disorders that can turn a person violent, but they were also never contagious, until humans discovered mad cow disease. When a person becomes infected there are several symptoms that sound suspiciously zombie-like. Some of the symptoms related to mad cow disease include, muscle twitches, delirium, changes in how the infected person walks. If mad cow disease were to get out of control and turned our delirium into rage, and could be transmitted by blood, then humans could be just a bite away from a zombie apocalypse. Mad cow disease is a prion that affects cows. When someone ingests the infected meat they have a chance of getting the disease. It affects the brain of cows making them "mad", another term for mentally ill. It's called mad cow disease because it affects a cow's nervous system, causing a cow to act strangely and lose control of its ability to do normal things, such as walking. A prion is a small infectious particle that causes a progressive neurodegenerative condition. They affect the brain structure by acting as a template, inducing proteins with normal folding to convert to the abnormal prion form. If a person eats meat from an infected cow, the person is at risk for contracting the human form of the...
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...Intriguing, bump-in-the-night spine-tingling terror is the only way I can think to describe this collection of horror stories. You’ll find serial killers, witches, the boogey man, zombies, zombie babies, hologram pumpkins, trolls, frightening fairy tales, and raining octopuses (yes, I said octopuses). There are several that stand out for me, such as Neighbors: A voyeuristic couple is intrigued by their neighbors kinky bedtime habits, and decide to invite them over to ask about their secrets… and share a few of their own. In Dead Flames, two zombies discover each other as “Adam and Eve of the Apocalyptic garden.” In Lost Soles, a man’s obsession with shoes turns deadly. In Skin Deep, Mark has an unusual ability to see demon like monsters that...
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...The Keys to Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse A zombie apocalypse occurs when the dead “revive” with the intention to transform the living into zombies. It is quite evident that a zombie apocalypse has never occurred, and that the chance of a zombie apocalypse will ever occur is unlikely. However, such absent inactivity should not lead a person to eliminate the possibility of a zombie apocalypse as a future reality. Unlike natural disasters that often come with a warning, a zombie apocalypse would most likely be absent of any warning – it’s an outbreak that occurs unexpectedly, and spreads rapidly. Due to the unpredictable nature of zombie apocalypses, one should not neglect preparation. While at first glance, it may seem that surviving a zombie apocalypse is impractical; with the proper location, shelter, and weapons, people can in fact survive. Location is a vital factor to consider when preparing for a zombie apocalypse. The ideal location is somewhere that is tough for a zombie to enter, such as a body of water. For this reason, Lake Jocassee would be an ideal location. Zombies are incapable of swimming and would therefore not be able to reach any humans that swam away from the shore. Another positive factor that a lake has is the food supply that it provides. Lakes are full of fish that humans could eat in order to stay alive. While Lake Jocassee certainly has many positive attributes, there are some negative factors to consider. A major issue would be the fact that a person...
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...In modern times persecution of Christians in Britain is not common however, the pain cannot be saved for Christians living in other parts of the world that often have to endure the “Nero type” experience in order to live out their faith in such circumstances the words and actions of Jesus remain an invaluable source of support. An example of a Christian who has recently suffered because of his faith is Oscar Romero a Archbishop from El Salvador had his life ended prematurely and brutally because he spoke out about great injustice carried out on the on the citizens of Latin America. The murder of father, Rutilio Grande who’s only crime was living in poverty alongside helpless peasants. An Example of this persecution is “Jesus prays in Gethsemane” Ch14v36-42, this example shows even when Jesus is in despair he will do what God wants him to. The message given from this is that in the time of great suffering you must stick to your faith at all costs. This is what Rutilio Grande did and his faith brought him death. In a way, modern Christians do have to submit to punishment, people could be made social outcast and be called names and take physical and verbal abuse off non-Christians just for their religion. Like when Jesus was summoned to the high priest he had to submit to questioning and suffering. When Jesus healed Jairus’ daughter in Ch5v21-43 the crowd laughed him and ridiculed Jesus for believing that the girl was just sleeping...
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...Wetzel. The concert was presented by The Grossmont Guitar Guild, it was held at the Cuyamaca College of Performing Arts on October 29, 2012. This report will detail my experience and give an accurate, unbiased review of “Masterpieces of the Guitar.” Before the performance began I had the opportunity to sample the program and read through it thoroughly. The most important thing I learned from the program was information about the artist performing. I also learned about some of the music being performed. Pertaining to the artist performing his solo act, Robert Wetzel, he has a rich history in music. According to the program he began studying guitar at the young age of fifteen. He studied under master guitarist’s Angel Romero, Pepe Romero and Celedonio Romero. If you couldn’t already tell, all three of his masters were related and he considers himself part of this lineage. Today, he is a resident of San Diego, California. In addition to his performances with the guitar he also teaches music at San Diego State University, Grossmont College, Southwestern College and the University of California. I also learned, from the program about the songs I was about to hear performed by Wetzel. The artists listed include: Milan, Narvaez, Frescobaldi, Scarlatti,, Bach, Schumann, Debussy, Satie, Ravel, Moreno-Torroba, Tansman and Presti. I think this was important because it gave me a better understand of what I was about to hear, and really set the tone for the entire evening. I think...
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