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ZOMBIES!Tricia Thomas

Your undead friends.

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Contents

HistoryRise in Pop CultureThe Great DebateWhat Can the Government

Do?What to Expect If You’re BittenWhat if They Attack?Recommend Viewing & Reading MaterialsReferences

Bulleted mayhem.

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1,000 BC: Epic of Gilgamesh describes zombie-like creatures under the control of the goddess Ishtar.1929: The Magic Island by W.B. Seabrook has the narrator encounter Haitian voodoo doctors who control zombies.1920’s and 1930’s: H.P. Lovecraft writes many novelettes about the undead. The most important was Herbert West—Reanimator, about a mad scientist who resurrects the dead.

It’s that voodoo that you do so well.An undead history

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1932: White Zombi is released which capitalizes on the same voodoo zombie themes as Seabrook's.1936: Things to Come is the first apocalyptic zombie movie.1950’s: EC Comic’s Tales from the Crypt would go on to adapt many short stories from the 20’s and 30’s, bringing these stories to new generations.1954: Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend has one lone man alive in a world filled with zombie-like creatures.1968: George Romero makes Night of the Living Dead on a budget of $114,000 and re-invents the zombie genre.

An undead historyIt’s that voodoo that you do so well.

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Rise in pop cultureBecause rising out of the grave is all work and no

play.

Started with George Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” (1968)Romero continued with “Dawn of the Dead” (1978) and “Day of the Dead” (1985)From the 1980’s on, zombie movies have been a very popular franchise that include: “Evil Dead,” “The Serpent and the Rainbow,” and “Shaun of the Dead”

Night of the Living Dead Trailer (1968)

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Gaming:Resident EvilDead RisingLeft 4 DeadZombies!!!

Television:Buffy the Vampire SlayerThe X-FilesMichael Jackson’s “Thriller” video

Rise in pop cultureBecause rising out of the grave is all work and no

play.

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Fast ZombiesNot feasibleMuscle deteriorationBroken bones would not mendOverall decomposition

The great debateSlow vs. fast, they’re still going to eat your brains.

Slow ZombiesNot as terrifyingOnly scary in large groupsEasy to out run (stay moving, stay alive)

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What can the government do?Slaying zombies is tax deductbile, right?

Only recently has the United States government been ready to address

the growing threat of a zombie invasion.

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First contact.[Human]

BittenHour 1: Pain

and Discoloration

Hour 5: FeverHour 8:

Numbing of extremities

Hour 11: Paralysis of lower body

Hour 16: Coma

Hour 20: Heart

stoppage

Hour 23: Reanimation

[Zombie]

On no! you’ve been bitten!Neosporin isn’t going to help that.

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Some forms of zombism are already here.Large cities would go first.Stay vigilant.In the end you can only be prepared.

What if they attack?Zero to apocalypse at the speed of ambling.


Max Brooks, The Zombie Survival Guide & World War ZGeorge Romero, Living Dead Series (1968-Present)Wes Craven, The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Recommended movies & booksBecause knowing is half the battle.


Max Brooks, The Zombie Survival Guide, Three Rivers Press, New York, 2003Zombie Survival Wiki, www.zombiesurvivalwiki.comZombie Crisis, www.zombiecrisis.orgZombie Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZombieGoogle ImagesYoutube Videos

referencesProof I didn’t make this stuff up.


Questions?Braaaaaiiiiiinnnnnnnssssss?

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