Why are Zombie movies so popular?
Currently, Zombies are everywhere. I remember my first zombie movie was Shawn of the Dead, which is the satire of Dawn of the Dead. To me, that classified zombies and their purpose. Since then, many serious zombie movies have been made and satires as well. The most recent satire was Zombieland which had a nice twist on the zombie. They have become more popular for viewers since it is an alternate reality where you're body can not die, unless of course "double tapped." The soul and mind are no more, but in some sense it's immortality. Yet, with all of the pandemics and illnesses zombies seem more real than ever.
Of course, their is overkill in genres. With all of the makings of Zombie movies and of Zombie novels, it seems as if Zombies are no longer exotic and ingenius. The Zombie movie now has a formulaic structure that most of them follow. They tend to act the same in every movie and people will react the same to seeing a dead person walking the earth.
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