Óscar Romero

In “Vacationing in Zombieland: The Classical Functions of the Modern Zombie Comedy,” Kyle William Bishop writes about the development of the subgenre of zombie comedies. This subgenre, termed “Zombedy” by Bishop, is explained to challenge audiences’ ideas about zombie narratives. To exemplify the evolution of this subgenre, Bishop shares history behind the original tragedy of zombie narratives. Bishop cites Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead as the start of traditional tragic zombie…

The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead; Same World, Different Stories Not all zombie shows are created equal. Since its debut in 2010, AMC’s The Walking Dead has had great success as a TV show. Showing what life is like for those who survived after the zombie apocalypse, the show follows a central but ever-changing group of people as they fight for their lives every day. After its fifth season came to a close and just before the sixth season began, AMC aired a prequel of the original…

It is dark. All around it is pitch black and the only thing to be heard is labored breathing. There is something out there. Suddenly, a noise startles you and you jump six feet in the air. MONSTERS! They’ve caught your scent and you take off running once again. Monsters like mummies, werewolves and ghosts have had cultures and peoples running scared for decades. More recently, one monster in particular has frightened individuals in ways the ‘classic’ monsters could only dream of. Zombies, the…

Elizabeth McAlister argues that zombies that we know of today are used as a mirror to highlight capitalism, slavery, and the rebellion against it. She discusses the how zombies originated and its effects on Haitian religion and culture, how the marine occupation of Haiti brought the "Zonbi" to the using film industry and is relation to a barbaric racial blackness, and how we began to see how the U.S. film industry began to move from the barbaric sense to the rebellion against it. I agree with…

We live in a world where global warming, war, famine, pandemic diseases, and racism are the norm. These occurrences contribute to many social anxieties that society deals with on a day to day basis, raising the question: that if these problems continue to get worse for humanity as we know it, what will become of us as a civilisation? Zombies are defined as corpses, said to be will-less and speechless humans who have died and been supernaturally reanimated. Depicted as emotionless and mindless,…

Within the past decade, zombie movies have become a fad. It all began with the original Night of the Living Dead and cruised into the more current ones like World War Z and The Walking Dead. These movies and shows have taken horror and gore to the next level, but if you are looking for that scary, dreadful, and nail biting zombie movie that everyone loves, I would suggest looking elsewhere. A Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is a movie about 3 high school scouts who plan an…

"THE WALKING DEAD"strolls on the 8th spell! Together they struggle to survive and adapt in a post-apocalyptic world filled with walkers and opposite groups of survivors, and they are often more terrible than the walkers themselves. Phew! Yes, that is "THE WALKING DEAD". The same, developed by Frank Darabont for AMC and named by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard, is now stepping into it's 8th season. Seems interesting, right? Definitely yes. If you Walk towards…

It is becoming vital to prepare for this impending crisis of a zombie apocalypse. Establishing a plan for survival in a zombie apocalypse can vary depending on the person’s primary needs, but it is necessary to be informed of, and also understand the fundamentals. In the circumstance of the walking dead obtaining food and water, gathering weapons, and finding shelter are all crucial to survive. First and foremost, Food is vital for overall health and necessary for providing vigorous energy…

Isabelle Anne Romero, of Filipino decent, standing 5’3 inches was born October 10th, 2001, in Fresno California. Isabelle lives with both her parents and her younger sister Natalie most of the year. However half of the year her grandparents who are from the Philippines come and stay with her family. When they are in town it’s an absolute treat to everyone because of the homemade egg rolls that they generously share with the entire community. Isabelle playing both comp and varsity volleyball,…

The zombie, as a concept, is related to many different subjects in the world today. Lauro and Embry in “A Zombie Manifesto: The Nonhuman Condition in the Era of Advanced Capitalism” correlate the different parts of the zombie to what they represent. In their writing they state “The zombie is historically tied to, and has been read alongside, the expansion of global capitalism.” (96) They add that this concept stretches back to the colonial era, representing colonial imports. This instance is yet…