Living Dead

Sometimes we refer to someone behaving “like a zombie.” This phrase could mean several things. A person could be mumbling, walking slowly, or eating very aggressively. These are all characteristics of zombies, and sometimes people act like them. My friend, Lauren, tends to mumble a lot. Most of the time, people cannot understand what she is saying because she speaks so low and all all her words flow together. I have to translate for her pretty often. Some like to say she sounds “like a zombie”…

What Caused Scientists to Think Honeybees Turned into ZomBees? Amy Barth’s purpose in writing “Rise of the ZomBees!” is to recount that scientists think bees are turned into ZomBees. John Hafernik, the biologist, spotted bees walking in circles on the sidewalk outside of his lab. Because of this strange behavior, Hafernik put them in a container. John Hafernik discovered that the bees have died in the container and with them were tiny brown pupae. Hafernik figured out that when a female zombie…

Revenants in the woods . in the story “Gravediggers, Mountain of bones “ These kids (PJ, Ian ,and Kendra) that have some differences get lost in one of the most dangerous woods . Trying to find a way back to camp they realise that something was sketchy and once they think they're safe they soon become surrounded by the walking dead.Trying to escape these “think” using this no good book they lose their fried to the zombies.Or so they thought,but the warrant (protector) takes him before the…

Within today’s culture, the idea of cannibalism exists as a way to evoke horror and induce disgust. In recent decades, popular culture has given individuals movies such as “The Cannibal Holocaust”, “The Silence of the Lambs”, and “The Hills have Eyes” where cannibalism plays a significant role. Today’s television shows, films and video games exploit society’s newfound fascination with cannibalism by introducing alternative versions of the cannibal such as zombies and vampires. Though culture’s…

Hearing the word zombie usually invokes images of a horror movie or in today’s society a person suffering with drug addiction. The sad reality of modern day society is the new term called “the Zombie Effect”. This term refers to what happens to some children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyper Activity Disorder or ADHD and have been prescribed medication to help manage the disorder. ADHD is the most commonly known neurodevelopment disorder that affects children on into adulthood. ADHD can…

Rabid is the David Cronenberg film that I've been craving lately after having been disappointed with Dead Ringers. The film is a 70s mishmash of vampires, zombies and biological disorder. It also has lead actress Marylin Chambers showing off her splendid boobies. In conjunction with releasing Dead Ringers on Blu-ray, Scream Factory has also released Rabid in a Collector's Edition Blu-ray package with a substantial amount of special features and a damn fine transfer. Read on to see if you should…

I was a “zombie” for “The Walking Dead” I remember the day I first “discovered” Robert Kirkman’s “The Walking Dead” as if it happened today. I heard about the show through commercials, social media, and from friends, but it never really captured my full interest because it seemed like a generic zombie action movie, and I’ve already seen plenty of those. Anyway, one day, while playing on my PS3, I found myself bored out of my mind because none of my friends were available and I didn’t have…

Surviving a zombie apocalypse is very terrifying and dangerous. First of all, if you’re going solo then you might have a greater chance of dying. But being alone is also better, when you have a scarce amount of food, then it might be better to be alone. Having more people with you though will decrease the possibility of getting bit or dying. When somebody is bitten by a zombie you are to kill them. Killing them will help you, so when they die they won’t become a zombie and murder you. So anyway,…

Warm Bodies: A Metaphor of Materialism’s Effect On People Warm Bodies by Issac Marion describes a world where humans coexist with zombies. In the novel, people are turning into zombies for unknown reasons. These zombies do not feel anything but hunger and mostly do not aware of the world around them. Issac Marion uses the zombie genre to represent the materialistic world and suggests that materialism is self-destructive because materialists are more likely to be selfish, insensitive and unhappy.…

People may not have realized this yet, but the zombie apocalypse has already started. From living rooms to coffee shops or on the streets of any neighborhood, mindless de-animated sacks of meat spend endless hours consumed and mesmerized by their digital devices. These human husks have the appearances of the living, but lack free will as they are chained to the screens of their televisions, laptops, or smartphones. These technological devices have changed everything in modern society; it has…