M. Night Shyamalan

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 movies. Bishop also explains that the protagonist groups of these movies are representations of a “family” unit. These movies, like others, highlighted the bleak…

It is made visible that Eliot’s use of literary allusion does not bring confusion to the responder as it provides meaning that is comprehensive to the human spirit. Eliot makes it clear that his focus of the industrial period is embedded in his literary allusion where he is not apologetic for as he aims to expose society’s lack of responsibility and draws attention to hope and salvation. He expresses the fragmentation of his world from the physical and emotional scars of World War I driving in…

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…

Three days ago, and infectious virus sprung out of nowhere. The news came on, and the news reporter said “ as you can see, the outsiders are showing signs of cannibalism (the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings)at that point, it was announced that the Zombie Apocalypse had started. I’ve met up with multiple people; these are the people I need in order to ensure my survival. I choose Linda Dempsey, Hugo mitchell, Adelia Rotel, Lashawn Jackson,…

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,…

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 adventurous night out camping. Before the night is even started, their…

"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…

Characterization of Toby If asked, most people would describe getting a ticket as, for instance a speed ticket; a ticket you got for driving too fast. Tickets are given to us by our higher authorities if we do not follow the law. However, for Toby Heckler, that is not the case. Toby is a socially handicapped male, with a rather childish appearance. (Page 37, ‘’On the yellow paper Toby had printed in red ink ‘PRAKING MISTEAK’ and signed his name ‘TOBY’ in a childish-looking hand.’’) The fact that…