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Facts about Zombies

Zombies have long been a Halloween and horror movie staple, but have just recently skyrocketed to pop-culture-phenomenon status. Films and wildly popular television shows have only served to feed the insatiable fascination many have with the flesh-eating walking dead.

While zombie hordes are a focus in much of mainstream America, Zombies, à la The Walking Dead, fortunately they don’t exist in the real world. However, history of the undead reaches farther back into our culture than you might think.

Here’s a look at some interesting facts surrounding these monsters of our time…

• The term “Zombophiles” is a term used to describe fans of the zombie genera.

• Zombies are mentioned in Haitian folklore, with the Haitian word “zombi” meaning “spirit of the dead.” These tales showed voodoo priests who had the ability to resurrect the deceased through the administration of a magic powder.

• The very first zombie movie ever made was the 1932 American film White Zombie. It was also the first horror movie that was not a silent film.

• The Night of the Living Dead was the first zombie movie to show a physical cause of zombification. Previously, zombies were created through Voodoo or other type of black magic.

• Zombie fans hotly debate whether Dr. Frankenstein’s creation can be considered a “zombie.” One side of the debate claims that a zombie should be defined as a reanimated corpse, regardless of how that reanimation occurs. The other side says that the corpse must be reanimated by either a virus or radiation and eat human flesh.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) jumped on the zombie bandwagon, with a post on their website in May 2011 entitled “Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse.” The post was a lighthearted way to promote real disaster preparedness.

• One of the most well organized zombie survivalist sites is ZCORE, which stands for Zombie Coalition Offensive Response Elite. It costs $4 to join.

• Critics note that zombies are an extreme representation of conformity and represent the inner struggle many humans have regarding the conflict of individuality versus conformity.