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# Zombie Pictures Everywhere: Science Fiction to Zombie Apocalypse
Posted by [Catherine Taylor](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-art/author/catherine-taylor)
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So it seems everywhere I look at the moment are zombie pictures, **visions of the walking dead** – sometimes relatively unscathed and human-like; mostly fairly bloodily down the road of decay – whether in **art, film or on TV**. Having been immersed in making a **book on zombies** has obviously contributed to my high intake of undead depictions, but even when I decide to read something apparently non-zombie, my thoughts return to these shuffling, grasping creatures. Going through my other half’s eclectic collection of books the other day, looking for something new to read, I plucked out John Wyndham’s *The Day of The Triffids* – a **1951 post-apocalyptic science-fiction tale** of worldwide blindness enabling the rise of some rather nasty, stinging, *lurching*, *carnivorous* plants…
### Awakening to A Changed World
OK, so first of all, the post-apocalyptic thing is there – a trope much beloved of zombie-filmmakers – but more specifically, I experienced much déja-vu in the opening scenes as the protagonist **wakes up in hospital** to discover he has been abandoned by his carers and no one is left, save for some desperate, groaning, shuffling people wandering the wards... Where had I seen this before?
Well, most recently, we had just finished watching the first season of gripping TV show ***The Walking Dead***, where Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln) awakes from a coma to discover the very same thing. And then I realized that, before that (or around the same time as **the first* Walking Dead* comic book editions**, as it happens), was ***28 Days L******ater***, where Jim (Cillian Murphy) also arises from his coma to a deserted hospital and heads out to wander to stricken streets. In fact, it turns out, *28 Days* director **Danny Boyle** was **directly inspired by *The Day of the Triffids***, so there you go.
It is unsurprising that this opening set-up is popular, as it enables the introduction of a character who has managed to escape the initial catastrophe and gets a chance of making his way in the new world; it is an effective means to truly **engage the reader or viewer in the sheer range of emotions that would envelop anyone faced with such a situation**: confusion, anger, disbelief, fear, panic…
### Many Incarnations of Zombie
In *…Triffids*, both the disorientated, groping newly-blinded humans, and the underestimated, flesh-eating plants themselves have strong echoes of the zombie about them while not being zombies at all. In ***The Walking Dead*** and ***World War Z*** we have fairly classic **Romero-style** decomposing zombies who amble around in search of flesh, while the ***28 Days Later*** 'zombies', or '**infected**' if your perfer, can actually **run** – a controversial break from usual zombie rules. All these zombies work on **instinct only** and show no evidence of memories, emotion, or the ability to learn – **unlike some later Romero zombies**. Yet even with such a one-track existence that can only bring harm to the human protagonists, we tend to get **glimpses of the human lives** that have been lost – whether it is through remnants of family photographs or mournful, seemingly beseeching expressions. If you want a refreshingly different take on the zombie then seek out ***Warm Bodies*** – Isaac Marion’s novel or the subsequent 2013 film – here you have **sentient zombies** who pine and love and even become the heroes and saviours of humans.
### Blood and Guts
Then there are films that engender no such sympathy whatsoever towards our zombie friends, who exist **solely as the horror device**, to create suspense, shock – and a lot of blood. I’m reminded of of one interesting genre-mixing Norwegian zombie flick I saw some time back called ***Dead Snow*** (2009) – apparently a ‘zombie comedy’, though I only remember my occasional nervous laugh in between gasps, and groans – this takes the reliable horror slasher format of a group of youngsters holidaying in a remote frozen cabin who are then attacked by… **Nazi zombies**. Of course. It takes all sorts.
### Links
- Immerse yourself in a whole world of zombie news, articles and clips [here](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/zombie-apocalypse/)
- Watch the *Warm Bodies* trailer [here](http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3210404/watch-the-opening-scene-from-warm-bodies/)
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Topics: [Dead Snow](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-art/topic/dead-snow), [The Walking Dead](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-art/topic/the-walking-dead), [28 Days Later](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-art/topic/28-days-later), [Warm Bodies](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-art/topic/warm-bodies), [The Day of The Triffids](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-art/topic/the-day-of-the-triffids), [Danny Boyle](https://blog.flametreepublishing.com/fantasy-art/topic/danny-boyle)
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