Are zombies mass-marketed to us?
 

A very interesting article I came across -

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/column/...undead-tropes/

Makes for a contemplative read, specially when the writer is drawing parallels with a human's innermost desires. No wonder our fascination with the creatures has increased with the progress of time.

It's an interesting article. The way I see it, zombies are used to symbolize two different concepts these days- the slow, shuffling zombies are symbols of a dead, decaying society, and the fast, angry zombies are symbolizing the rebelious spirit. It's a facile analogy, but mostly fits.

Zombies have certainly become co-opted by corporate America. As he mentions in the article, they're now used to sell cars... and I saw a commercial for some kind of snack food the other day that was using zombies...

All they just need a 'real' zombie outbreak now. :D

Great article, btw.

I'd rather Zombies were used to sell products than the dead-behind-the-eyes "celebrities" we usually get on ads.

I would love if there was one of those! I'm totally all ready for it, and have all my plans down.. :)
And it was a pretty intresting article.

This is nothing new. Whenever something is popular, people exploit it. Zombies are popular and people are cashing in on it. Even non horror fans enjoy zombies. Plus Zombies are easy and don't require much creativity which is severely lacking in today's media.

Of course they are, but I for one love it :P

i am amassive zombie fan but have to say i am starting to get bored with all the movies they are dishing out now.zombies movies have all been done now,all the best ones have been made,what else is left to do with them ?

For anyone sick of recent zombie movies not being up to scratch I recommend to reinvigorate your love of zombies:
Pontypool
Rec1 and 2
Mulberry Street

Glad to see another person liking Mulberry Street. That was a good one that doesnt get enough attention.

not heard of mulberry street,have to take a look.

Yeah its a great movie very enjoyable to watch

I'm fine with the zombies. Hell, they can even triple the amount of yearly zombie fiction released. It's the vampire mass-marketing that pisses me off.

Rec 1 and 2's awesome, heard about Pontypool though haven't heard of Mulberry Street. Thanks for the suggestion!

I hope you enjoy them both as much as I did :)