This may be a totally false and biased statement, but I really feel that there has been little else to take hold of the world's fascination quite like zombies. It wasn't even a gradual transition, either. Every time some new and excellent source of zombie fiction emerges, it captivates the attention of the masses like little else can. The only thing that can compete with zombie mania are sparkling vampires and boy wizards, and neither of those really fit into the "horror" category, do they? With this huge love for the rotting dead, the sales of zombie shirts have blown through the roof.
Even though there were several movies about zombies before '68, George Romero's "Night Of The Living Dead" is the film that really catapulted zombies into the imagination of a nation. Yes, it was very much a cult hit...but the fans of the movie were stalwart and devoted. They were guys like me, who wore their NotLD zombie tees until they were covered in holes.
Romero followed the cult hit status of "Night of the Living Dead" with two more movies to make an amazing zombie trilogy. What was so awesome about these films is that it gave an epic world view of how society might fall apart if confronted with a devastating event such as a zombie apocalypse. These movies were "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead" respectively, and I still have my zombie shirts from both of these flicks.
In 2004 zombie films got its resurrection jolt from a young director named Zack Snyder. Snyder had not yet developed his sensory-overload style of film making just yet as seen in his blockbuster "300", but he definitely knew how to make a movie that reached out and grabbed your attention when he remade the cult classic "Dawn Of The Dead." The movie made many purists angry because it featured zombies that were aggressively fast on their feet, but I am willing to forgive him. Regardless of that, it created a million new fans of the zombie genre and thousands of people who wanted zombie-themed apparel.
Less than a decade later, zombies are still on fire with popularity. Two new franchises have been developed for print, and are currently in development for film. "The Walking Dead" is currently in its second season and seeing massive responses in popularity. Max Brooks' huge bestseller "World War Z" is being made into a movie with Brad Pitt as the star. In a year, I bet we'll see zombie tees on everyone of all ages. So long to the vampires and wizards, because it's time to get gory.
Even though there were several movies about zombies before '68, George Romero's "Night Of The Living Dead" is the film that really catapulted zombies into the imagination of a nation. Yes, it was very much a cult hit...but the fans of the movie were stalwart and devoted. They were guys like me, who wore their NotLD zombie tees until they were covered in holes.
Romero followed the cult hit status of "Night of the Living Dead" with two more movies to make an amazing zombie trilogy. What was so awesome about these films is that it gave an epic world view of how society might fall apart if confronted with a devastating event such as a zombie apocalypse. These movies were "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead" respectively, and I still have my zombie shirts from both of these flicks.
In 2004 zombie films got its resurrection jolt from a young director named Zack Snyder. Snyder had not yet developed his sensory-overload style of film making just yet as seen in his blockbuster "300", but he definitely knew how to make a movie that reached out and grabbed your attention when he remade the cult classic "Dawn Of The Dead." The movie made many purists angry because it featured zombies that were aggressively fast on their feet, but I am willing to forgive him. Regardless of that, it created a million new fans of the zombie genre and thousands of people who wanted zombie-themed apparel.
Less than a decade later, zombies are still on fire with popularity. Two new franchises have been developed for print, and are currently in development for film. "The Walking Dead" is currently in its second season and seeing massive responses in popularity. Max Brooks' huge bestseller "World War Z" is being made into a movie with Brad Pitt as the star. In a year, I bet we'll see zombie tees on everyone of all ages. So long to the vampires and wizards, because it's time to get gory.
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