Zombies are a folkloric/pop-culture undead monster. For whatever reason, the zombie is a very popular monster and, consequently, is also quite unpopular.

Though, at this point, I’d guess that the image of the zombie is so genericized that it can apply to a lot more than just the original idea.

The origin of the zombie is actually quite interesting, as it’s an example of brainwashing/slave labor. Maybe the CIA should have taken inspiration here instead of…whatever they did in MKULTRA.

Basically, some voodoo witch doctors in the Caribbean figured out how to essentially enslave people with the use of a puffer-fish. There’s some more to it, but I’d need to check my source again.

Vampires and zombies have a lot of similarities, to the point I’m comfortable with saying that vampires are the not-lame version of the zombie (or, alternatively, the zombie is the lame version of the vampire).

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