Dawn of the Dead (Zombie Flicks)

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DAwn of the Dead (1978) really is the perfect allegory now for COVID-19

you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 September 2021 15:59 (two years ago) link

in NOTLD, the undead come out of nowhere, and overwhelms the country as they are poorly understood. fairly quickly, scientists learn how to fight them, and initially it helps, but by Dawn of the Dead, skeptics like the talk show host at the beginning express disbelief that 'zombies' are real and that the dead are returning to life. rebels defy scientists instructions and do not destroy the dead, instead letting them live untreated at the bottom of their building, which continues the spread of the undead. scientists even lament that they could have stopped it 'at the beginning!' but people are reluctant to dispose of the dead in the way they've specified.

you had me at "giallo" (Neanderthal), Saturday, 18 September 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link


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