Building the Perfect Zombie
35Zombies are perhaps the most commonly represented monsters in modern narrative media, but it's surprisingly difficult to pin down their origins, and even what it really means to be a zombie. Today, I'm looking at their history, and how it's changed over the past century of portrayals.
Films and games that informed this video (books/comics/TV shows in comments):
Films:
1919:
J’accuse
'32:
White Zombie
'33:
Frankenstein
'34:
Maniac
'36:
Ouanga
Revolt of the Zombies
'42:
Bowery at Midnight
'43:
Dead Men Walk
I Walked with a Zombie
Revenge of the Zombies
'58:
The Fly
'59:
The Mummy
Plan 9 from Outer Space
'62:
Carnival of Souls
'64:
The Last Man on Earth
'66:
The Plague of the Zombies
'68:
Night of the Living Dead
'71:
The Omega Man
'77:
Suspiria
'78:
Dawn of the Dead
'80:
Nightmare City
'81:
An American Werewolf in London
The Beyond
The Evil Dead
Hell of the Living Dead
'82:
John Carpenter’s The Thing
'83:
Michael Jackson’s Thriller
'85:
Day of the Dead
Mr. Vampire
Re-Animator
Return of the Living Dead
'86:
The Fly
'87:
Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn
Prince of Darkness
'88:
The Discarnates
'89:
Pet Semetary
'91:
Battle Girl: The Living Dead in Tokyo Bay
'92:
Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness
Pet Semetary 2
'93:
My Boyfriend’s Back
'94:
Dellamorte Dellamore
'95:
Casper
'98:
Bio Zombie
'99:
Wild Zero
'00:
Junk
Versus
'01:
Stacy: Attack of the Schoolgirl Zombies
'02:
Resident Evil
28 Days Later
'04:
Dawn of the Dead
Doom
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Shaun of the Dead
'05:
Corpse Bride
The Descent
Land of the Dead
'07:
I Am Legend
Resident Evil: Extinction
28 Weeks Later
'08:
Dance of the Dead
Dead Space: Downfall
Diary of the Dead
Resident Evil: Degeneration
'09:
Dead Snow
Zombieland
'10:
Resident Evil Afterlife
Survival of the Dead
'11:
Dead Space: Aftermath
The Thing
'12:
The Battery
The Cabin in the Woods
Cockneys vs. Zombies
Hotel Transylvania
ParaNorman
Resident Evil: Damnation
Resident Evil: Retribution
'13:
Evil Dead
Warm Bodies
World War Z
'14:
It Follows
Life After Beth
What We Do in the Shadows
'15:
The Revenant
'16:
The Girl with All the Gifts
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Train to Busan
The Wailing
'17:
Anna and the Apocalypse
Less Than Human
Mom and Dad
One Cut of the Dead
Ravenous
Resident Evil: Vendetta
Zygote
'18:
Cargo
Overlord
Tumbbad
'19:
Pet Semetary
Zombieland: Double Tap
'20:
Valley of the Dead
'21:
Army of the Dead
Kingdom: Ashin of the North
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
'23:
Pet Semetary: Bloodlines (2023)
Poor Things (2023)
Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
Videogames:
1993:
Doom
'96:
The House of the Dead
Resident Evil
'98:
Resident Evil 2
'99:
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
'01:
Halo: Combat Evolved
'03:
The Simpsons: Hit & Run
'04:
Doom 3
Halo 2
'05:
Resident Evil 4
'06:
Dead Rising
'07:
Halo 3
Mass Effect
'08:
Call of Duty: World at War
Dead Space
Fallout 3
Left 4 Dead
'09:
Left 4 Dead 2
Plants vs Zombies
Resident Evil 5
'10:
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Dead Space Ignition
Fallout: New Vegas
Mass Effect 2
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
'11:
Dead Space 2
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Gears of War 3
Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
Rebuild
Saints Row: The Third
'12:
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Lollipop Chainsaw
Mass Effect 3
Resident Evil: Revelations
The Walking Dead: Season One
'13:
Dead Space 3
The Last of Us
Outlast
Plants vs Zombies 2: It’s About Time
State of Decay
The Walking Dead: Season Two
'14:
Halo 2: Anniversary
South Park: The Stick of Truth
Sunset Overdrive
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
15:
Dying Light
Fallout Shelter
Fallout 4
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
Resident Evil HD Remaster
Resident Evil Revelations 2
SOMA
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood
ZOMBI
'16:
Dead Island: Definitive Edition
Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
DOOM
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Special Edition
Gears of War 4
Inside
Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster
'17:
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Little Nightmares
Prey
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
'18:
Fallout 76
Overcooked! 2
Overkill’s The Walking Dead
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
State of Decay 2
'19:
Control
Days Gone
Gears 5
Metro Exodus
The Outer Worlds
Rage 2
Resident Evil 2
'20:
DOOM Eternal
The Last of Us Part II
Resident Evil 3
'21:
Back 4 Blood
Little Nightmares II
'22:
The Callisto Protocol
Dying Light 2 Stay Human
The House of the Dead: Remake
Vampire Survivors
'23:
Atomic Heart
Dead Space
Resident Evil 4
State of Decay 3 (N/A)
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