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Intro to Zombies

Published on Nov 22, 2015

These slides were designed to help get our discussion going for the Bad Birds Book Club, and our October book discussion on Warm Bodies

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History of Zombies

SHORT AND EDITED!
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ZOM·BIE ˈZÄMBĒ/ NOUN
A CORPSE SAID TO BE REVIVED BY WITCHCRAFT, ESPECIALLY IN CERTAIN AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN RELIGIONS.

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Night of the Living Dead 1968
Romero never called them zombies; he wanted them to be ghouls. The public called them zombies, so the name stuck.”

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1819
First time the word "zombi" appeared in English text. From the "history of Brazil"
1929
"The Magic Island" connects zombies with voodoo and Haiti

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Originated in Haiti, with African slaves. To become a zombie was the slave's worst nightmare: to be dead and still a slave, an eternal field hand.

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VOODOO RITUAL

Link To 15 minute video on voodoo: http://youtu.be/NRRmTd0K-jE
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The Serpent and The Rainbow- 1985
Wade Davis attempted to "research" the drugs used to create zombies.

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Center for Disease Control
2012
Created a website for surviving the zombie apocalypse. It was so popular, it crashed.

Website: www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies.htm
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Amy's Top ZOMBIE MOVIES

  • Night of the Living Dead
  • Dawn of the Dead
  • White Zombie
  • World War Z
  • Shaun of the Dead
  • 28 Days Later
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Amy's Top ZOMBIE BOOKS

  • World War Z
  • Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide
  • Warm Bodies
  • Patient Zero
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Amy Pate