The Post-9/11 Aesthetic: Repositioning the Zombie Film in the Horror Genre

Aesthetics after 9/11: rearrangement of zombie film Alan Edward Green, Jr. University of South Florida, aegreen @ mail.usf.edu

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A zombie movie is a subtype of a horror movie that shows that an unconscious human has recovered from death. These movies usually involve zombie invasion and feed on human flesh, mainly in zombies. Then, the conspiracy of zombie movies mainly develops struggle between livelihood and livelihood. Zombie movies are not only a type of horror, but also SF, horror, and comedy

List of horror movies released in the 1930s. American horror movies were officially created in the 1930s, the most famous one is the creation of a worldwide horror movie. White zombies are considered the first feature film zombie movie and are described as prototypes and models of all zombie movies. Many Hollywood actors, especially Bela Lugosi (Dracula, 1931) and Boris Karloff (Frankenstein, 1931) have been named for the past 10 years horror film. In 1931, Frederic March received the best actor award from Dr. Jekyll and Haid. Films of this age often have inspiration from the Gothic horror literature, it is not a supernatural theme, there are many times the theme of science and religion.

TV programs such as AMC 's The Walking Dead are popular, but zombie movies are usually a budget initiative. Early in 2002 after 28 days, under the guidance of Oscar winner Danny Boyle, a monster infected with virus and enchanting conspiracy revived the zombie horror type. Capital is only 8 million dollars, world revenue is approximately $ 83 million. All of this is due to George A. Romero's 1968 classic "The Night of the Dead" invented by the Library of Congress in 1999 due to its cultural significance. I will quote it. But even movie historians speculate that this film is a criticism of the 1960s culture and the Vietnam War and the shooting price is estimated at 114,000 dollars and it will be 742,130 dollars adjusted for today's inflation .

Romero completely changed the type of horror film until the night of the dead; according to Almar Haflidason of British Broadcasting Corporation, this movie represents "a new dawn of horror filmmaking". This movie also effectively redefines the use of the term "zombie". The word "zombie" itself has never been used, but the movie uses Ghoul Romero's movie. This is a zombie theme drawn as a resurrection of carnivorous people. Romero himself initially did not consider the partner of the movie zombies, "I never thought that my man was a zombie when I made the first movie. For me, the zombies are still The Caribbean, the boys in that area are doing the network Lugosi. "The movie and its successor produce countless imitations in movies, television and video games, and these imitations are invented by Romero I borrowed the element of. "The night of the night of the dead" appeared in the subtype of the splash movie. They are located far away from the countryside and the suburbs