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know the cause there can be a cure. In Romero's films there is not a "zombie virus." Don't zombies infect others with the zombie disease? No, watch the films again. The zombies' bite causes inevitable death, but it does not turn them into zombies. Death turns everyone into zombies. In the world of Romero, everyone who dies becomes a zombie. If you die in a car wreck you become a zombie, if you die of old age, you become a zombie All we know about the bite is it causes an infection that leads to death. We are never really told if the infection can be cured. It is hinted that amputation could prevent death if it is caught soon enough but we never know for sure. We do know that death leads to rising as a zombie unless the brain is destroyed. The world as we know it has changed forever. No longer do we rest in peace, no longer do we go to our promised reward. Now when we die we raise and kill our family. In Romero's movies God has turned his back on the world and there is no hope. We can outrun them, but we will never get away, because one day we will be them. How can we ever lie down next to someone and not fear that they might die in their sleep and devour us before we wake. Where can we go to escape from ourselves. So much of our society is based upon either life after death or resting when we die, what do we do when all this is proved false?

With all of the above I still like some fast zombie movies. The creatures in 28 days Later while not being dead were truly terrifying. However nothing will ever top that feeling of absolute abandonment I get when I watch the original Dawn of the Dead. Watching that film I have a hard time feeling that God is still watching over us.

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