You can read the full article here, but meanwhile here’s an overview of how zombies are portrayed in different films:

• Hell’s full: The classic movie Dawn of the Dead used the tagline, ‘When there’s no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth”. Sounds pretty terrifying.
• Witchcraft: The original zombie was a Haitian creature – a corpse brought back to life by magic.
• A virus: 28 Days Later and its ilk herald in a new kind of fast-moving zombie – this time they’re not the undead; they’re infected.
•  A result of society’s failings: The more academic view is that zombies are a result of a widespread problem in society, be it commercialism (Dawn of the Dead, again), the spread of reality TV (Dead Set) or unemployment (I don’t think this has been implied in film yet, but the BBC seems to think that it could be).

Did we miss any out? If so, drop us a line and we’ll add them in. While we may very well be ‘over thinking’ this, it’s crucial to understand the cause of zombie-ism if we are to find a long term solution to living with the zombie threat. There’s not much we can do about hell being full (go to church more often?). However, cures can be found for viruses, we can lobby the government if zombie-ism is caused by unemployment, and shoot Simon Cowell if it’s reality TV.

 The answers are manifold:

1. Because on our first date, my future husband asked me what my zombie escape plan was in a joking fashion. I very seriously gave him a detailed description not only of what I would do, but also what I would get my family, friends and horse to do as well.
2. Because zombie films, by and large, are just awesome.
3. Because it could happen.

So my now-husband Alex and I have set up this website to collate plans, share strategies and bring together the wealth of information out there about different sorts of zombies. When the apocalypse comes, we’ll be ready…