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How Zombie Apocalypse Changed Over Time
Zombies over the years have changed drastically, especially in movies and television. From the special effects to the way they look, act, and even the way were supposed to kill them. There are many zombie movies and TV shows but a few are Night of the Living Dead, 28 days Later , World War Z and The Walking Dead.
Night of the living dead was one of the first zombie movies. It was made in 1968 and directed by George Romero. Being made in the mid 1900’s the movie was black and white and not as realistic as a movie would be in today’s time. They didn’t have good animation and technology wasn’t even close to what it is like today. In the movie mysterious radiation brought locals back from the dead., the locals now being zombies. Zombies or any horror movie in this time when sometime bad would happen there were dramatic noises
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The director of the movie is Marc Forster. World War Z is also a movie that is in color. This movie is a zombie movie that is very updated in it’s technology that has amazing special effects that neither of the other movies could ever have been. These Zombies are very different then other zombies. The only way to actually kill the zombie is to destroy their brain. They are very smart and use each other as resources. They climb each other so that it allows them to climb different obstacles they normal couldn’t unless they has other zombies around. Also, when they see a human that are not zombies they let out a moan so other zombies can here them and help. So, if one zombie lets out a moan then others do too so there are many zombies coming and it creates a massive crowd of zombies. Also, this type of zombie eats human flesh and when they are done with you all that’s left is a pile of rubble. ( World War Z) This information is important because it shows how modern technology has grown and changed the way movie makers make special effects and make it look more

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