Reanimated corpses are innately pretty terrifying, but they are also pretty political.
in 1914. The story didn't actually involve zombies, but the tale of voodoo magic set in Barbados introduced all the elements of early zombie movies. More importantly, Downing's work was known in Hollywood circles. was shot in 11 days in a rented studio space for about $50,000. The film tells the tale of a plantation owner in Haiti whose business success is due to his workforce of Black zombies.
Throughout the 1930s and ‘40s, zombies kept their Caribbean Vodou roots. But as they became a more common horror tool, the origins and nature of zombies began to change to reflect the fears of the time. By the 1950s, as threats of nuclear war took over the American imagination, zombies were no longer being created by magic, but by science and communism. In
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