The Miami Zombie Apocalypse

Save Me from the Nothing I Have Become
"Horrified onlookers called police as the attack continued and Eugene began to eat away at Poppo's face. By the time police arrived, Eugene had ripped flesh from Poppo's face in strips and had bitten off part of his nose and gouged out his eyes" (Cannibal 2). The shocking video of the cannibal attack has shattered the country. The media called the attacker "the Miami zombie". That was the moment I realized there is no more denying, that zombies are ubiquitous in American culture. As if the fiction genre with its films, television shows and zombie-look-alike rock stars was not enough, the undead have come to life. It did not happen overnight - there had been decades and many reasons that had been leading up to America's zombification. Figure 1: Number of Google searches for the term "zombie" in the United States. Source: Google Trends
Zombies were first introduced to American cinematography in a movie called White Zombie (1932). It takes place in Haiti and follows Vodoun practises as they were originally intended. Gino Del Guercio, the author of “The Secrets of Voodoo in Haiti”, describes them as follows: "[I]n rural vodoun society, [zombification] is… a sanction imposed by recognized authorities, a form of capital punishment. For rural Haitians, …show more content…
There is no denying that the zombie make up is arguably one of the most creative Halloween make up ever invented. I believe that the utmost popularity of dressed up zombie walks all over the nation require no further proof. Ironically, Michael Jackson remains the top earning dead celebrity. Zach O’Malley Greenburg, the writer for the Forbes magazine, says: “The King Of Pop has earned triple-digit millions every full year since his death in 2009”

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