Posted by Civello at 68.76.167.66 on March 20, 2004 at 02:39:02:
In Reply to: So thats it? Kinda flimsy if ya ask me... posted by ChrisMoses on March 20, 2004 at 02:26:32:
: "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the Earth."
: Yeah, they said that, but... still.
: Why is there no more room in hell?
: Why do they have to eat people if they are dead?
: Why are they so angry? I mean, who is to say that, if you die, and you had a decent life, you couldn't accept that? Why does it mean, "Hmm, I'm dead, I thought I was good, but Heaven wouldn't take me... the Devil said Hell was full... Guess I'll stick around here... nibble on a coupla people or somethin."?
: The very first person to die, and begin spreading this disease... why? How did he/she die?
Scientific experiments
Zombies that supposedly can be created by scientific experimentation on chemical or genetic alteration of the human physiology have been made popular by the "living dead" series of films.
Another theme which frequently appears in zombie movies is the hell brought on by government experiments. This is the basis of Return of the Living Dead (1985), Return of the Living Dead II (1988), and Return of the Living Dead III (1993). In these movies, the zombies are created from an experimental chemical weapon produced by the military and somehow accidentally released onto a graveyard in every movie. The idea of the military ploting and creating havoc is a widely used concept in many conspiration films and find a perfect vehicle with these types of zombie movies. In Toxic Zombies (1980), a secret government agency uses an experimental herbicide on a marijuana plantation, and those trying to harvest the illegal crop. The resulting zombie-like creatures take a general revenge on anyone in the vicinity.