The Zombie Question

by Scott Baker Are zombies still relevant in today’s horror genre? It’s a legitimate question. Since the 1990s, a seemingly endless influx of zombie fiction, movies, and video games has flooded the market. Fans have been treated to some truly outstanding books (Patient Zero and World War Z), films (The Horde and Zombieland), and video games (Dead Island and Left 4 Dead). Unfortunately, we have also seen zombies placed in every scenario imaginable. The living dead have faced off against strippers, cheerleaders, and ninjas. A zombie apocalypse has been the focus of a commercial for Toshiba computers in which an…