The article "Vampire Gentlemen and Zombie Beasts" written by
Angela Tenga, and Elizabeth Zimmerman, starts off by addressing how both
vampires and zombies engage the audience differently. Both of these
"monsters" are undead yet they draw two different crowds. Zombies
incite more fear of death due to their decomposing corpses, which are less
appealing to most. On the other hand vampire's bodies keep intact more of their
muscular frame, and social and political stability. Next the authors go into
consciousness of the two beasts. Since the beginning of zombie movies and shows
they have been made out to be a mindless body striving for only living flesh.
Vampires are not only given a consciousness, but they have individualism while
make collective thoughts and decisions. Vampires promote the lavish lifestyle
the consumers are striving to obtain; this was directly compared to a Western
capitalistic society. Zombies represent poor creatures that don't really strive
for any type of fulfillment other than that of feasting on humans. The article
ends stating horror movies and shows are trends that change throughout time,
and it’s only a matter of time for a different type of monster to step up and
steal the spotlight.
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