Zombie stories aren't going away, and our research suggests that more
are coming. This chart shows the number of zombie movies that came out
in the West each year since 1910. There are definite spikes during
certain periods, which always seem to happen eerily close to historical
events involving war or social upheaval.
Five years ago, we noticed that zombie movies seemed correlated with war. Everything from 28 Days Later to World War Z
makes explicit reference to wartime. But is there really a connection
between the popularity of zombie movies and social unrest? We decided to
do some research and find out.
The result was the graph above (click here
for a larger size), which does suggest that for some reason people
crave zombie movies during times of war. And that means we may be in for
a new round of zombie tales in coming years.
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