Fear of Zombies and Zombie Christ

December 23, 2008

zombie_christ Something that has consistently bothered me about zombies is why they are so interesting.

As a story-telling device they exist only as a setting, never a character. They’re the setting in which a human story unfolds. Every zombie story is about the survivors. As a result, zombies never have the personification that makes human characters interesting.

When you throw in my ongoing fascination with End-of-Times stories, and a little Uncanny Valley, you almost have an answer. But not quite.

The Gospel of Reason blog has an interesting theory. He riffs off of Yom Kippur, The rise of Jesus, and of course the voodoo zombies in Haiti, and concludes that zombies represent a failed sacrificial lamb of sorts for mankind.

The dead hold, within them, a representation of the past and a representation of the sins of their living brothers and sisters and, as a result, their return to our world represents a moving, walking, killing return of our own past sins.

Looking into the eyes of a zombie is like looking into the eyes of the worst part of yourself.

It’s a slightly long read but it’s fascinating, if you have the time, and it makes me fear zombie Jesus even more.

Posted by flowersjustin | Filed Under zombies

Comments

adricv

Cheers mate! It's good to hear you've taken the time to enjoy it.

I love how you put it:

"Looking into the eyes of a zombie is like looking into the eyes of the worst part of yourself."

Better than I have, that's quite insightful right there.