Why do people love zombies so much? I reader of Diesel Sweeties thinks that
the popularity of zombies lies in the growing disparity between the haves and the have-nots in western society, and in America in particular. Vampires are the monsters of the upper classes: aristocratic, powerful, and refined. Ghosts are the monsters of the middle class: stationary, repetetive, and jealous of privilege and their peers. Zombies are the teeming, hungry hordes of the poor and working class, locked in a cycle they cannot escape.
In light of the recent zombie marches on campus, I think this is something we need to question. Seriously, some pop culture researchers must have thought about this. And another thing, what category contains zombies, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, ninjas, and monkeys? I’m sure there is one, I just can’t name it…