All in Zombies
While not a sequel or adaptation, The Cured expands on the themes of the Living Dead franchise. It does this by drawing from the fast zombie tropes established in Danny Boyle’s 28 Days Later and by returning to the source material behind the source material. The Cured goes beyond Night of the Living Dead (1968) and looks to the novel that inspired it: Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend (1954).
Zombies are an undead funhouse mirror, a decrepit parody of humanity meant to reflect our worst traits back at us. Part of that critique means that real, living, breathing humans, should always be more dangerous than stupid, slow-moving zombies. Today, Meg unpacks and celebrates the Romero zombie for all its given us. She also has fun hating on Zack Snyder’s fast zombies.
The character of Barbra in 1968’s Night of the Living Dead has been mostly viewed as a useless waste of screentime, thankfully revised into a final girl action hero in the 1990 remake. We’re here to argue, as much as we love action hero Barbara (with the extra “a”), original Barbra’s reputation is undeserved. She’s a realistic character type who should have more of a place in horror and who, when present, deserves to live every once in a damn while.
