How (Not) To Tell a Meaningful Zombie Story

Uncensored and extended cut: https://nebula.tv/videos/like-stories-of-old-what-makes-zombie-stories-meaningful Help me make more videos! Support this channel: https://www.patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden Follow me: Sign up for my weekly newsletter: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/likestoriesofold Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tom.vd.linden Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tom_LSOO About this video essay: What are zombie stories really about? When do they succeed, when do they fail? Let’s find out! 0:00 Introduction: The Zombie Genre Uprising 2:48 Part 1: Myth of the Dead 7:25 Part 2: Survival Fantasies 13:56 Part 3: Masks Off 22:18 Part 4: Meaningful Inhumanity Sources: Max Brooks – World War Z: https://amzn.to/3Ak9lIu Entertain the Elk - The Day The Walking Dead Died: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9xMqtIWYQE Further Reading: Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list 10 Books that changed my life: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life 10 More books that inspired my thinking: https://kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-more-books-that-inspired-my-thinking Media included: 28 Days Later; A Quiet Place II; Alien; An American Werewolf in London; Army of the Dead; AVP: Alien vs. Predator; Black Summer; Dawn of the Dead 1978 + 2004; Day of the Dead; Dead Alive; Dead Snow; Dying Light; Edge of Tomorrow; Godzilla vs. Kong; I Am Legend; King Kong 1933 + 2005; Kong Skull Island; Night of the Living Dead; Nosferatu the Vampyre; Predator; Reign of Fire; Shaun of the Dead; Terminator 2; The Last of Us 1 + 2; The Girl With All the Gifts; The Shape of Water; The Tomorrow War; The Walking Dead; Train to Busan 1 + 2; Van Helsing; Warm Bodies; World War Z; Zombieland 1 + 2 Business inquiries: lsoo@standard.tv Say hi: likestoriesofold@gmail.com Music: Makeup and Vanity Set – Mourning Rite Cathedral – Delirium Alistair Sung – Searching the Unknown Dexter Britain – Ocean Breeze Dexter Britain – What is Lost Madron – Allude Ryan Taubert – Fool A Taylor - Flutter Music licensed from Musicbed. Elevate your videos with record-label quality music here: http://share.mscbd.fm/likestoriesofold