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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago

Surprisingly early for film, 1932

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Zombie_(film)

"White Zombie is considered the first feature length zombie film"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The idea of a zombie comes from vodou (voodoo) and long predates any pop culture depiction of it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

That voodoo

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

what-you-don't-dare-do people