As far as I am aware, the virus theory is attributed to 28 Days/Weeks Later and I Am Legend. The remake of DOTD has a vaguely religious 'end of days' overtone evidenced through lines like 'when there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth'; the apocalyptic aerial shot when yer wan's driving down the road and the use of 'When the Man Comes Around' in the title credits.
I can't remember the cause in the original DOTD - was it pollution? I know it was a satire on Nixon's 'silent majority'.
I haven't seen any other zombie films recently to comment on those...
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Date: 2008-01-10 01:52 pm (UTC)I can't remember the cause in the original DOTD - was it pollution? I know it was a satire on Nixon's 'silent majority'.
I haven't seen any other zombie films recently to comment on those...
*nerds right back at ya*