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Is the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia really preparing U.S. Citizens for a zombie attack? It appears they really are. They have added information to their large and extensive database in Atlanta and it does contain information we should follow, in case the dead come back to life again. If you are not a big fan of horror movies and don’t understand what a zombie is, it is when a dead person awakens from their grave and begins to move around like a living person. These “zombies” don’t have any thought control or much logical thinking. Their only desire seems to be, is to eat every man, woman, and child that comes into contact with it.

While you thought the C.D.C. was taking care of the real problems and things we consider to be a future hazard; it seems like they got caught up in the multi-million dollar world of horror movies. It is strange to see how the first zombie movie was created almost 5 decades ago and very few in the first 40years after. However, in the last decade, we have seen a sharp rise in the number of scary movies, which uses zombies as their theme. The zombie movie industry is no doubt growing very rapidly. The Walking Dead TV Series has been a huge hit on cable recently. Some fans like the TV version so well, they have went back to read the Walking Dead Book. I guess seeing the success at the movies and now with TV turning to the zombie monsters, the CDC in Georgia is taking no chances. They have a real plan of action, for us all to follow, in case the dead begin to exit their grave sites by the dozens, hundreds, thousands, or even more.

Most of us that consider our self “zombie experts” will remember the first true movie about zombies. It was produced by George Romero in 1968 and it was called Night of the Living Dead. You can go back further and find other zombie movies dating before this one, most notably the 1932 White Zombie movie featuring Bela Lugosi. These older films never did have the audience or cult status, for most of us to remember now. It was the classic movie Night of the Living Dead that really put things into focus for us. This is still a popular movie today and many will name it in their top 3, top 5, or top 10 lists for their all time favorite horror movies. I thought it was a pretty good movie and for the time, it was really creepy. Some of the modern movies go beyond the creepy stage and can get right down scary!

So the next time you are watching the Walking Dead on the AMC Channel or you catch a full length zombie movie, you can feel safe, knowing the Center for Disease Control is working out a emergency strategy to deal with these flesh-eating monsters. Who knew?