The Bible is also said to be historically accurate which would bring me back to my original statement, that the idea of an apocalypse brings fear to society because it is commonly brought up in different aspects of our lives.
George Romero's movies during the 60's and 70's had the tagline, "When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth" ("Zombies and God: 5 Religious Questions That Zombie Stories Ask Us"). This tagline infers that our species is capable of filling hell so full that it overflows with people who are so given to their hungers that eventually they exist only to feed those hungers rather than those hungers existing to feed them. Zombie movies show us our best sides as well as our worst. They bring up the questions; how bad are we? Are we creatures of sin or creatures of love? While you're thinking about those questions it is necessary to contemplate what defines us as good or bad and how often there are blurred lines on the topic.
Zombie movies also commonly show characters battling between what is necessary and what is "right." This is constantly shown in AMCs "The Walking Dead," a show that follows a group of survivors who are being forced to endure life in a post-apocalyptic world. The group is frequently facing challenging decisions where they either kill or be killed. Specifically shown in the episode "Better Angles" Rick is forced to choose between killing his former best friend, Shane, or be killed by him. Rick makes the choice to kill Shane with the knowledge that Rick is the best hope and chance of the group's survival, including his wife, son, and unborn child. Before being placed into a world of violence and bloodshed, one would rarely ever considered having to kill someone for their own safety, but in this new-found world you are forced to deal with new monsters without the help of police men and laws to keep you safe.
