Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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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: amzn.to/3Ak9lIu
Entertain the Elk - The Day The Walking Dead Died: youtube.com/watch?v=e9xMqtIWYQE
Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: 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
Uncensored and extended cut: nebula.tv/videos/like-stories-of-old-what-makes-zombie-stories-meaningful
Help me make more videos!
Support this channel: patreon.com/LikeStoriesofOld
Leave a One-Time Donation: paypal.me/TomvanderLinden
Follow me:
Sign up for my weekly newsletter: getrevue.co/profile/likestoriesofold
Facebook: facebook.com/LikeStoriesofOld
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Twitter: 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: amzn.to/3Ak9lIu
Entertain the Elk - The Day The Walking Dead Died: youtube.com/watch?v=e9xMqtIWYQE
Further Reading:
Like Stories of Old – The Complete Reading List: kit.co/likestoriesofold/reading-list
10 Books that changed my life: kit.co/likestoriesofold/10-books-that-changed-my-life
10 More books that inspired my thinking: 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
