Drop-Dead Gorgeous: Saving Your Lover in the Zombie Apocalypse

By Elise Mulligan

This analysis of the romantic relationships in three zombie films or television shows (28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, The Walking Dead) reveals what characteristics of relationships ensure survival in a zombie invasion, and what this implies about our society.

Read the full analysis here.

Liz and Shaun from the film “Shaun of the Dead” look on in apprehension, covered in blood and cuts.
“Shaun of the Dead” (2004)

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