Why do zombies eat brains

I thought it explained the brain eating thing quite well. If folks think that we can only have one kind of zombie and only Romero can tell us what that is they are definitely overthinking it and taking it much to seriously.

If I like I can have a zombie that only eats navel lint but has the nasty habit of killing humans to do it.

Romero is free to disown me if he likes. In fact, I would encourage him to do so since a public feud would make people want to see my stuff and critique it! The original screenplay based upon a then-ten-year-old SF story had the zombies going for some unknown blood factor found only in the spleen.

The hatmaker wanted patrons to see their hats, so the food of choice became brains. I think the proof is that nowadays no one wears a hat anymore as part of their business attire. I enjoyed reading this and everything is explained with great detail and thought. Zombies still are and always will be the most disturbing and horrifying monster ever created by us.

When I first saw Return of the living dead, tarman scared the crap out of me. And the answer to this question; zombies have bad oral hygiene and brains are the easiest human bit to gum, with the texture of stiff custard. I think zombies liberate our inner mass murderer and relieve us of the guilt.

Do sociopaths watch zombie movies? Imagine, you take a person, wipe all they know about civilization, then wait around until they get hungry. Pretty much describes how things have been at some points in human history when things get desperate or times get hard enough.

It could also be a view on us as consumers. We eat and eat until something is destroyed heard the same song on the radio until it made you sick?

Further, modern non-US movies, TV Shows and tropes follow the same portrayal and have followed it since before the Simpsons episode you quote. Show 13 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Very good answer! You should cite gizmodo for this answer. This part important: The Simpsons are believed to be the main culprit. The classic Treehouse of Horror segment Dial Z for Zombies, which itself was a spoof of Return of the Living Dead is the one of the earliest pieces of media with the exception of Return of the Living Dead itself to feature brain eating zombies.

James My source is different. And it seems gizmodo shares my source as well. Look at the datetime tag of their post.

Also, I didn't include The Simpsons part because they didn't create flesh-eating zombie concept. They simply used what the populer culture was talking about. Which is brain-eating zombies. You can also see above answer how original creators thought about all of this. Octopus he does include "modern day zombie understanding" in the post now does that make it better?

Detailed knowledge of the early movies is beyond me. Show 4 more comments. Bill Ritch Bill Ritch 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges. You can call it a parody but I found it introduced some interesting ideas -- explicit zombie sentience for one thing. Add a comment. Tarman The Tarman climbed out and went to look for fresh brains instead. Brain Food. Ken Graham 2 2 gold badges 7 7 silver badges 16 16 bronze badges. Tim B Tim B 2, 15 15 silver badges 19 19 bronze badges.

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