Cadaverous Context
Zombie Cultural Influence: Haitian Vodou Pharmacology
An ethnobotanist named Wade Davis suggested in his two books The Serpent and the Rainbow (1985) and Passage of Darkness. The Ethniobiology of the Haitian Zombie (1988) that Haitian living zombis were actually under the pharmacological influence of two drugs. The first, known as a coup padre, was created from tetrodotoxin, a deadly porcupine fish extract and neurotoxin. The second chemical was a similar compound to the one found in flowering datura plants, which caused dissociation and hallucinations. Given together by the bokors, the mixture could simulate the appearance of death, and make the victim sluggishly psychotic and easily manipulated. Because of widespread societal beliefs in zombis, the receiver of the drugs took easily to the suggesting that he or she was a zombi, too, and acted accordingly.
Showing posts with label zombies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label zombies. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Zombie Calendar Update for Friday 1/27/2012
Ghoulish Graphic Novels
The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics (2008)
David Kendall (Editor)
Perhaps the first collection of international zombie comics, this thick tome spans 20 years of material-some humourous, some science-fiction based, some folkloric, some purely horror- including comics by Askold Akishin, Hideshi Hino, Vincent Locke, Joe Lansdale, and Steve Niles, among others.
The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics (2008)
David Kendall (Editor)
Perhaps the first collection of international zombie comics, this thick tome spans 20 years of material-some humourous, some science-fiction based, some folkloric, some purely horror- including comics by Askold Akishin, Hideshi Hino, Vincent Locke, Joe Lansdale, and Steve Niles, among others.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Zombie Calendar Update for Thursday 1/26/2012
My sister got me a desk calendar for my birthday on 1/13, so I figured to make the most of it I would type all the facts (one per weekday and one for the weekend) for everyone else interested in zombie stuff...you can also join my zombie Facebook group HERE...so with that said...here is the zombie calendar update for the day:
FETID FILMS
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
George Romero's first zombie film-and probably the most influential film in the genre-starts with Barbara and her brother Johnny visiting the grave of their father. When they're attacked by a zombie, and Johnny dies, Barbara runs away and finds refuge in a farmhouse, where she's joined by six strangers and they all try to survive the night. The radiation from a satellite that exploded in the Earth's atmosphere seems to be the cause for the dead to rise from their graves. Starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea. Directed by George Romero.
FETID FILMS
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
George Romero's first zombie film-and probably the most influential film in the genre-starts with Barbara and her brother Johnny visiting the grave of their father. When they're attacked by a zombie, and Johnny dies, Barbara runs away and finds refuge in a farmhouse, where she's joined by six strangers and they all try to survive the night. The radiation from a satellite that exploded in the Earth's atmosphere seems to be the cause for the dead to rise from their graves. Starring Duane Jones and Judith O'Dea. Directed by George Romero.
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