Zombie Invasion Night of the Living Dead (George
Romero, USA, 1968) And Dawn of the Dead (Zack Snyder, 2004)
Instruction:
Select any one (1) topic identified in the course outline — e.g. Religion & Horror; Horror of the
Unseen; The Monster Within, Body Horror, etc. Focusing on the film screened in class during
that week and one (1) additional film not screened in class from the relevant sub-genre,
undertake basic library research that will allow you to compare and contrast these two films and
place them within the broader history of the genre as a whole. For example, “Killer Scarecrow
(John Doe, 1970) and Scarecrow Kill Kill Kill (Jane Doe, 2002) are both examples of the killer
scarecrow sub-genre and each film explores themes of environmentalism and the deterioration of the human
body which reflect broader social concerns of the historical moment in which they
were produced.”