Sci-FI Zombie Blog

Sci-Fi is a television genre which usually deals with futuristic and imaginary themes and settings. The films usually include themes of Alien Invasion, Space Travel and Paranormal abilities. The similarities between Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres are quite large, but Sci-Fi storylines are usually more scientifically possible within the laws of nature. Some of the most successful Sci-Fi films of all time also fall into the best films of any genre of all time. Films such as: 'The Star Wars Saga, Inception, Matrix and Alien are some of the most successful Sci-Fi movies made,

 

Invasion Of The Body Snatchers

This 1956 film, directed by Don Siegal, deals with a small-town doctor learns that the population of his community are being infected with a toxic chemical and are being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates. Little does he know that it is the plan of the duplicates to ensure that the whole world becomes infected.

Explicit fears are that of which the actors are afraid of in the film and those that the audience can see on the screen. The sudden outbreak of the disease is an explicit fear in the film 'Invasion of the body snatchers' as to is the fact they dont know where its come from. Also when Miles finds the cloned bodies is an explicit fear in the film because character doesnt know what to do about it. Implicit fears are that of which society that the film may portray or represent. In Invasion of the Body Snatchers the implicit fears are the fears of Communism in America in the 1950s. Also in this film, an implicit fear is that the governor of the area in the film has become a clone aswell, so there are only a handful of characters that are normal.

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Explicit fears in the film 'Invasion' are the clear presence of the zombies in the film. The detail of the characters makes it easy to see that they have been infected to the other characters and to the audience. Another is the fact that Dr.Bennell has lost her son, and not even the audience know where he is.

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Similarities between the two movies

There are quite a few similarities between our chosen focus films and zombie films. Firstly, Zombie films usually contains innocent characters trying to stop a worldwide epidemic or worse to that effect. The courageous characters are usually also a male and female who eventually get together in zombie films, and this trend continues into the focus films. The clue is in the title for Zombie films. They contain people who are out to get or hurt other characters. This trend is also continued in the two focus films.