

Or rather, death confronts us, looking to scoop out our brains and have us join its ranks. So the intrigue of zombie movies is that this genre forces us to confront death face-to-face. “Go long” is the mantra of our youth-obsessed culture.


We believe if we follow the right workout regimen, eat enough kale, and take the right expensive supplements we may just live forever. But it should: North Americans and Europeans are chronically averse to facing death. When you’re putting together a list of the biggest taboos in Western culture, death itself might not make the cut.
