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When was the first time Zombie was used in any media like books, movies, television etc? And why was it coined? (lemmy.world)
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[–] palebluethought@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

The idea of a zombie comes from vodou (voodoo) and long predates any pop culture depiction of it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zombie

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

who do?

[–] dugmeup@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

You do

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

do what?

[–] Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Remind me of the babe

[–] dugmeup@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

That voodoo

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 0 points 5 hours ago

Doo doo

[–] FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

Surprisingly early for film, 1932

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Zombie_(film)

"White Zombie is considered the first feature length zombie film"