Zombies in TV and movies

October 13, 2014

From Andy Warhol's "Frankenstein" to AMC's wildly popular "Walking Dead," zombies have invaded horror movies and TV shows for years. Here is a look at their presence on screens big and small.

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Brad Pitt plays a United Nations worker travels the globe looking for a cure during a zombie pandemic in "World War Z," in theaters June 21, 2013.

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Kate Ashfield and Simon Pegg in 2004's British zombie comedy " Shaun of the Dead"

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Zombies rant on the set of the 2002 horror film "28 Days Later." Many movies about zombies also carry social commentary hidden beneath the horror.

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The rage virus returns in Fox Atomic's "28 Weeks Later." (2007)

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In this image released by AMC, zombies appear in a scene from the second season of the AMC original series, "The Walking Dead."

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Baron Victor Von Frankenstein (Udo Kier) admonishes his wife (Monique Van Vooren) when she requests time alone with the Baron 's newly created Male Zombie (Srdjan Zelenovic) in " Andy Warhol's Frankenstein. "

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This photo released by Turner Classic Movies shows a still from the 1943 film "I Walked With a Zombie."

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In this image fromSony Screen Gems Films, Ali Larter, left, and Milla Jovovich are shown in a scene from "Resident Evil: Afterlife."

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Daeg Faerch, who plays a young Michael Myers, and Sheri Moon Zombie, wife of Rob Zombie, star in Rob's remake of "Halloween".

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Scout Taylor-Compton is Laurie Strode in Rob Zombie's Halloween II.

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Josh Close (Jason) battles a zombie in George A. Romero's "Diary Of The Dead."

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An image from "I Walked With A Zombie." (1943)

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Brad Pitt films a scene from the post-apocalyptic zombie film "World War Z." (Aug.17, 2011)

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A group of actors portraying zombies to promote the TV series "The Walking Dead" on the AMC channel, board their charter bus to head to their next location outside the Gallery Place Metro entrance in Washington, DC. (Oct. 26, 2010)

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"Zombies: A Living History" looks at some of history's most notable zombie myths and legends.

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Zombies in a scene from "The Walking Dead" Season 2, Episode 1.

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One of the zombies from AMC's "The Walking Dead."

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A zombie appears in a scene from the second season of the AMC series "The Walking Dead."

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Zombies in a scene from "The Walking Dead."

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Zombies in a scene in "The Walking Dead"