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A ‘zombie’ is simply a reanimated corpse – a human who has physically died and returned to a ‘living’ state with limited functions. They have no pulse and their brain capacity is essentially non-existent. The Best Horror Movies, Horror News, Reviews, Top 100, Upcoming Horror Movies. Zombie origins, Voodoo background, Zombie history. It is interesting to note that the original definition of the word ‘zombie’ differs significantly from that of the current popular depiction.
Initially, the zombie concept was an element of the Haitian African-American religion known as Vodou (often inaccurately referred to as Voodoo). In this context, the term zombie is used to describe a deceased individual who is revived and has their every action governed by a sorcerer or bokor.