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A zombie (Haitian Creole: zonbi; North Mbundu: nzumbe) is an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means, such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli. Since the late 19th century, zombies have acquired notable popularity, especially in North American and European folklore.
In modern times, the term "zombie" has been applied to an undead being in horror fiction, largely drawn from George A. Romero's 1968 film Night of the Living Dead. They have appeared as plot devices in various books, films and in television shows.
According to the tenets of Vodou, a dead person can be revived by a bokor, or sorcerer. Zombies remain under the control of the bokor since they have no will of their own. "Zombi" is also another name of the Vodou snake lwa Damballah Wedo, of Niger–Congo origin; it is akin to the Kikongo word nzambi, which means "god". There also exists within the West African Vodun tradition the zombi astral, which is a part of the human soul that is captured by a bokor and used to enhance the bokor's power. The zombi astral is typically kept inside a bottle which the bokor can sell to clients for luck, healing or business success. It is believed that after a time God will take the soul back and so the zombi is a temporary spiritual entity. It is also said in vodou legend, that feeding a zombie salt will make it return to the grave.
Thomas Leo "Tom" Clancy, Jr. (born April 12, 1947) is an American author, best known for his technically detailed espionage, military science, and techno thriller storylines set during and in the aftermath of the Cold War, along with video games on which he did not work, but which bear his name for licensing and promotional purposes. His name is also a brand for similar movie scripts written by ghost writers and many series of non-fiction books on military subjects and merged biographies of key leaders. He is Vice Chairman of Community Activities and Public Affairs, as well as a part-owner, of the MLB Baltimore Orioles.
Clancy was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Loyola Blakefield in Towson, Maryland, graduating with the class of 1965. He then attended Loyola College in Baltimore, graduating in 1969. Before making his literary debut, he spent some time running an independent insurance agency. This agency thrived for a few years before joining a group of investors.
Clancy and his first wife Wanda married in 1969, separated briefly in 1995, and permanently separated in December 1996. Clancy filed for divorce in November 1997, which became final in January 1999.
Actors: David Mattey (editor), Alex Moseley (producer), Alex Moseley (actor), Alex Moseley (costume designer), Alex Moseley (director), Alex Moseley (editor), Alex Moseley (actor), Alex Moseley (actor), Alex Moseley (writer), Jason 'Wee Man' Acuña (actor), Ivan Koloff (actor), James Ojala (actor), James Ojala (producer), James Henry Moseley (actor), Angela Duffy (actress),
Genres: Music,Actors: Darrell Britt (actor), Gary Ow (producer), Gary Ow (writer), Gary Ow (director), Jonathan Atherton (actor), Ernest Seah (actor), Vivienne Tseng (actress), Yana Schmitt (actor), Jevgeni Andronenko (actor), Leonard Cai (actor), David Lim (actor), Paul Dale (actor), Deborah Emmanuel (actor), David Junda Lim (actor), Victoria Chan (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Darrell Britt (actor), Gary Ow (producer), Gary Ow (writer), Gary Ow (director), Jonathan Atherton (actor), Ernest Seah (actor), Vivienne Tseng (actress), Yana Schmitt (actor), Jevgeni Andronenko (actor), Leonard Cai (actor), David Lim (actor), Paul Dale (actor), Deborah Emmanuel (actor), David Junda Lim (actor), Victoria Chan (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Aloy Adlawan (writer), Teresa Barrozo (composer), Lily Y. Monteverde (producer), Richard Gutierrez (actor), Annette Gozon-Abrogar (producer), Roselle Y. Monteverde (producer), Lloyd Samartino (actor), Lea A. Calmerin (producer), Richard Gutierrez (actor), Richard Gutierrez (actor), Lui Manansala (actress), John Lapus (actor), Eugene Domingo (actress), Vanessa De Leon (editor), Von de Guzman (composer),
Genres: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance,Actors: Edward Zwick (director), Edward Zwick (producer), Marshall Herskovitz (writer), Edward Zwick (writer), Marshall Herskovitz (producer), Matthew Tolmach (producer), Adam Aarons (actor), Amy Baer (producer),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Mads Koudal (actor), Tammy Klein (actress), Gary Kohn (actor), Mike Nyman (actor), Liz Bauer (actress), Paul Dion Monte (actor), Martin Pierron (actor), Amanda Jane Talbot (actress), Marcus Wynnycky (actor), Brian Gramo (actor), Christopher Andrews (actor), Hayden Thompson (actor), Robert Milo Andrus (actor), Nick Wall (actor), Julie Clark (actress),
Plot: Two down and out strangers are brought together by mysterious letters into a safe house as the world around them is infected by an experimental virus that transforms the living into the living dead. She is a former prostitute hiding from the world. He is a former assassin turned priest who has renounced violence. Together they must unravel the mystery of the letters if they hope to survive.
Keywords: action-hero, alternative-music, assassin, blood, clue, dark-comedy, espionage, flesh-eating, gore, hitmanActors: Shehzad Khan (actor), Andrew Starke (editor), Andrew Starke (producer), Pete Tombs (producer), Pete Tombs (writer), Rehan (actor), Stephen Thrower (composer), Sharmilee (actress), Omar Khan (writer), Omar Khan (writer), Omar Khan (director), Adnan Malik (actor), Omar Khan (producer), Mir Shabbir (miscellaneous crew), Mir Shabbir (actor),
Plot: After lying to their parents and running off to see a rock concert, five teenagers leave their suburb neighborhood of Islamabad and travel into the wild only to have their van break down and they get set upon by not only flesh eating zombies, but a ghoulish hitchhiker, and a blood-soaked, burqa-wearing killer.
Keywords: avenger, blood, bowels, burqa, car, car-radio, chase, cigarette-smoking, creek, dead-birdActors: Robert Hatch (actor), Haji Abdullah (actor), David M. Sitbon (producer), Eddie Ray (actor), Shaun Lynch (actor), Nelson Bonilla (actor), Quillian Hightower (actor), Daniel J.W. Hughes (miscellaneous crew), Karen Jones (actress), Greer Howard (actress), Allen Wilbanks (writer), Allen Wilbanks (director), Allen Wilbanks (editor), Terry Davis (actress), Slaton Waldo (actor),
Plot: Marcus Colby's family brewery, Col-Brew Brewing, is knee deep in financial trouble when Beer Mistress Vivian develops a revolutionary zero calorie beer. Unfortunately her late night experiments reveals a slight side effect; any one who drinks it turns into a flesh eating freak. When Marcus finds out about the bad beer he immediately sends Vivian home. The sexy evil beer mistress decides to get even and uses her invention for evil and world domination. She seizes Marcus' brewery and cooks up enough libations to infect the entire town. It's up to Marcus to save the family business, the townspeople, the love of his life, his father and the world.
Keywords: beer, zombieActors: Haji Abdullah (actor), Damien Donnelly (producer), Roslyn D. Evans (actress), Vic Aviles (actor), Mark Rudge (producer), Mark Rudge (actor), Mark Rudge (writer), Steven Hugh Nelson (actor), D'Ara Tabor (actress), Kay Freeman (actress), Shannon Burton (actress), Michael K. Tavarez (actor), Michael K. Tavarez (producer), Michael K. Tavarez (director), Glenn Foster (actor),
Plot: The Coalition for Safe Research, an activist group designed to save people and animals from chemical and stem cell research, has placed a spy within a chemical research facility. She infects the computers with a virus designed to erase all the data on the network. The virus has a chain reaction and doesn't erase the data, but re-writes the files instead. CHEMWORLD has a plan to stop the virus in their computers. But just before they start, an accident happens and the main chemical they were developing for the government leaks into the air. The first technician to die from the explosion of the "CHEMICAL" instantaneously becomes a zombie and starts munching on people. Once bitten, the body dies very quickly to be resurrected as a zombie. The zombies very quickly overtake the research station and... (you have to wait for the movie....) The government has sent out a group of Special Ops to investigate the problem. Captain Mike Belcher must take his team there but the threat of the "un-dead" continues to grow.
Genres: Horror,Actors: Lucio Fulci (director), Bruno Mattei (editor), Claudio Fragasso (director), Stefano Mainetti (composer), Claudio Fragasso (writer), Bruno Mattei (director), Claudio Fragasso (writer), Claudio Fragasso (actor), Massimo Vanni (actor), Ottaviano Dell'Acqua (actor), Bruno Mattei (actor), Roberto Dell'Acqua (actor), Mike Monty (actor), Luciano Pigozzi (actor), Alberto Moriani (editor),
Plot: When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing the virus/bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island. Soon the infected populace mutate into flesh-hungry zombies, and a trio of soldiers on leave must team up with a group of tourists and board themselves up in an abandoned hotel as they try to fend off the agile and aggressive living dead.
Keywords: actual-animal-killed, animal-attack, assault-rifle, bird-attack, bitten-in-the-face, bitten-in-the-throat, blood, blood-splatter, bridge, broken-leg