“Never knew that a part of us would be so drawn to this
series.”
After dinner at ybT’s birthday, as we were staring at the
empty plates & the birthday cake, with mrK’s son running around in the
background, somehow the conversation talk about arT on the wall décor society
science & vampires suddenly moved towards that zombie apocalypto thingy. My
my … wasn’t really prepared for the shift in gear from that fine textured
chocolate cake dessert to fascination about mindless rotten flesh with a basic
biting instinct.
That horror drama so terrible that our parents won’t let
their children watch. That show people watch after dinner for abetting indigestion
or fit for show during supper time at kopi-tiam.
It’s that realization human nature of sorts that makes it so
delightful to small talk after dinner. That shades of good old being we call
humanity, rearing its good & ugly head in the name of survival. Of family,
close friends & comrades and if they die, afterwards the walking dead that
you had to put down.
It’s not short of huge surprise element, sometimes comedic
life and death situation at times least expected. The temporary quiet before
the kill or be killed. Making it so unbearable to not watch & wanting for
more.
When economy is bad, some film maker discovered that horror
will sell. Deep down inside, people would want to escape from the fear of lowered
income & take their mind off the rising cost of living & a temporary Escapia
into another realm. Nowadays, seems like not all the people have the stomach
for this gore & bloody horror. People want to be bleach white &
sanitized. Zooming in on the microbia until they overlook the elephant in the
room called the present.
A moving herd chasing after a live prey represents in
essence Organized Chaos. Where a group of entity having one sole goal and will
do the only thing driven by that deep primal instinct.
