One thing about zombie stories is that there isn't much explaination on how the zombies come about, and if there is it isn't touched upon as much. This convention can be traced back to the origin of the modern zombie in Night of the Living Dead. This usually happens because the origin of zombies isn't important because zombie stories ususally have something to say about humanity as a whole. I wanted to challenge that convention by making the creator of the zombies an active threat along with the zombies. Not only that, but he is the overarching antagonist and is conneted to the main themes. This also means that the story and apocalypse can have definitive end with the creator's defeat.
In Night of the Living Dead(1968) there is no definitive cause or the outbreak.
Perhaps the most famous example, there is no definitive cause of the outbreak in the main The Walking Dead(2011) series.
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