The zombie concept eventually infiltrated western culture with the publication of the first example of zombie fiction in 1927, which was a book titled The Magic Island written by William Seabrook. This myth evolved in the Voodoo religion into the Haitian belief that corpses were reanimated by shamans. The slaves believed that if they ended their own lives by suicide they would be condemned to spend eternity trapped in their own bodies as the undead. The myth of the zombie originated in Haiti in the 17th and 18th centuries when African slaves were brought in to work on sugar plantations under the rule of France. It has repeatedly been referenced in the media and inspired various fan activities such as zombie walks, making it a dominant genre in popular culture. The zombie apocalypse has been used as a metaphor for various contemporary fears, such as global contagion, the breakdown of society, and the end of the world. Romero's film introduced the concept of the flesh-eating zombie and spawned numerous other fictional works, including films, video games and literature. Romero, who took inspiration from the 1954 novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. The genre originated in the 1968 American horror film Night of the Living Dead, which was directed by George A. Some stories have every corpse rise, regardless of the cause of death, whereas others require exposure to the infection. In some versions, the reason the dead rise and attack humans is unknown, in others, a parasite or infection is the cause, framing events much like a plague. Typically only a few individuals or small bands of survivors are left living. Zombie apocalypse is a genre of fiction in which society collapses due to overwhelming swarms of zombies. A group of actors dressed as zombies for a film
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