I Am Legend (2007)
Vincent Price Original: The Last Man on Earth (1964), Charleston Heston Remake: The Omega Man (1971) and Will Smith Remake: I Am Legend (2007)
In May 2011, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sanctioned a tongue-in-cheek campaign that tapped into the public's fascination with zombie apocalypse films to raise public awareness of emergency preparedness. It kicked off its campaign, Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse, with the tweet: "If you're ready for a zombie apocalypse, then you're ready for any emergency." Overnight, the tweet went viral with 1.2 million followers and the resulting influx of web page traffic overwhelmed and crashed the CDC emergency preparedness website.
Every May, the Zombie Research Society sponsors Zombie Awareness Month, intended to bring awareness about zombies and the possibility of a future zombie apocalypse. Taken together, these three campaigns clearly demonstrate that movies can be a great way to educate on any topic, with zombie apocalypse preparedness or general emergency preparedness being no different.
Which of these selected zombie apocalypse movies did the best job of educating you on how to survive a zombie apocalypse or alternatively made you the most prepared to survive any other type of disaster?
Vincent Price Original: The Last Man on Earth (1964), Charleston Heston Remake: The Omega Man (1971) and Will Smith Remake: I Am Legend (2007)
Original: Zonbi (1978) and Sarah Polley Remake: Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead (2004)
French Remake: Coupez! (2022) and Japanese Original: Kamera o tomeru na! (2017)
Maggie (2015) [as the pictured example]