When viewed in association with the Korean ghost concept, the Western concept of zombie yields new meanings, demonstrating that cultural products in popular media vary from one culture to the next and tend to reflect the values of the culture in which they are consumed. To extend the zombie concept beyond the idea of “monster,” this paper looks at zombie image trends in the media and proposes a modified concept that combines the zombie with the traditional characteristics of the Korean ghost. Although the zombie has been interpreted in a variety of ways, in current Western entertainment media, zombies are typically presented and viewed as monstrous enemies of human beings. Thus, “zombie” is a paradoxical concept, combining life and death, human and monster, and volition and unconsciousness ( Dendle 2011). According to popular cultural definitions, the zombie dwells in limbo between the human and inhuman having been human, it is now dead, yet it moves.
The zombie has become a topic of cultural criticism, politics, biology, and even ontological philosophy. Today, the zombie is a popular cultural product in various media, including movies, television shows, novels, video games, and comics.
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