3 ms·

The Day of the Triffids sort of counts here I think

• lobster_johnson 9y ago
  It's a very smartly written novel that holds up very well. It's also unusually grim for the era. Steven Soderbergh's Contagion also comes to mind as an example of a realistic, scientifically accurate depiction of an epidemic. Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain, while not being about zombies, is a very science/fact-based exploration of a hypothetical outbreak. A much less scary scenario, though; the pathogen only affects a single, isolated town which is quickly secured, and all of the action occurs in the experimental underground science lab where they study it. The 1971 film is also fantastic, and holds up really well.
  • perplex 9y ago
    Funny enough, the Contagion movie was funded by Jeffrey Skoll a billionaire philanthropist. The purpose was too educate the public on the reality of a pandemic and importance of health organizations. There are other movies too, all designed to compel social change. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-giving-pledge-a-new-club-for-billionaires/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-giving-pledge-a-new-club-fo...