ZOMBIES!

As the song RE. your brains is focused around the undead I thought I should do some reasearch into the subject.
Zombies are typically a reanimated corpse or a human being who is being controlled by someone else by use of magic. More modern stories have used a pandemic illness to explain them. Stories of zombies originated in west africa in the spiritual belief system of voodoo which told of the people being controlled as laborers by a powerful wizard. Zombies became a popular subject in horror fiction. this was due to the huge sucess of George A Romero's 1968 film, night of the living dead. Zombies are regularly encountered in horror and fantasy themed fiction and entertainment. They are typically depicted as mindless, shambling, decaying corpses with a hunger for human flesh. Zombies are a multi-media subject having games like Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Dead Rising, Stubbs the Zombie to be sold to more nerdy video gamers whereas it has also been in books and films the following are a few examples
28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later,Dawn of the Dead remake, House of the Dead and Zombieland.

One of the most famous zombie-themed television appearances was 1983's Thriller, Michael Jackson's music video, directed by John Landis. It was One of the most popular music videos of all time, it is a horror film parody featuring choreographed zombies performing with Jackson.