What is a zombie? A human being not fully alive yet not completely dead or a creature of books and popular films?Do they really exist and if so where do you start looking for them?Anthony Head asks these and many more questions on his travels in Haiti where zombism and voodooism are the accepted norm. In this one of the poorest countries in the world his search for the living dead takes him to a grisly voodoo celebration to a voodoo temple and to various zombie experts who provide him with some startling revelations.He also meets with a woman who with police protection was prepared to dig up a zombie from a grave so that he could spend 30 minutes with it. When filming becomes impossible in the country Anthony ponders on whether zombies are a scam another form of murder the result of poisoning or psychological trauma. This is a fascinating and provocative attempt to explain how zombies are made.
