Comparison Of White Zombie And The Night Of The Living Dead

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In the movies White Zombie and The Night of the Living Dead there were some similarities, but mostly there were mostly differences. The similarities were that both zombies were not running they were walking zombies. Also both zombies had no soul and had no control over what they could do.
There were many differences in the films. For example in the white zombie movie, the zombies were working zombies. The mill owner would use voodoo to control the zombies. Also these zombies were not aggressive at all, humans can walk among and not be attacked. Contrast to the white zombies the zombies from the night of the living dead, these zombies were aggressive. Therefore night of the living dead zombies were very aggressive and would attack humans and

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