Have historical events influenced the zombie genre in film? By AnjaWest Period: Jan 1, 1791 to Jan 1, 1804 Haitian Revolution Period: Jul 28, 1914 to Nov 11, 1918 World War I Period: Mar 8, 1917 to Nov 7, 1917 Russian Revolution Period: Oct 29, 1929 to Oct 29, 1939 The Great Depression Aug 4, 1932 White Zombie Period: Jan 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945 The Holocaust Apr 14, 1935 The Dust Bowl (Black Sunday) Period: Sep 1, 1939 to Sep 2, 1945 World War II Apr 21, 1943 I Walked With A Zombie Jun 6, 1944 D-Day Period: Aug 6, 1945 to Aug 9, 1945 The Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Period: Jul 1, 1946 to Jul 22, 1956 Bikini Atoll Nuclear Testing Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953 Korean War Period: Nov 1, 1955 to Apr 30, 1975 Vietnam War Feb 5, 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik Launched Period: Aug 13, 1961 to Nov 9, 1989 Berlin Wall Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr Assassinated Oct 1, 1968 Night of the Living Dead Jul 15, 1977 Shock Waves Apr 3, 1978 Dawn of the Dead Aug 11, 1980 City of the Living Dead Sep 4, 1980 Zombi2 Nov 17, 1980 Hell of the Living Dead Jun 23, 1981 The Evil Dead Jul 19, 1985 Day of the Dead Aug 16, 1985 Return of the Living Dead Apr 26, 1986 The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Jun 26, 1986 Re-Animator Aug 22, 1986 Night of the Creeps Jul 21, 1988 The Serpent and The Rainbow Feb 12, 1993 Braindead Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Period: Oct 7, 2001 to Dec 28, 2014 Afghanistan War Sep 4, 2002 28 Days Later Period: Mar 20, 2003 to Dec 18, 2011 Iraq War Oct 7, 2004 Shaun of the Dead Jan 9, 2009 Dead Snow Dec 3, 2009 Zombieland Apr 11, 2013 Warm Bodies Jun 20, 2013 World War Z