What exactly is the zombie apocalypse?

It's an entirely fictional world situation in which most people are dead, man-eating zombies are everywhere, and the remaining humans are struggling to survive. This situation occurs in almost every zombie movie or tv show I've ever seen. read more

A zombie apocalypse is a particular scenario within apocalyptic fiction. In a zombie apocalypse, a widespread rise of zombies hostile to human life engages in a general assault on civilization. read more

A team of students at the University of Leicester adapted a computer model used to model the spread of infectious diseases to model a zombie apocalypse. read more

In a zombie apocalypse, a widespread (usually global) rise of zombies hostile to human life engages in a general assault on civilization. Victims of zombies may become zombies themselves. read more