Week Four: The New Weird

The weird, something that is out of the norm or considered supernatural also something I found in both Donnie Darko and Breathers a Zombie’s lament. Weird because both take you into worlds unknown and show you different viewpoints of things also supernatural elements play a role in both stories. In Donnie Darko Frank, the man in the rabbit suit he keeps seeing foretelling him of events to come. Also following instructions given to him by the mysterious rabbit suited figure. The story deals with time travel a vortex and many things we would consider insane/weird. In breathers a zombies lament the protagonist and people in his zombie situation are discriminated against and considered outcast, which makes us feel sorry for the characters involved, reversing the idea of the zombie where they are mindless human flesh eating beings into feeling a bit of sorrow for them. Also realizing that in order for them to feel alive or gain some kind of reality they must feed on the living. In turn becoming a zombie after losing everything he had becomes kind of of a good thing because he falls in love again and finds a meaning to life seeking equality for zombies in a society that deems them outcast and unwanted. Both stories bring weird aspects to the usual horror storylines and make us uncomfortable in one way or another, mostly because they takes us out of our comfort zone and make us take on other points of views. Lastly they change what is considered usual for certain stereotypes of what horror stories/movies are about.