Rickels narrates the vampire's arrival in the new world inside science fiction. The science fictionalization of the vampire massified undeath through the epidemic of living death. Swarms of zombies crowding out the old-world aristo-vampire offer shooting practice for putting to rest what is already at rest. Science fiction counts down through two deaths, moving resolutely past the deferral position of a first life after death in vampirism to the zombie's second death, which secures the innovations of survival. But while relying on the compass of travel across space and time the decision for survival is easier made than reached.

In VOICEOVER, film material is recommended for watching while listening to the lecture. ...

Night of the Living Dead, George Romero (1968)

The film should be muted while viewing.

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