Zombies have become a popular horror trope across film and fiction, and it seems that to most this must all be pure fantasy and fiction. Yet, in the country of Haiti, going back into the murky history of Voodoo there are persistent tales that such creatures are real. Reanimated by powerful priests called
bokor, these people dwell in a limbo between life and death, undead automatons that only exist to serve the whims of their masters. The zombies of Haiti are greatly feared, much talked about, and while it might seem to be complete myth and folklore there have been cases that serve to show that they may actually be real to some extent.