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The Zombie-Industrial Complex: How The Walking Dead Killed The American Mall Listen , I know you're still recovering from Halloween and absolutely nobody asked for this, but we need to talk about the elephant in the room. Or rather, the shambling corpse in the food court. America's malls are dying, and it's because we won't stop watching zombie movies. I can already hear you preparing your counter-arguments about Amazon  and, " changing retail landscapes ," and economic factors,  but consider this: Dawn of the Dead came out in 1978, and what's been happening to malls ever since? Exactly . They've been slowly deteriorating into the very zombie apocalypse sanctuaries we see on screen. Life imitates art imitates life eating brains. The evidence is irrefutable if you squint hard enough and ignore all contrary data. Every October, we collectively consume zombie media like it's candy corn we pretend to enjoy. We binge The Walkin...