As can be seen in the original poster, and the trailer, for this zombie flick, it was just a rebranding of an already existing film. Slap a 2012 on it and throw it back out there! But actually, it's not really a bad zombie film, and stars Ken Foree, who I am a fan of. Loads of Ken in this one! It doesn't have a thing to do with Mayans or 2012 for that matter; it's actually set in eastern Europe, but we are doing zombies tomorrow, celebrating the return of "The Walking Dead," so I am using the renaming of this as an excuse to indulge in a little early zombie action. If you have an Amazon Prime account you can watch it here rental free or add to a Blu Ray Watchlist.
As every one knows, you kill a zombie by "removing the head or destroying the brain." Turns out the favored method of human sacrifice amongst the Maya in the hey-day of their civilization was beheading. This way especially true for the captain of the losing team in the ball court! The above relief is from Chichen Itza and depicts the severed head of one such fated captain off to the left. More on Mayan Human Sacrifice. One Columbus fact: he was the first European to see Mayans. During his fourth voyage to the Caribbean in 1502, he spotted extremely large canoes that could hold up to 40 people in what would turn out to be off the coast of the Yucatan. Recently the Yucatec, a Mayan speaking group from what is now southern Mexico, have reclaimed their traditions on the sea. Below is an image of one such modern sea canoe.
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