Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 352 pages
• Published by: FAB Press April 10, 2005
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1903254337
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1903254332
• Book Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 2.2 pounds

Product Description
A full-on history of the zombie's on-screen evolution from Caribbean bogeyman to flesh-eating corpse. Spanning seven decades of horror movie history with hundreds of stills, artwork, and an exhaustive filmography, this is the complete, long-awaited history of one of horror cinema's most enduring genres. Charting the entire ghoulish history of zombie cinema, from its origins in Haitian voodoo to its cinematic debut in 1932's White Zombie, are hundreds of zombie films from America, Europe and Asia, including Bela Lugosi B movies, Italian gore films, Nazi zombies, porno zombies, and blind monk zombies.

About The Author
Jamie Russell is a freelance film journalist, author and broadcaster with a PhD from London University in English Literature. His reviews and features have appeared in numerous film publications and on radio and TV. He also writes DVD film notes.

Reader Reviews
This book is 100% PERFECT. Mummies aren't zombies, if you're a mummy you're not a zombie, sorry. Now, some info about this book you might find interesting: Contents: Introduction. Dead Men Walking Chapter One. Caribbean Terrors Tracking the Walking Dead The Origins of the Zombie The Zombie in the West Chapter Two. The Zombie Goes to Hollywood Horror Hits the Stage Cultural Anxieties: Haiti, the Depression and Race The Zombies Are Revolting Chapter Three. Down and Out on Poverty Row Horror Comedy on Black Island The Poverty Row Years Val Lewton: A Touch of Class Chapter Four. Atomic Interlude Sci-Fi Horrors Voodoo's Last Gasps The Mass Destruction of Men's Minds Chapter Five. Bringing It All Back Home Keeping It in the Family Stiff Upper Lips and the Walking Dead South of the Border Back on American Soil: Night of the Living Dead Chapter Six. Dawn of the Dead Romero's Children The Ghouls Can't Help It Destructive Tendencies Sex, Death and Amando de Ossorio's Templars By the Dawn's Early Light Chapter Seven. Splatter Horror The Italians Are Coming! The Apocalypse of Narrative: Fulci's Zombie Trilogy The Return to the Caribbean Splatter House of Horrors Chapter Eight. Twilight of the Dead Night of the Living Dead Redux Poverty Row for the MTV Generation (Or, Children Shouldn't Play with Camcorders) Of Death, Of Love: An Interlude The Resident Evil Effect Big-Budget Ghouls Rebirth of the Dead 7 decades of horror movie history with hundreds of stills - including an incredible 64 pages of blood-drenched full colour photos and rare international poster art.