Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide

Editorial Review:

Zombie Movies is an essential purchase for all those who love (or fear) horror cinema's most popular and terrifying creation. This thorough and authoritative yet uproarious guide

 

• reviews and rates nearly 300 zombie films--from Bela Lugosi's White Zombie (1932) to George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead (2008)
• traces the evolution of the zombie over the decades, from voodoo slave to brain-eating undead to raging infected
• lays out what makes a zombie a zombie, as opposed to a ghost, ghoul, vampire, mummy, pod person, rabid sicko, or Frankenstein's monster
• includes a detailed and chilling journal from the filming of Land of the Dead
• lists the oddest and most gruesome things ever seen in undead cinema
• covers not only mainstream American movies but also small independent productions, Spanish and Italian exploitation pictures, and bizarre offerings from Japan and Hong Kong
• provides a detailed rundown of the 25 greatest zombie films ever made
• features in-depth interviews with actors, directors, makeup effects wizards, and other zombie experts

For serious fans and casual moviegoers alike, Zombie Movies will provide plenty of informative and entertaining brain food.

Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

comprehensive history and reference guide for zombie movies:

With a light style, yet with obvious expertise, Kay takes the reader through the highs and lows and the wide middle ground of zombie movies. The highs are when effects invoke the intended emotion (e. g., fear, revulsion), preferably within a sensible narrative. The lows are when effects are inane, useless, and comical, as in a Keystone Cops' skit. This is done with a decade-by-decade review of zombie movies from their beginnings in the 1930s down to the 1990s. Each decade is characterized by a particular,... more info

When Theirs No More Room In Hell:

I really am enjoying this book, it's a great book to pick up if you like zombie movies, you get over 300 movie reviews, and movies I had never heard of and am now seeking out to buy, some stuff I do not agree with, but everyone ha stheir own opinion on movies, Like I loved The Dead Next Door, but glen kay gave a horrible review, but some of the movies he said were good, I don;t like, but its all a mtter of opnion.
one thing he does get the location of the Dead Nexr Door wrong it was not made in... more info

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