The Book Of The Undead A Zombie Film Guide

Since 'The Night of the Living Dead, ' screen Zombies have become increasingly bizarre, bloodthirsty, yes even cannibalistic. A complete film guide to all your favorite undead, zombie, and the living dead films. Interesting stories behind the scenes and a list of my favorite zombie films. One thing is for sure - Zombies in various forms remain very much alive, in the movies and in audiences' imagination - like yours and mine! I want to eat your brains!

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.

Presents a guide to creating a zombie film on a small budget, covering such topics as the storyline, contracts, options for assembling a cast, materials to use for make-up, prosthetics, postproduction, and marketing strategies.

Spanning nearly a century, this book tells the remarkable true story behind the zombie genre, from its cinematic inception and evolution to its ultimate rise to pop culture prominence.--dust jacket.

Featuring chronological reviews of more than 300 zombie films-from 1932's White Zombie to George A. Romero's 2008 release Diary of the Dead-this thorough, uproarious guide traces the evolution of one of horror cinema's most popular and terrifying creations. Fans will learn exactly what makes a zombie a zombie, go behind the scenes with a chilling production diary from Land of the Dead, peruse a bizarre list of the oddest things ever seen in undead cinema, and immerse themselves in a detailed rundown of the 25 greatest zombie films ever made. Containing an illustrated zombie rating system, ranging from "Highly Recommended" to "Avoid at All Costs" and "So Bad It's Good," the book also features lengthy interviews with numerous talents from in front of and behind the camera.

Zombies are cautionary forms of humankind's most universally cherished ideal--life after death. Ragged, ill-spoken, rotting zombies (or the post-dead) seem socially awkward beside the more popular and aristocratic undead, like Count Dracula. The humble zombie remains, for the most part, unappreciated and unacknowledged--until now. The first exhaustive historical overview of zombie films, this book's lengthy entries evaluate more than 200 movies from 16 countries over a 65-year period from the early 1930s to the late 1990s. It covers everything from large studio films to backyard videography, and touches on memorable television episodes and miscellaneous shorts. An introduction traces the evolution of the genre and interprets the broader significance of the zombie in contemporary Western mythology.

White Zombie, the movie considered to be Hollywood's first zombie movie, was released in 1932, but cinema had already depicted creatures which, while not technically zombies, shared some of their recognisable characteristics. In James Young's Lola (1914), a grieving Doctor brings his kindly deceased daughter back to life only to discover that the permanent loss of her soul has turned her into a cold-hearted temptress; German filmmaker Robert Weine's classic 1920 expressionist horror, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, featured the wretched pale-skinned Cesare, a somnambulist under the control of a malevolent fairground showman. Other notable antecedents of the zombie sub-genre are two Czechoslovakian horror films: Arrival from Darkness, in which a wealthy landowner finds himself competing with a reanimated ancestor for the affections of his wife, and The Wedding Shirt, which tells of a young girl whose prayers for the return of her lost lover resurrects a malevolent spirit.Until George A. Romero transformed the sub-genre with Night of the Living Dead in 1968, the zombie was found shuffling listlessly around the movie-making basement, the domain of impoverished Poverty Row studios who cared little about art or characterisation. The films were cheap, and usually quite bad - but there was the occasional exception: Val Lewton delivered a nuanced, thoughtful addition to the sub-genre with 1943's I Walked with a Zombie (based in part on Charlotte Bronte's 19th Century romantic novel, Jane Eyre!); Herk Harvey's haunting Carnival of Souls (1962) provided an unusual perspective on returning from the dead, while Hammer applied their usual brand of quality to Plague of the Zombies, a chilling horror movie featuring a nightmare sequence in which the dead are seen rising from their graves that has provided inspiration for a whole generation of filmmakers.However, it was Romero's low-budget Night of the Living Dead that would prove to be the game changer. After his movie, filmmakers would no longer play on our fears of being turned into a zombie by some twisted madman; instead, they would terrify us with the prospect of becoming their prey, of having our flesh ripped apart by predatory - if shambling - monstrosities of nature made all the more horrifying by the fact that they were once like us.This book is the first in a series that aims to chronicle, review and rate every feature-length zombie movie ever made. The good, the bad and the indifferent will all come under scrutiny, with as much consideration given to the obscure, low-budget rarity as to major studios' blockbusters.

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a long siege, and how to survive and adapt in any territory or terrain. Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack 1. Organize before they rise! 2. They feel no fear, why should you? 3. Use your head: cut off theirs. 4. Blades don’t need reloading. 5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair. 6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it. 7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike. 8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert! 9. No place is safe, only safer. 10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on. Don’t be carefree and foolish with your most precious asset—life. This book is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now without your even knowing it. The Zombie Survival Guide offers complete protection through trusted, proven tips for safeguarding yourself and your loved ones against the living dead. It is a book that can save your life.

"Describes the mystery, cool characteristics, and interest in zombies, including historical and contemporary examples"--Provided by publisher.

The Return of the Living Dead film series has become one of the most successful zombie movie franchises of all time, gaining cult status across the world and inspiring movies such as 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead, and Zombieland. For the first time in 25 years, the cast and crew of all five films in this franchise reveal the stories behind the movies, offering their own opinions and details about life on the sets of some of the most fraught productions in cinema history. Supported by dozens of cast and crew members, The Complete History of the Return of the Living Dead features hundreds of previously unreleased behind-the-scenes photographs and exclusive artwork. This eye-catching, comprehensive book is the ultimate celebration of The Return of the Living Dead franchise and all those who contributed to its creation.