- Hardcover: 176 pages
- Publisher: Ilex (Feb 1 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1907579109
- ISBN-13: 978-1907579103
- Product Dimensions: 24 x 20.2 x 2.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 798 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #918,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Zombies, History, Film....All with Pictures!!, May 23 2011
By Ren Andronico - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Zombies!: An Illustrated History of the Undead (Paperback)
I did not know of this books existence until the internet critic Cyrus from Spill.com but I am thankful to him. This book is a easy yet very smart read, all the more so when you consider that a good chunk of the book is pictures.After a brillant intro in which a interesting connection between voodoo, slavery, and US occupation of Haiti is made; the author spends most of the book going over the basic history of zombies in film from 1932's "White Zombie" to 2009's "Zombieland. Individual films of particular importance or quality are looked at in detail in terms of plot, styles compared to pervious films, and their impact on the course of zombie film history. After that the last few chapters briefly touch on zombies in comics, books, t.v., and video games.
For an person who would like to learn about our friendly neighborhood mindless and/or mind-controlled undead should give this book a look.
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Great read on the beginings of a cult classic genre!, May 13 2011
By Blake Northrup "Horror Buff" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Zombies!: An Illustrated History of the Undead (Paperback)
So far this book has been very detailed about the beginnings of the Zombie genre and is a good read.
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engaging historical look at peeling flesh, Mar 15 2011
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Zombies!: An Illustrated History of the Undead (Paperback)
Perhaps the most popular Zombie fever advocate is movie director George A. Romero who began the current craze with his classic Night of the Living Dead in 1968. Since then Zombies are a feature of comic books, novels and movies. However, though this terrific reference book devotes about Zombies in the recent decades, the fun in this collection is the less known earlier periods. Thus the first four chapters are insightful and fascinating as the roots in Haiti, the literature of Poe and Shelley; the early films like the Living Dead and of course the Romero flesh feasts. Ironically though the slaves whispered of the dead walking at night, it is in the late nineteenth century the first zombie mania became an American public phenomena due to the work of journalist Patrick Hearne. The next wave is kicked off by EC comics, Romero and the Spanish zombie invasion. Finally there is choices when one enters Zombieland as readers will enjoy being on the menu due to the graphic illustrations enhancing the engaging historical look at peeling flesh via all types of multimedia sources; just keep hand lotion handy.Harriet Klausner
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