Zombie Source » Zombie Books http://zombiedump.com Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:59:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema http://zombiedump.com/book-of-the-dead-the-complete-history-of-zombie-cinema.html http://zombiedump.com/book-of-the-dead-the-complete-history-of-zombie-cinema.html#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:30:14 +0000 Romero http://zombiedump.com/?p=143 book-of-the-deadIf you’re a fan of zombie movies (or just horror movies in general), you must get this book. Author Jamie Russell has written an entertaining and insightful history of the zombie film. Beginning with the old classics like White Zombie and I Walked With A Zombie, Russell provides perhaps the most comprehensive overview that we will ever get.

It’s all here — from George Romero’s famed Dead films to the Italian gore cycle to the various straight-to-video zombie flicks of the late ’80s and early ’90s to the genre’s resurgence with Resident Evil and Romero’s Land of the Dead. Along with providing a wealth of information about the men who made these films, Russell also analyzes the various themes running through the key films of the zombie genre. Russell’s comments about Romero’s Living Dead films, Lucio Fulci’s Beyond Trilogy, and Jean Rollin’s The Grapes of Death are especially insightful.

Best of all, the book ends with 76-page “Zombie Filmography” in which Russell provides a capsule description and review of seemingly every zombie film (regardless of how obscure or celebrated) ever made.

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]]> http://zombiedump.com/book-of-the-dead-the-complete-history-of-zombie-cinema.html/feed 0 Eve of the Dead http://zombiedump.com/eve-of-the-dead.html http://zombiedump.com/eve-of-the-dead.html#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:32:58 +0000 Romero http://zombiedump.com/?p=131 eve-of-the-deadThe world as we know it has fallen into a state of chaos. The dead are rising, and are attacking the last remaining living people. Businesses and residences that have not yet been overrun by the hordes of ghouls are being ransacked by looters. A small group of survivors from the countryside seek shelter and supplies at a large superstore just outside the city limits. They must use every resource available to be able to survive against marauders…the living and the dead.

This is a real action novel. If you love zombies and stories about the end of the world like me, then you’ll really enjoy this book. It is very well-written and is a fun read. I am a big fan of zombie movies, especially those of George Romero. This book really did a great job of recapturing the Romero feel in a modern way.

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]]> http://zombiedump.com/eve-of-the-dead.html/feed 0 Plague of the Dead http://zombiedump.com/plague-of-the-dead.html http://zombiedump.com/plague-of-the-dead.html#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:51:23 +0000 Romero http://zombiedump.com/?p=127 plague-of-the-deadThe end begins with a viral outbreak unlike anything mankind has ever encountered before. The infected are subject to delirium, fever, a dramatic increase in violent behavior, and a one-hundred percent mortality rate.

Death.

But it doesn’t end there. The victims return from death to walk the earth.

When a massive military operation fails to contain the plague of the living dead it escalates into a global pandemic. In one fell swoop, the necessities of life become much more basic. Gone are petty everyday concerns. Gone are the amenities of civilized life.

Yet a single law of nature remains: Live, or die. Kill, or be killed.

On one side of the world, a battle-hardened General surveys the remnants of his command: a young medic, a veteran photographer, a brash Private, and dozens of refugees, all are his responsibility-all thousands of miles from home. Back in the United States, an Army Colonel discovers the darker side of Morningstar virus and begins to collaborate with a well-known journalist to leak the information to the public…

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]]> http://zombiedump.com/plague-of-the-dead.html/feed 0 As The World Dies: The First Days: A Zombie Trilogy http://zombiedump.com/as-the-world-dies-the-first-days-a-zombie-trilogy.html http://zombiedump.com/as-the-world-dies-the-first-days-a-zombie-trilogy.html#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:32:14 +0000 Romero http://zombiedump.com/?p=117 bookcoverfinalTwo very different women flee into the Texas Hill Country on the first day of the zombie rising. Together they struggle to rescue loved ones, find other survivors, and avoid the hungry undead.

This is a great read – even for those who typically don’t read the zombie-genre (like myself). A real page-turner from the start – Frater kept me guessing from beginning to end. “As The World Dies – The First Days” offers several complex lead characters coming from diverse backgrounds; I was able to identify with each and every one of them on a different level. Can’t wait for the second installment!

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I couldn’t put it down. This is a fast read and it just sucks you in. I love the journal style of this book, it is refreshing from the norm. You will love this book if you are a fan of zombies and even if you are not. I can’t wait for his next book!

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]]> http://zombiedump.com/day-by-day-armageddon.html/feed 0 Zombie! (by Peter Tremayne) http://zombiedump.com/zombie-by-peter-tremayne.html http://zombiedump.com/zombie-by-peter-tremayne.html#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:50:27 +0000 Romero http://zombiedump.com/?p=11 Evil hangs over the Caribbean island of St. Miquelon. June and Steve Lambert can feel it in the sultry air and in the suspicious eyes of the islanders. They came expecting to find a paradise at the plantation left to June by her grandmother… instead they walk into a deadly unknown.

But June and Steve are safe while daylight remains. Safe as long as they leave St. Miquelon before nightfall. Safe until the moment they find themselves stranded on the remote estate.

Then a cold fear seems to grow with the darkness and the jungle drums. Because June’s real legacy is a terrifying truth… a truth to make the blood run cold as the front stairs creak with footsteps, as shuffling feet drag slowly closer, as something pushes the door open… and the horror begins.

]]> http://zombiedump.com/zombie-by-peter-tremayne.html/feed 0 The Return of the Living Dead (Written by John Russo) http://zombiedump.com/the-return-of-the-living-dead-written-by-john-russo.html http://zombiedump.com/the-return-of-the-living-dead-written-by-john-russo.html#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:44:23 +0000 Romero http://zombiedump.com/?p=8 This is the original ROTLD story – the one that starts out with the wreck of a school bus full of children. “They” got Russo to change it up for the movie script. This edition is very hard to find. I have been searching for it for a long time. I finally found it up for auction on Ebay. Ebay – how I hate to love it! (If you have ever been there you know what I’m talking about!)

]]> http://zombiedump.com/the-return-of-the-living-dead-written-by-john-russo.html/feed 0 Dawn of the Dead (by George A. Romero and Susanna Sparrow) http://zombiedump.com/dawn-of-the-dead-by-george-a-romero-and-susanna-sparrow.html http://zombiedump.com/dawn-of-the-dead-by-george-a-romero-and-susanna-sparrow.html#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:29:35 +0000 Romero http://zombiedump.com/?p=3 Few motion pictures have achieved true cult status. George Romero’s zombie trilogy – Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead – are such films: grisly, innovative studies in horror that have shocked and entertained millions of viewers. They are rightly ranked among the true classics of modern horror cinema.

In Dawn of the Dead, the ghouls from Night of the Living Dead have returned with an insatiable hunger for human flesh, and a message that haunts the human mind. Young and old, black and white, their former lives forgotten, they fill the streets of our cities and run wild through our shopping centers, consuming everyone and everything they touch with the curse of living death. As four ordinary people take refuge in an overrun shopping mall and arm themselves against the onslaught, Dawn of the Dead becomes more than a bloodbath. In a world where life is a commodity, where survival is bought with guns, and where satisfaction is having free run of a department store, the dead will finally rule us all…

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