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Book
of the Dead
The Complete History of Zombie Cinema
One of cinema's most enduring monsters, the zombie has been
terrifying audiences around the world for decades. Book of the
Dead charts the ghoulish history of zombie cinema, from the
creature's origins in Haitian voodoo to its cinematic debut
in 1932's White Zombie, George A. Romero's quartet of 'Dead'
movies (which includes the two acknowledged classics of the
genre, Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead) and recent
blockbuster hits like 28 Days Later, Shaun of the Dead and Land
of the Dead
Covering hundreds of movies from America, Europe and Asia, this
exhaustive history chronicles the zombie's on-screen evolution
from Caribbean bogeyman to flesh-eating corpse. Along the way,
Book of the Dead takes in Bela Lugosi B-movies, Italian gore
films, Asian zombies, British zombies, blind monk zombies, shot-on-video
backyard epics and the videogame phenomenon of Resident Evil.
Spanning seven 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 - and an
exhaustive filmography, Book of the Dead explains why we continue
to be so fascinated with these fugitives from the undertaker.
320
pages, including 64 pages in full colour
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