Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema
by Jamie Russell
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Author: Jamie RussellEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-10
ISBN: 1903254337
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: FAB Press
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Book Review: An essential purchase !
Summary: 5 Stars
When I got Book of the dead with it's clever front cover picture homage to Fulci's City of the living dead, I thought it might be an in depth survey of Italian movies but the subtitle makes everything clear ! It is indeed the complete history of Zombie cinema, tracing the roots right back to the first use of the word zombie in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1819 ! This is the most comprehensive and obviously painstakingly researched book that takes the reader on a journey from the 1930's when the first zombie movie came out of Hollywood, right up to the present day with George Romero's Land of the dead ! It would seem that the inspiration for the first zombie film came from a disturbed writer who had researched his subject in Haiti, long associated with voodoo. You'll have to read the book to find out what this writer was in to ! Along the way we learn that those who tried to cash in on the success of the first zombie film ( White Zombie ) were sadly Poverty Row productions, a somewhat demeaning term for studios working on miniscule budgets. There is detailed coverage about all the different countries who produced zombie related movies and, of course, those wonderful Italian films are given plenty of space ! No book on this subject would be complete without extensive reference to George Romero's contribution to zombie 'culture' and he sure gets good coverage! Probably the most stunning of all the sections in the book is the one from page 96 to 129 - the inclusion of a gallery of lovingly reproduced photos of rare video sleeves and stills - these pictures are mostly foreign versions of the films and absolutely fascinating ! I thought I knew a bit about zombie movies but after reading this book I acknowledge that I knew very little - not any more ! One word to sum up this outstanding work - ESSENTIAL !
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