ZombiesonFilm:TheDefinitiveStoryofUndeadCinema

ZOMBIESONFILMchroniclespopularculture’sgreatestandmostterrifyinglyintriguingmonstersintheverymediumtheirshuffling，rotting，flesh-eatingcharacteristicswereshaped—atthemovies!Spanningnearlyacentury，thezombiegenrehasbeenbuiltbyacreativeandculturaltransferofinfluencesfromgenerationtogenerationofstorytellers，filmmakers，andartists.Thisbooktellstheremarkabletruestorybehindthecreativeandindependent-spiritthatshapedalegacy，fromitscinematicinceptionandevolutiontoitsultimaterisetopopcultureprominence，coveringthemostpopular，mostinfluential，mostoverlooked—andofcourse，themostgoryandterrifying—filmsfeaturingzombies.AuthorOzzyInguanzo’sinsightful，witty，andinformativetextiscomplementedbymorethan300photographs，movieposters，andbehind-the-scenesimagesspanningninedecadesofclassicfilmsincludingBelaLugosi’sWhiteZombie(1932)，GeorgeRomero’slandmarkNightoftheLivingDead(1968)，andLucioFulci’scultclassicZombie(1979)，aswellasofferingsfromblockbusterdirectorssuchasPeterJackson’sDeadAlive(1990)，ZackSnyder’sDawnoftheDead(2004)，andmorerecententrieslikethebreakthroughseriesTheWalkingDead(2010)andtheinternationalsensationWorldWarZ(2013).Expertlycuratedandfilledwithimagesspanningthebreadthofcinematichistory，ZOMBIESONFILMisidealforfilmfans，students，andpopculturejunkies.