Zombie Movies is an essential purchase for all those who love (or fear) horror cinema’s most popular and terrifying creation. This thorough and authoritative yet uproarious guide

• reviews and rates nearly 300 zombie films—from Bela Lugosi’s White Zombie (1932) to George A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead (2008)
• traces the evolution of the zombie over the decades, from voodoo slave to brain-eating undead to raging infected
• lays out what makes a zombie a zombie, as opposed to a ghost, ghoul, vampire, mummy, pod person, rabid sicko, or Frankenstein’s monster
• includes a detailed and chilling journal from the filming of Land of the Dead
• lists the oddest and most gruesome things ever seen in undead cinema
• covers not only mainstream American movies but also small independent productions, Spanish and Italian exploitation pictures, and bizarre offerings from < ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Japan and Hong Kong
• provides a detailed rundown of the 25 greatest zombie films ever made
• features in-depth interviews with actors, directors, makeup effects wizards, and other zombie experts

For serious fans and casual moviegoers alike, Zombie Movies will provide plenty of informative and entertaining brain food.