| Author | : Rod Durick |
| Publisher | : B.E.S. Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Low budget films |
| ISBN | : 9780764147166 |
Presents a guide to creating a zombie film on a small budget, covering such topics as the storyline, contracts, options for assembling a cast, materials to use for make-up, prosthetics, postproduction, and marketing strategies.
| Author | : John Ajvide Lindqvist |
| Publisher | : Macmillan |
| Total Pages | : 449 |
| Release | : 2010-09-28 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1429940697 |
In his new novel, John Ajvide Lindqvist does for zombies what his previous novel, Let the Right One In, did for vampires. Across Stockholm the power grid has gone crazy. In the morgue and in cemeteries, the recently deceased are waking up. One grandfather is alight with hope that his grandson will be returned, but one husband is aghast at what his adored wife has become. A horror novel that transcends its genre by showing what the return of the dead might really mean to those who loved them.
| Author | : Leon Hunt |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 290 |
| Release | : 2013-12-02 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0857723502 |
The vampire and the zombie, the two most popular incarnations of the undead, are brought together for a forensic critical investigation in Screening the Undead. Both have a long history in popular fiction, film, television, comics and games; the vampire also remains central to popular culture today, from literary 'paranormal romance' to cult TV and movie franchises - by turns romantic, tortured, grotesque, countercultural, a goth icon or lonely outsider. The zombie can shamble or, nowadays, sprint with alarming velocity, and even dance. It frequently lends itself to metaphor and can stand in for fascism or ecological disaster, but is perhaps most frequently a harbinger and instrument of the apocalypse. Leading writers on Horror and cult media consider the sexy vampire and the grotesque zombie, as well as hybrid figures who do not fit neatly into either category. These are examined across a range of contexts, from the Swedish vampire to the Afro-American Blacula, from the lesbian vampire to the gay zombie, from the Spanish Knights Templar riding skeletal horses to dancing Japanese zombies. Screening the Undead sheds new light on these two icons of terror - and desire - whose popular longevity has taken them 'Beyond Life'.
| Author | : Peter Dendle |
| Publisher | : McFarland |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2011-01-12 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0786463678 |
Zombies are cautionary forms of humankind's most universally cherished ideal--life after death. Ragged, ill-spoken, rotting zombies (or the post-dead) seem socially awkward beside the more popular and aristocratic undead, like Count Dracula. The humble zombie remains, for the most part, unappreciated and unacknowledged--until now. The first exhaustive historical overview of zombie films, this book's lengthy entries evaluate more than 200 movies from 16 countries over a 65-year period from the early 1930s to the late 1990s. It covers everything from large studio films to backyard videography, and touches on memorable television episodes and miscellaneous shorts. An introduction traces the evolution of the genre and interprets the broader significance of the zombie in contemporary Western mythology.
| Author | : Jeffrey Weinstock |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 153 |
| Release | : 2012-04-03 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0231850034 |
This introductory volume offers an elegant analysis of the enduring appeal of the cinematic vampire. From Georges Méliès' early cinematic experiments to Twilight and Let the Right One In, the history of vampires in cinema can be organised by a handful of governing principles that help make sense of this movie monster's remarkable fecundity. Among these principles are that the cinematic vampire is invariably about sex and the vexed human relationship with technology, and that the vampire is always an overdetermined body condensing what a culture considers other. This volume includes in-depth studies of films including Powell's A Fool There Was, Franco's Vampyros Lesbos, Cronenberg's Rabid, Kümel's Daughters of Darkness, and Merhige's Shadow of the Vampire.
| Author | : Ozzy Inguanzo |
| Publisher | : Rizzoli Universe Promotional Books |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2016-09-13 |
| Genre | : Zombie films |
| ISBN | : 9780789325990 |
Spanning nearly a century, this book tells the remarkable true story behind the zombie genre, from its cinematic inception and evolution to its ultimate rise to pop culture prominence.--dust jacket.
| Author | : R. R. Haywood |
| Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Total Pages | : 486 |
| Release | : 2013-02-24 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781481010481 |
A deadly infection spreads across Europe. The Undead Series: A terrifying account of one man desperately struggling to survive this harrowing event. The Undead. The First Seven Days Compilation Edition. Reviews from The Undead series: "5 stars isn't enough! Far and away the best zombie series around!" "This is a sure-fire, cult hit of a series" "One of the best series out there and one of the best authors of this genre - totally gripping and will have you at the edge of your seat." "each and every book will leave you begging for the next one." "each one is a masterpiece all on its own." "Another amazing instalment." "Haywood sure is improving like a fine wine." "this story simply gets better and better." "Once again the subplots weave around one another, coming together with quality timing." "Each time I finish reading I'm exhausted, overjoyed, anxious and fearful of what's coming next." "Brilliant writing from start to end." "Well done RR Haywood, please do not stop doing what you are doing." "This has been the best zombie series I've read." "I cannot begin to describe how exciting and spellbinding The Unread series is." "I just want to keep getting lost in the story." "I like zombie books. A lot. But the character development, the humour, the action and the banter in this series make it the best I have ever read."
| Author | : Steve Niles |
| Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2006-03-08 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1416516077 |
In this horror novel, the author of 30 Days of Night continues the undead saga as an Alaskan town awaits another month of uninterrupted darkness . . . and death. In the sleepy, secluded town of Barrow, Alaska, the sun sets—and doesn’t rise—from November to December. During this dark time a few years ago, an evil force descended upon Barrow and brought its residents to their knees. Barrow’s only hope was Eben and Stella Olemaun, a husband-and-wife law enforcement team who were torn between their own survival and saving the town they loved. Months later, as Stella Olemaun attempts to warn the world about the looming vampire threat, a rogue government agent takes unusual interest in her story. Meanwhile, further north, a new sheriff and his young son must solve the lingering mystery of Barrow, even as the survivors of the original attack prepare for the sun to set once again . . . Because this time, they’ll be ready.
| Author | : Stacey Abbott |
| Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2016-09-08 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0748694935 |
Explores the intersection of the vampire and zombie with 21st Century dystopian and post-apocalyptic cinemaTwenty-first century film and television is overwhelmed with images of the undead. Vampires and zombies have often been seen as oppositional: one alluring, the other repellant; one seductive, the other infectious. With case studies of films like I Am Legend and 28 Days Later, as well as TV programmes like Angel and The Walking Dead, this book challenges these popular assumptions and reveals the increasing interconnection of undead genres. Exploring how the figure of the vampire has been infused with the language of science, disease and apocalypse, while the zombie text has increasingly been influenced by the trope of the areluctant vampire, Stacey Abbott shows how both archetypes are actually two sides of the same undead coin. When considered together they present a dystopian, sometimes apocalyptic, vision of twenty-first century existence.Key featuresRather than seeing them as separate or oppositional, this book explores the intersection and dialogue between the vampire and zombie across film and televisionMuch contemporary scholarship on the vampire focuses on Dark Romance, while this book explores the more horror-based end of the genreOffers a detailed discussion of the development of zombie televisionProvides a detailed examination of Richard Mathesons I Am Legend, including the novel, the script, the adaptations and the BBFCs response to Mathesons script
