Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide
For fans of the gory, grotesque, dark-humor-filled world of horror, zombie films may be the most beloved of subgenres. Kay (Disaster Movies, 2006) provides a chronological listing, with summary and review, for more than 250 films from 1932 to 2008. Summaries of each decade, interviews with filmmakers, and other features are interspersed, as is a generous complement of promotional photos. A list of the author’s 25 favorite zombie films, an appendix of “zombie-less” zombie films, and a short bibliography follow. Director and film indexes complete the book. One caveat: basic information like running time, country of origin, director, and stars are spread throughout each film’s description (and sometimes not included) instead of summarized at the top of each entry as in most filmographies. Kay’s readable style and the subjective nature of so-bad-it’s-good cinema make this fun book more appropriate for circulating collections than reference.