Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide ( Russian. Films about zombies: A comprehensive guide ) - Glenn Kay's book about zombies in popular culture , including films about zombies . First published in 2008. In 2012, the second edition came out, substantially supplemented by a large number of films and TV shows. [one]
| Zombie Films: An Exhaustive Guide | |
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 Second edition cover | |
| general information | |
| Author | Glenn Kay ( eng. Glenn Kay ) |
| Type of | |
| Genre | film critic |
| Original version | |
| Title | English Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide |
| Tongue | English |
| Place of publication | Chicago |
| Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
| The year of publishing | 2008 |
| Pages | 352 |
| ISBN | 978-1-55652-770-8 |
| Russian version | |
| The year of publishing | - |
Contents
The book presents the history of films about zombies, starting with the “ White Zombie ” released in 1932 and up to our days, including the movie “ Planet of Fear ” released in 2007. [2] A review of almost four hundred films was included in the updated edition, including such TV shows as The Walking Dead . Films are rated on a five-point scale, including “terribly good” ( English so bad it's good ). In addition, the book includes interviews and photographs from filming . [3]
Ratings
Jeremy Martin, noting in a review in San Antonio Current that despite the fact that Kay " certainly made some omissions " and sometimes approaches a selection of zombie films in a peculiar way, including there " 28 days later ", " Friday, the 13th: Jason is alive ", " Weekend at Bernie 2 ", " The invasion of the kidnappers of bodies ", " Evil Dead " and even " Valley of Zombies "Nevertheless indicates that the attempt itself to review almost 300 films on this subject, including extreme budget and foreign ones, deserves respect, since Kay pays attention to the" every lost classic "of the genre, even considering zombie porn, chicken zombie and crisis ". Martin also notes that Kay occasionally fits films with humor and irony, as in the case of “The Zombie Called Sean ” and “ I was walking with zombies ”. Martin believes that the author’s attempt to single out the 25 25 greatest zombie films ever made ’will cause heated debate, but at the same time he notes that the selection of 300 films is impressive, and although the book cannot be fully called an“ exhaustive guide ”, but this is a good guide for newbies, since Martin has not yet met a person who would have spent so much time creating a more comprehensive topical reference book. [2]
Justin Dimos, in his article on PopMatters, wrote that due to the fact that there are a huge number of zombie films, Kay's book "is so necessary for horror film lovers, like zombie fans." He noted that more than 350 pages contain “the most bloodthirsty and funniest cult classics, catalogs of zombie films, reviews, assessments, theorizing,” which tell not only about the seemingly endless stream of thrillers about the undead decade after decade, but also explain about those the tendencies in the movies that made these tireless creatures so delicious, "whether the 1950s radioactive zombies were hobbled away from the mushroom cloud left behind by the atomic bomb or the undead in the Resident Evil series of games, thanks to which" Zombie is reborn in the new millennium . ”According to Dimos, Kay’s book is“ a bible of zombie films for a future film critic and horror film lover, ”as the author narrates from narcotic zombies to voodoo Haiti and then shows how the genre develops over several generations. Dimos notes that Kay even managed to interview such as the kinolegend Stuart Conran, who was a make-up artist on the set of movie " braindead " and "Shaun of the Dead" and director "Zombie named Fido," Andrew Curry . In addition, he points out that " readers will enjoy the full-color miniatures of authentic posters and frames, all of them are equipped with titles and logos of production manufacturers ." Dimos notes that readers will be able to learn "the secrets of the most repulsive films about the undead, like: a scene of masturbation in" Deadly Hunger "or a zombie chicken in Shanks " ". At the same time, Dimos believes that the only flaw in Kay’s book is “a huge number of films that he should cover in his guidebook, ” as the reader gets enthusiastic ratings of Michael Jackson ’s Thriller music video and the Zombie George Romero movie and rotten reviews about the harsh cinema, such as " Teen zombies " (1958) and " Village Zombies “(1987).” However, Dimos concludes that Kay's work is “ better, more pressing and cheaper than the disgraceful Encyclopedia of the Zombie Films by Peter Dendl .” In addition, Dimos believes that she " catches satire, fear, politics, humor of both classic and modern horror films " and summarizes: " from the Night of the Living Dead" (1968) to The Undertaker in Love (1994) to Wild Zero "(2000) you cannot go wrong in this guidebook ." [four]
Editions
- Kay G. Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide . - Chicago: Chicago Review Press , 2008. - 352 p. - ISBN 978-1-55652-770-8 .
Notes
- ↑ Moore, 09/22/2012 .
- ↑ 1 2 Martin, 11/05/2008 .
- ↑ Hoff, 11/28/2012 .
- ↑ Dimos, 10/30/2008 .
Literature
- Daley R. Book Review Small Press Roundup: Serial Killers, Zombie Cats, And More! // Bloody Disgusting . - 10/31/2012. Archived March 4, 2016.
- Dimos J. Zombie Movies by Glenn Kay // PopMatters . - 10/30/2008. Archived March 4, 2016.
- Hoff A. Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide / / Pittsburgh City Paper . - 11/28/2012. Archived March 4, 2016.
- Lott R. Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide: Second Edition - Glenn Kay // Oklahoma Gazette . - 10/31/2012. Archived March 4, 2016.
- Martin J. Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide / / San Antonio Current . - 11/05/2008. Archived March 3, 2016.
- The Doom and Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide: The Dread Central . - 09/22/2012. Archived July 23, 2017.
- Sarti D. Comprehensive zombie-movie guide lives again // The Georgia Straight . - 23.10.2012. Archived March 4, 2016.