Publisher's Synopsis
Do you love zombies? Do you crave brain-busting knowledge about the history, culture, and cinema of the undead? Look no further than How to Be an Instant Zombie Movie Expert. Win friends and influence people - especially nerds - with your amazing film critic insights into this hugely popular movie genre. You'll get taller and better looking too. And you'll be a huge success in love and life. Maybe.
You'll definitely become an encyclopedia of zombie trivia overnight with 53 movies to explore, from the very first - White Zombie (1932) - to the latest multimillion-dollar blockbusters. Discover award-winning zombie films from Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, and the Caribbean, not just the usual Hollywood movies. Even if you hate zombies, you'll see them in a new light after you read the true story of where they came from in history. From the first Caribbean slave rebellions of the 18th Century through to the Vietnam War and the rise of 24/7 global consumer society, the zombie story tells us a lot about the history of the modern world. Plus this book is packed with amazing behind-the-scenes stories like the real-life on-screen fight between a stuntman and a wild tiger shark while filming a zombie movie in 1979... it's all in this handy pocket-sized guide to the cinema of the undead. There's a Zombie movie for everyone in here, so join zombie geek Andrew Keith Walker on this laugh-a-minute, eye-watering, underwear-shredding, blood and brain-splattered nightmare journey into the world of the undead. Bring popcorn. And a chainsaw.
