Mondo Zombie
Edited by John Skipp
Synopsis:
Zombies movies are hot now, what with Shaun of the Dead, The Corpse Bride, and zombie classic Night of the Living Dead’s only begetter George A. Romero’s first new dead flick in 20-plus years, Land of the Dead. Zombie fiction’s burgeoning, too. The stuff overrelies on a single, familiar plot, though. A plague of undead hits, resulting in apocalypse. The living are hunted, and things usually don’t end well. Undead yarns work best when the “rules” (e.g., zombies are basically dumb, slow, and hungry) are broken, as many of editor Skipp’s selections attest. In “Maternal Instinct,” Robert Bloch innovatively imagines two types of walking dead: Type B is run-of-the-mill, long dead, and decaying; Type A is freshly deceased and talks, thinks, and holds public office. In the cinematic “Connections,” Simon McCaffery offers a new twist on gated communities, and Ian McDowell’s “Dead Loves” must be the most disturbingly wonderful story to feature a dead Dolly Parton. Not every entry here’s a winner, but horror fans really should delve into this collection. Order from Amazon
Product Details:
Editor: John Skipp
Hardcover: 497 pages
Publisher: Cemetery Dance Publications (June 30, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1587670402
ISBN-13: 978-1587670404
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.6 inches
