George Romero

The zombie phenomenon is unique in Western popular culture. From its origins in the voodoo beliefs of Haiti, it has become a key ingredient in todays cinema, popular literature and comics. With one simple premise that the dead rise again, to feast on the living and turn them into zombies the undead have inspired a huge variety of artists to explore ideas of survival, morality, fear, humour and horror. ZOMBIES! is the first book to take a wide look at the whole phenomenon, from low budget cult movies to long-running comics and best-selling humour novels. With stunning imagery, and an authoritative and entertaining text from one of the worlds most distinguished experts on the genre, plus a foreword by master of horror George A. Romero, this tome will appall and delight the reader in equal measure.

V roce 1968 svět objevil zcela nový druh teroru, díky debutovému filmu George A. Romera Noc oživlých mrtvol. Právě zemřelí vstávali a napadali živé. Nejsou to ani upíři ani vlkodlaci. Bylo to něco nového... a děsivého. Od té doby se zombie rožšířili do všech odvětví kultury. Všechno to začalo té strašlivé noci na opuštěném statku... Antologie Noc oživlých mrtvol se vrací k této noci, kdy všechno začalo. Jonathan Maberry společně se samotným Georgem A. Romerem dali dohromady zcela nové povídky, které se všechny odehrávají během následujících 48 hodin po první noci. Přispěli tito spisovatelé: Brian Keene, Carrie Ryan, Chuck Wendig, Craig E. Engler, David J. Schow, David Wellington, Isaac Marion, Jay Bonansinga, Joe R. Lansdale, John A. Russo, John Skipp, Keith R.A. DeCandido, Max Brallier, Mike Carey, Mira Grant, Neal and Brenda Shusterman, and Ryan Brown. Plus samozřejmě Romero i Maberry! Pro každého, kdo miluje strašidelné příběhy. Noc oživlých mrtvol je klasika v hororu, novodobý Hitchcock.

It begins with one body. A pair of medical examiners find themselves facing a dead man who won't stay dead. It spreads quickly. In a Midwestern trailer park, an African American teenage girl and a Muslim immigrant battle newly-risen friends and family. On a US aircraft carrier, living sailors hide from dead ones while a fanatic preaches the gospel of a new religion of death. At a cable news station, a surviving anchor keeps broadcasting, not knowing if anyone is watching, while his undead colleagues try to devour him. In DC, an autistic federal employee charts the outbreak, preserving data for a future that may never come. Everywhere, people are targeted by both the living and the dead. We think we know how this story ends. We. Are. Wrong.