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Book of the Dead: The Complete History of Zombie Cinema

by Jamie Russell · 2005

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Covering hundreds of movies from America, Europe and Asia, this history chronicles the zombie's on-screen evolution from Caribbean bogeyman to flesh-eating corpse.

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adult
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medium · 319 pages

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