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Title: The Living and the Undead: From Stoker's Dracula to Romero's Dawn of the Dead by Gregory A. Waller ISBN: 0-252-01208-9 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Pro Ref) Pub. Date: January, 1986 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)

Rating: 4
Summary: A serious PHD look at one of my favourite genres...
Comment: This is one extremely comprehensive book that examines the literary and film examinations of the undead since 1897 - 1979. Gregory Waller looks at the sociological overtones of vampires and zombies, why they are so affecting to the reader/viewer, how they relate to the wider world, parables, trends etc etc.

The book covers a broad range, from the obvious entries of original "Dracula" and the masterful "Dawn of the Dead" (they're both cited on the cover), the various remakes and rewrites of Stoker's original tale by Hammer and Herzog, Salem's Lot, The Last Man on Earth, the fantastic "I Am Legend" (which basically rewrote the rules for so many horror/sci fi books and films in the years to come), before rounding out the book with Romero.

The book benefits from the abundant use of quotes and several pages of photos, including ones from Nosferatu (both 1922 and 1979), Dracula (1931 and 1979), Hammer, Night of the Living Dead and Dawn. As stated in the review title, I wouldn't be surprised if this was Mr Waller's PHD topic, as this has to be the most in-depth analysis' on the undead I have ever seen and it sometimes 'leans' with it's views... Some people may be put off by the scholastic prose, but I enjoyed it and found it a nice contradiction to the majority of film books that take a 'gee-whiz' stance at their subject matter.