New Zombie Book

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is due out this upcoming April.
After reading the whole premise, it sounds like it has a lot of potential and is apparently sparking a studio bidding war for rights to make the film. The author keeps about 85% of the original book and adds a zombie menace that is threatening the english countryside and it's inhabitants. Being that everyone in the book is proper, they refer to the zombies as "unmentionables" and refrain from using the zed word. Elizabeth Bennett also happens to be a kick ass zombie slayer, as is Mr. Darcy. The book looks promising and exciting, I cannot wait to get my copy!

Top Zombie Movies

Here are some of my favorite zombie movies. I have to warn anyone reading that I may have some spoilers....be cautioned.

1- This is by far, in my opinion one of the best zombie movies out there. Although the acting is not so great at times, it has nowhere the terrible acting often found in Romero's movies. The opening zombie scene is horrific, mainly because it involves unsuspecting sleeping individuals and a zombie child. I also enjoyed the movie showing us suburbia taken over by running zombies, crashed cars, and gun firing frightened people. What makes this movie also pretty darn interesting is the fact the slow shambling zombie is not present in this movie. The zombies are fast, deadly, horrific and definitely realistic looking. I also genuinely like the main character and hope she can figure out a way to survive this zombie apocalypse. In my opinion, I believe that this movie is much better than the original, which is typically not the case.

2- I really enjoyed this movie. Although many would argue with me and say that this is not a zombie movie. I would respectfully disagree because it involves people who are not themselves anymore, who are taken over by a virus and attack any person lacking the infection. While these "infected" do not eat the living, they attack by biting, scratching and basically tear the victims to shreds if they are able. I also enjoyed the fact that a victim changes almost immediately, keeping out the whole "someone is secretly remaining in the group of survivors and they are infected" idea. That plot is pretty tiresome. While that idea was in Dawn of the Dead, the change to the idea made it pretty interesting. I also enjoyed all the shots of an isolated London, completely devoid of life with the exception of a few survivors and the infected.

3- While this is a comedy, I thoroughly enjoy the film and find it pretty scary at times. I love that the opening sequence is repeated the next day with a lack of life and that the main character fails to recognize anything is wrong. This is hilarious to me, especially when he is walking in the convenience store and appears to slide in a pool of blood or something terrible (it is left up to the audience to decide. ick)
I also enjoy the whole idea that the main characters attempt to "act" like zombies in order to avoid being detected, that was good stuff. While these zombies are slow and shambling, the movie is awesome regardless and think any zombie flick fans should check it out if they have not watched this film.



4- I really enjoyed this movie, and although I am not one for sequels, I thought this was a pretty good one. The opening scene is terrifying, as you watch a "safe" group of survivors get attacked by hordes of the infected. The rest of the movie takes place after that attack, the Americans have come set up shop and are attempting to establish a safe zone, and the lone survivor of the opening scene welcomes his two children back to the country. The rest of the movie is full of action, the infected and soldiers quickly losing control. I enjoyed this movie because the acting is terrific, Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, The Full Monty) is great and so is the actress who plays his wife, Catherine McCormack (Braveheart). I also really like the main American soldiers as well. A great movie, especially for a sequel!


5- Although I do believe that this movie is not that great in several ways, I still enjoy this movie. The acting is lacking, but the zombies are certainly scary. I also found the manner in which these people were infected quite interesting as well. (The initial office workers, not the bitten people, that is typical) Of course the building killing off the infected was interesting to watch, especially the room filling with water, and of course who can forget seeing that zombie wake up in the room filled with water..creepy. I enjoyed this movie when I first saw it in theaters and do not mind watching it every once in a while. Compared to the real stinkers out there (ie terribly acted zombie flicks--Diary of the Dead, Zombie Strippers, Day of the Dead the remake) this one is not too shabby.

Top Zombie Books

1- World War Z definitely gets #1 on my list of favorite zombie books. The book acts as a historical account of the zombie wars told by various people around the world. The book is full of government cover up, smuggling, quarantine, greed and a whole lot more. I really enjoyed this book because of the realness of the book and the fact it does not focus on one group of survivors. This book looks at the world wide impact a zombie plague would have and this is what made it a great read.






2- Plague of the Dead has some of the elements that World War Z has. While it is not a historical account, it does address various parts of the world. The book also focuses on various main characters across the globe rather than a few in a mall or house somewhere. From Mombasa to other parts of the world, the book follows survivors, soldiers, doctors, Navy and reporters in their journey. The book also contains 2 types of zombies. The first type is what I would call the "28 Days Later" type of zombie. They are fast, animal like, bite and scratch, but they are not undead. They are just infected. Once these types of infected are shot down and killed, they will eventually rise again as the undead, slow and shuffling type of zombie.




3- Thunder and Ashes picks up where Plague of the Dead leaves off. Cities have fallen and people are panicked trying to find safe places to hide. The undead or infected are everywhere infecting those trying to survive and the military is falling apart. Soldiers are abandoning their post as cities burn to the ground. This book is exciting, interesting and full of twists and turns. A great read.







4- Day by Day Armageddon is a great read. Written in journal format, the story consists of a soldier who is struggling to survive the zombie apocalypse. Although the story focuses on one man and his struggle for survival, it is extremely interesting. The main character is an intelligent soldier full of know how and experience, experience that readers hope can help him survive this invasion of the undead. Of course, as many zombie fiction readers know, the undead are not the only worry, other survivors can be extremely problematic as well. I highly reccomend this book!





5- Autumn is a great read. And while this particular book focuses on a group of survivors, the sequels address other parts of England, the military and other large groups of survivors. Autumn is extremely interesting. While other various zombie books merely have a contagious zombie virus that is spread through cuts and bites of the undead, this particular book does not have that element. The book begins with describing people getting ready for work, school, getting their quick breakfasts and bundling up for the chilly autumn day. Suddenly and without warning, hundreds of thousands of people start choking, coughing up blood and suffocating. In an instant they are all dead, leaving survivors scared and mystefied as to the cause of this sudden epedimic. Several days pass and as those who survived begin to find other survivors, a strange thing happens. Some of the dead stand up and begin to walk around, not in any particular direction and they do not attack the survivors. An undead will begin to walk in a certain direction, hit a wall and start walking another direction completely with no reason for it. The survivors, terrified by this, find a church to stay in. A small handful of them decide to leave and seek other shelter while the rest of the survivors decide to stay with the larger group in the church. The three who leave find a farmhouse to reside in and attempt to survive. These undead wanderers who initially leave survivors unharmed, start to viciously attack and develop a group awareness. Survivors are no longer safe and once one undead finds them, hundreds if not thousands more are will soon follow.