In my opinion, George A Romero reinforces his title as the “Godfather of all Zombies”. I saw the movie many, many years ago and have finally gotten around to reading the book.

I have to admit that I have done this backward. There isn’t a more iconic line than this in all of the zombie world. “When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth.” Good read and for the purposes of Audible, a fun listen. Not just well-performed, but to my mind (who has watched this movie a dozen times easily at horror cons) there was pathos and horror and humor.

The book is read in creepy tones with an animated voice when necessary.

The zombies are us, and we are attracted to the mall, because it is there where we go to find joy by buying stuff. The concept is made overt and exploited as a storytelling device. Here in the book, it is no longer metaphoric. We are zombified by our need to own and buy, buy, buy. One of the interesting things that I found is that I have often heard that this story is symbolically supposed to signify modern society’s consumerist tendencies. The narrative was extremely cinematic, almost beat-for-beat with the original movie. I wanted to get the movie novelization on audible and I binge listened. Little did I know that George Romero had written the story and published the movie in book form. Now readers can experience the same chills and thrills with this exciting reissue of a true classic.ĭawn of the Dead is #2 on my Top Ten List for Horror Movies. Named one of the '500 Greatest Movies of All Time' by Empire Magazine, the original Dawn of the Dead film has left its imprint on viewers for decades - and will soon be re-released in theaters, having been transformed frame-by-frame into 3D for an entire new audience. But it doesn't take long for the undead to find a way into their world. They soon realize that this is the perfect place to wait out the end of the world, and despite pending doom, they even start to enjoy themselves.

In one of the landmark tales of the zombie apocalypse, a handful of survivors seek refuge at a local shopping mall, barricading themselves in. Shortly thereafter, Romero, along with author Susanna Sparrow, wrote a novel based on the movie - now back in print in this terrifying trade paperback edition. Romero.Ī decade after the premiere of the 1968 film The Night of the Living Dead, George Romero returned with its sequel, Dawn of the Dead, which tore its way onto movie screens across the country, shocked an entire generation, and became an instant zombie classic as the highest grossing indie film of all time. Now back in print: the riveting mix of horror and social commentary and the visionary zombie cult classic Dawn of the Dead by the revered 'Grandfather of all Zombies' author and film director George A.

Dawn of the Dead by George A. Romero