Back from the Dead: Remakes of the Romero Zombie Films as Markers of Their Times

by Kevin J. Wetmore Jr.

Since 1968, the name of motion picture director George Romero has been synonymous with the living dead. His landmark film Night of the Living Dead formed the paradigm of modern zombie cinema; often cited as a metaphor for America during the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement, the film used the tenets of the drive-in horror movie genre to engage the sociophobics of late-1960s culture. Subsequently Romero has created five more zombie...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786446420
• ISBN13: 9780786446421
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher