The Complete Idiot's Guide to Zombies

Just what is it that has turned zombies into the monsters du jour - the new vampires, as Time magazine proclaimed them in April 2009? They don't have any supernatural powers; as a matter of fact, zombies possess only the abilities of the people they were in life. In a battle between zombies and vampires, the former would almost surely lose - they're slower, weaker, and incredibly stupid. And forget about the sex appeal vampires have - no one would want to get up close and personal with a stumbling, reanimated corpse!

Call them blank slates on which any aspect of humanity can be scribbled, a commentary on the Vietnam War (George Romero's Night of the Living Dead was originally released in 1968), or a truly green monster - made of 100 percent recycled humans! - those shambling eaters of brains have gone from minor popularity with teenage boys interested in all things horror to mainstream pop culture icon. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Zombies brings the world of zombies chillingly to life - in a manner of speaking! - covering everything readers need to know about them. The book includes...

• The voodoo zombie, the viral zombie, and the whole zombie family.
• What zombies and the delicious fear of them say about human psychology.
• Zombies in American culture: in film, from the Romero classics to the Living Dead flicks that are so bad they're good, and in fiction, video games, comics, and more!
• The zombie survival phenomenon - of course they're not real, but that doesn't stop people from having loads of fun pretending they are!