The zombie is cinema's most enduring horror icon, having terrified audiences for
decades. "Book of the Dead" charts the history of the walking dead from the mon
ster's origins in Haitian voodoo, through its cinematic debut in 1932's "White Z
ombie" up to blockbuster "World War Z" and beyond. Covering hundreds of movies f
rom America, Europe, Asia and even the Middle East, Jamie Russell examines zombi
es' on-screen evolution from Caribbean bogeymen to flesh-eating corpses and apoc
alyptic plague carriers.
