Night of the Living Dead

I enjoyed this one, it did not deviate from the movie much at all (too bad poor Barbara's all too brief revenge attack wasn't present in the movie), but its descriptions of the ghouls were much nastier than in the film and you get more from the inside the heads of the characters. There was also more with the posse on the move and the sheriff who is more of an actual character here appearing in the latter third of the story. The first half of the book was very thrilling (a little more than in the movie and gorier), which I enjoyed. The only thing I really did not like here was that there was a strange semi-philosophical ramble as intro before the story gets started in chapter one which was utterly unnecessary and, in my opinion, a major show more misstep by the author. Likewise, the preface by George A. Romero was, unfortunately, horribly boring. However, I would recommend this one to those who just want a quick, to-the-point, easy-to-read, zombie romp whether they have or have not seen the film (and/or its 1990 remake). Just skip the preface and that weird little bit at the very beginning of the first chapter. show less

Although the writing wasn't the best, I really enjoyed this book. I grew up with the movie, so I was pleasantly surprised with the additional scenes and events that were in the book. Overall it was really fun, a lot more than I anticipated.

Un techno-thriller dopé aux amphétamines, une énigme troublante incendiée de violence, interdite aux cœurs fragiles. Ils arrivent. Des cadavres décomposés s'extirpent de leur tombe et hurlent leur rage dans la nuit. Ils sont en chasse, plus nombreux et plus forts d'heure en heure, poussés par un obsédant besoin de tuer, et de dévorer la chair de leurs proies humaines. Et rien ne pourra les arrêter...