Tag Archive | zombie fiction
Breathers: A Zombie’s Lament
Breathers (2009) Original Release Date: March 3, 2009 Publisher: Broadway Books Okay, truth time: I had been seeing “Breathers” in the bookstore for a long time before I finally broke down and bought it. The reason I waited so long to buy it: the cover. As you can see, the cover looks like your fairly […]
G.O.R.E. Score: Boy Eats Girl
Boy Eats Girl (2005) Original Release Date: April 6, 2005 Run Time: 77 minutes This is the first viewing I’ve ever had of a zombie movie that came out of Ireland, and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. “Boy Eats Girl” was clearly made in response to the success of 2004’s smash zom-com hit […]
G.O.R.E. Score: Can YOU Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?
Release Date: February 8, 2011 Publisher: Gallery Books That’s right. I called it. A few months back, The G.O.R.E. Score reviewed a book called “Choose Your Doom: Zombie Apocalypse,” a choose-your-own-adventure style gamebook (you can check out the review here). I stated in that review that no one was making zombie-related gamebooks, and I gave […]
G.O.R.E. Score: The Infection
The Infection (2011) Release Date: February 28, 2011 Publisher: Permuted Press Craig DiLouie follows up his first zombie novel “Tooth and Nail” with “The Infection,” a tale of terror that has been described by some as “28 Days Later” meets “The Road.” That’s a pretty accurate description, with the story featuring Rage Virus-esque adrenaline-pumped zombies, […]
G.O.R.E. Score: A Christmas Carol of the Living Dead
Christmas Carol of the Living Dead (2010) Original Release Date: December 5, 2010 Publisher: Zombo Books There are a lot of “zombie mash-ups” out there these days. For those that may be unfamiliar, “zombie mash-ups” are a trend that started a few years ago, when someone takes a classic or pre-existing archetype and inserts zombies […]
G.O.R.E. Score: EMPIRE
EMPIRE (2010) Original Release Date: April 1, 2008; re-released March 12, 2010 Publisher: Permuted Press (original); Gallery Books (re-release) If you are planning on reading David Dunwoody’s “EMPIRE,” then I’ve got news for you: prepare to have an opinion about it when you’re done. Not just any opinion, but most likely a far stronger opinion […]
G.O.R.E. Score: Z-Motors
Z-Motors (2010) Original Release Date: November 15, 2010 Publisher: New Line Press New Line Press is a publishing company that has been in existence since 2003, and seems to specialize these days in putting out short e-books at a low price for the consumer, usually just a dollar or two. I like this idea and […]
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