Book of the Dead by Jamie Russell is the definitive history of zombie movies and zombies in the movies. Unafraid to dissect and explore the changing social, cultural and political contexts of these films. It takes us from the earliest zombies in films and all around the globe.

The Cinema of George A. Romero - Knight of the Living Dead by Tony Williams was one of the first books to take horror seriously. Looking at the work of Romero in the context of EC Comics and Emile Zola, it is a book that still holds up.