EATEN ALIVE!
Edited by
Jay Slater
Published by
Plexus Publishing Limited
55A Clapham Common Southside
London SW4 9BX
2002
Wow! Jay Slater's EATEN ALIVE! ITALIAN CANNIBAL AND ZOMBIE MOVIES is the definitive guide on two of the most beloved horror genre. This superb 256 pages book which features over 150 black & white pictures and 10 color posters is so good that i literally "devoured" it when i received it! Jay is joined by friends which include director Nacho Cerda (AFTERMATH, GENESIS), Mitch Davis (DIVIDED INTO ZERO and producer of SUBCONSICOUS CRUELTY), Julian Grainger, Kim Newman, Lloyd Kaufman (The big boss of Troma), Giovanni Lombardo Radice (CANNIBAL FEROX, HOUSE BY THE EDGE OF THE PARK), Jim VanBebber (MY SWEET SATAN, ROADKILL), Brian Yuzna (BRIDE OF RE-ANIMATOR, THE DENTIST) and others as they takes a look at pretty much every Italian films that dealt with either cannibalism or zombies. We get indepth reviews of films like WAR OF THE ZOMBIES (ROMA CONTRO ROMA - take note that all the original Italian titles are even mentioned!) from 1964, the Vincent Price vehicule, THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, Mario Bava's PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES, Pier Paolo Pasolini's PIGSTY, Jess Franco's A VIRGIN AMONG THE LIVING DEAD, Umberto Lenzi's DEEP RIVER SAVAGES, Paul Morrissey's FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN, Jorge Grau's THE LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE, AUTOPSY, THE GESTAPO'S LAST ORGY, Ruggero Deodato's LAST CANNIBAL WORLD, Aristide Massaccesi's EMANUELLE AND THE LAST CANNIBALS, CYCLONE, Sergio Martino's THE MOUTAIN OF THE CANNIBAL GOD featuring the gorgeous Ursula Andress, George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD, BUIO OMEGA from Aristide Massaccesi.
Lucio Fulci's ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS (ZOMBI 2) is considered in the book as the turning point of Italian cinema for the zombie genre and it is the most analysed film in the book. But wait, this ain't all... we also get more reviews for Ruggero Deodato's groundbreaking CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, Umberto Lenzi's EATEN ALIVE!, ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST (one of my personal fav), ANTHROPOPHAGOUS THE BEAST, Fulci's CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE EROTIC NIGHTS OF THE LIVING DEAD, NIGHTMARE CITY, THE NIGHTS OF TERROR (BURIAL GROUND), PORNO HOLOCAUST, CANNIBAL FEROX, THE BEYOND, HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY, ZOMBIE CREEPING FLESH, DAWN OF THE MUMMY, ZEDER, Lamberto Bava's DEMONS 1 and 2, ZOMBI 3, NIGHTMARE CONCERT, DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE and much more!
This is an awesome book and a must own for all fans of zombies and cannibals!