Me ha encantado recuperar este clásico del género en un momento en el que el fenómeno zombi parece hacer perder la fuerza a lo que fue en su día.
Interesantísimo el uso de la tensión narrativa e imprescindible el prólogo
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Um grande clássico da literatura de Horror.
um livro muito bem conseguido que mantém, durante toda a acção, o suspense.
Dentro do género, este é, talvez, o melhor livro que li. Um conto espantoso.

An immortal classic thanks the movie!

This is a serviceable adaptation but you might as well watch the far superior film.

This is an absolute classic. War of the Worlds with eerie undead corpses instead of aliens! Who are those grey slow moving and death bringing hordes of undead people? Is there a remedy against them?What about Ben and Barbara? Will they survive the siege of the undead? Nail biting and fast paced horror action. Reading the book is like watching a movie. Really recommended. A timeless must-know novel!

I loved the movie seen it at least a 100× but my first time reading the book. As a reader and a horror movie fanatic, I prefer books over movies. Movies never go in detail or description on what the characters are thinking. John Russo did an excellent job.

Short read but classic. Little different than the movie.

Jeziva, napeta i atmosfericna prica, procitala sam ju u jednom dahu.

It's amusing how the zombie theme seems so uninteresting and dull nowadays, considering the multitude of films and books that have been released over the years. However, I read this book in my childhood, and back then, it certainly made an impression on me. Especially when you live near a cemetery, haha. The first scene, where the Barbara and her brother visit their father's grave, is simply legendary. I remember the details to this day, and I think it's brilliantly written!

They're coming to get you, Barbra!

The first chapter is nearly word-for-word identical to the opening scenes of the film, but after this point, the novel does vary a little bit. I enjoyed learning quite a bit more about Ben and his motives. Harry Cooper is still the same ol asshole. I was also amused to read the word "zombie" in one spot; you'll notice the film never once mentions the z-word. George Romero's introduction was enlightening; he's an intelligent, well-written man.

This is one of those graphic novels that a parent must read before allowing their child to read it. It is not appropriate for children. It's not overly violent but there is a lot of drawn nudity and sex. I was a little shocked at how graphic that was.
This graphic novel is based on the original Night of the Living Dead movie. It jumps around various characters and scenes as the first wave of zombies happen. There is some interesting insight to some of the characters that wasn't in the original movie.
It's an okay story. I think I would have preferred if it stayed with just the original characters or excluded them completely. It just felt like something was missing. Granted it's going to be a series so that may account for some of the missing something but I can't say for certain.
I can't really say I liked this either. It's not the worst I have read but it won't be the best either. It's entertaining enough.

4.5 Stars

I was so excited to find this 1974 first edition copy of Night of the Living Dead by John Russo.....and for a decent price. Not the $1.25 it originally sold for of course.

The cover declares...."The most frightening movie ever made is now a novel."....with sixteen pages of photographs....and OMGOSH it is so like The Walking Dead TV series.

As for the movie, I only vaguely remember it. The Preface here gives an interesting background story about the phenomenon bringing "real startling shocks and gut-felt, edge-of-the-seat terror." It was produced for a mere $114k and grossed upwards of $4 to 5 million, one of the top-grossing films in both 1969 and 1970.

As for the novel, the setting is at dusk on a remote back road with a garbled message on the car radio....only one word is clear....emergency....then nothing as quarreling siblings, Johnny 26 and Barbara 19 are lost and anxious to find their father's graveyard.

Shortly after they finally arrive, a devilish Johnny hides hoping to frighten his sister with creepy threatening remarks as Barbara (praying) first notices the strange moving figure in the distance. Still listening to Johnny, the pursuing footsteps become louder and more ominous. She looks up to say hello, assuming its the caretaker, and then, the scream....and it all begins....the feasting on human life.

I don't know why I love this goulish stuff, but fellow horror lovers will understand....hehehe. What a great old classic....and Oh No! ending.