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jamieh2024's review
4.0
A superb collection of zombie tales with stories by:
Clive Barker
Ramsey Campbell
Manly Wade Wellman
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Edgar Allan Poe
Karl Edward Wagner
Charles L. Grant
Basil Copper
M.R. James
Nicholas Royle
Brian Lumley
H.P. Lovecraft
Lisa Tuttle
David Riley
Graham Masterton
David Sutton
Les Daniels
Hugh B. Cave
Michael Marshall Smith
Peter Tremayne
Dennis Etchison
Christopher Fowler
Robert Bloch
Kim Newman
Joe R. Lansdale
Clive Barker
Ramsey Campbell
Manly Wade Wellman
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Edgar Allan Poe
Karl Edward Wagner
Charles L. Grant
Basil Copper
M.R. James
Nicholas Royle
Brian Lumley
H.P. Lovecraft
Lisa Tuttle
David Riley
Graham Masterton
David Sutton
Les Daniels
Hugh B. Cave
Michael Marshall Smith
Peter Tremayne
Dennis Etchison
Christopher Fowler
Robert Bloch
Kim Newman
Joe R. Lansdale
jch2022's review
4.0
A superb collection of zombie tales with stories by:
Clive Barker
Ramsey Campbell
Manly Wade Wellman
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Edgar Allan Poe
Karl Edward Wagner
Charles L. Grant
Basil Copper
M.R. James
Nicholas Royle
Brian Lumley
H.P. Lovecraft
Lisa Tuttle
David Riley
Graham Masterton
David Sutton
Les Daniels
Hugh B. Cave
Michael Marshall Smith
Peter Tremayne
Dennis Etchison
Christopher Fowler
Robert Bloch
Kim Newman
Joe R. Lansdale
Clive Barker
Ramsey Campbell
Manly Wade Wellman
R. Chetwynd-Hayes
Edgar Allan Poe
Karl Edward Wagner
Charles L. Grant
Basil Copper
M.R. James
Nicholas Royle
Brian Lumley
H.P. Lovecraft
Lisa Tuttle
David Riley
Graham Masterton
David Sutton
Les Daniels
Hugh B. Cave
Michael Marshall Smith
Peter Tremayne
Dennis Etchison
Christopher Fowler
Robert Bloch
Kim Newman
Joe R. Lansdale
blatdriver's review
5.0
This is the Best Zombie Anthology I have come across, some very unique and haunting stories
b1llz1lla's review
3.0
This was a short story collection I picked up a couple of years ago, and thanks to a short story of my own I'm working on, I finally got around to reading it. Several stories stand out: Song of the Slaves by Manly Wade Wellman; Sticks by Karl Edwar Wagner; On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert With Dead Folks by Joe R. Lansdale all truly shine. Rising Generation by Ramsey Campbell; Out of Corruption by David Riley; Marbh Bheo by Peter Tremayne all are worth recommending. The Ghouls by R. Chetwynd-Hayes is humorous and also creepy, and answers the question so many of us have about certain persons holding government jobs. The Grey House by Basil Copper and Mission to Margal by Hugh B. Cave would be better had the authors found less abrupt ways to end them, as if they couldn't come up with a satisfying end and cast about for a way to drop the cow on the whole thing.
Being a Lovecraft afficionado, I was pleased for the chance to read Herbert West -- Reanimator. At first, I was baffled by the redundancy caused by story's original incarnation as a serialization, but once I tumbled to this fact, it grew less annoying. The real pleasure of this story is the fact that Herbert West himself is the most creepy and frankly evil character, despite the near-legion of living dead that refuse to stay down after their procedure. Ultimately they have their revenge on West, and it seems only fitting, making the story both less and more terrifying for the organization to the actions of West's victims, and the unanswered questions of 'what will this undead army turn its attention to next?'
All in all, it was a good read, though a number of the stories were disappointing; they weren't very scary - in fact, they were downright dull. I personally find Zombies pretty terrifying; I haven't even had the nerve to sit completely through any of George Romero's classic films, especially the original black-and-white Night of the Living Dead. Fortunately, not too many of the tales in this volume give me the screaming willies.
Being a Lovecraft afficionado, I was pleased for the chance to read Herbert West -- Reanimator. At first, I was baffled by the redundancy caused by story's original incarnation as a serialization, but once I tumbled to this fact, it grew less annoying. The real pleasure of this story is the fact that Herbert West himself is the most creepy and frankly evil character, despite the near-legion of living dead that refuse to stay down after their procedure. Ultimately they have their revenge on West, and it seems only fitting, making the story both less and more terrifying for the organization to the actions of West's victims, and the unanswered questions of 'what will this undead army turn its attention to next?'
All in all, it was a good read, though a number of the stories were disappointing; they weren't very scary - in fact, they were downright dull. I personally find Zombies pretty terrifying; I haven't even had the nerve to sit completely through any of George Romero's classic films, especially the original black-and-white Night of the Living Dead. Fortunately, not too many of the tales in this volume give me the screaming willies.
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