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Partially Devoured: How Night of the Living Dead Saved My Life and Changed the World
Daniel Kraus
"A stroke of genius! This is the definitive love letter to the film, written with such meticulous passion and demented glee that you feel yourself standing on the set during the shoot."
--Greg Nicotero
The New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall and Angel Down dives into a horror movie classic to examine his favorite film's importance to our history, culture, and psychology--a perfect blend of research and memoir for fans of the movie, the genre, and beyond.
Daniel Kraus first saw George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead when he was five years old. Through watching it approximately three hundred times since, Kraus discovered the many ways the film is tied to his childhood trauma and how its influence has carried into his adulthood. He couldn't help but wonder: Are there other admirers of the film out there who feel the same? Partially Devoured uses a frame-by-frame deep dive into Night of the Living Dead to produce a kaleidoscopic cultural investigation of the film's importance and to examine the author's early life of rural isolation and local violence. Careening from film analysis to rabbit-hole tangents, Partially Devoured will take readers from screaming laughter to the depths of grief, all while illustrating how a beloved genre film has woven itself into so many facets of our lives.
What I'm Reading This Week
Current Reads
- Partially Devoured by Daniel Kraus
- The Reddening by Adam L.G. Nevill
- Slasher Summer by E.L. Chen
- What Feeds Below by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
- Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Future Reads
- The Exorcist's House by Nick Roberts
- The Reddening by Adam L.G. Nevill
Books Mentioned
Upcoming Releases of Interest
- Wolf Worm by T. Kingfisher – Releasing March 24th.
- Morsel by Carter Keane – Releases April 14th.
- Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker – Releases April 14th.
- Molka by Monika Kim – Releases April 28th.
- The Blood Year Daughter by GG Silverman – Releases April 28th.
- Not Your Final Girl by Mikalya Randolph – Releases May 5th.
- Dopefoot by Joshua Millican – Releases June 16th.
- Home Sick by Rhiannon Grist – Releases July 14th.
- What Feeds Below by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne – Releases October 6th.