If you are a fan of all things horror and of zombies
specifically than Tony Schaab’s book The G.O.R.E. Score Volume 2 is right up
your alley. If you are already familiar
with Schaab and his previous book Volume 1 than you already know what’s in
store for you in this volume which continues to review everything zombie
related from films to television series and comics and books and music and
video games.
Schaab has a unique way of reviewing (and thus scoring)
horror films which makes up a film’s G.O.R.E. score (which is explained in the
book) but it should be safe to say that the higher the G.O.R.E. score the more
you’ll enjoy the film. Schaab does an
excellent job of reviewing everything in the book on its own merits and
highlights the components of what he is reviewing that will most appeal to his
readers. This is especially helpful when
the film, overall, doesn’t get a very high cumulative G.O.R.E. score but still
has merits it other areas.
Some of the reviews to look out for are those on the films
The Serpent & the Rainbow, Pontypool, The Walking Dead: Season 1, and
episodes of the TV series Eerie, Indiana and South Park, to name a few. Some of the books of note are Stephen King’s Cell,
David Dunwoody’s Empire, and Craig DiLouie’s The Infection. Comics on review this volume are graphic
novels from the Army of Darkness series, The Mammoth Book of Zombie Comics, and
Victorian Undead, to name a few . Of
great notice is Schaab describing his experience as a zombie extra for the live
stage version of “Night of the Living Dead.”
There are a lot of great moments in this book as Schaab is a
great storyteller and has some interesting outlooks on the things that he is
reviewing. What is missing from this
volume are reviews on anything classic zombie or more mainstream. Schaab’s choice of reviews for this volume is
very eclectic but most of the things reviewed are mediocre at best. There are no great revelations to be had here
in this book so it is more designed for fans of zombie films from a zombie
fan. Readers who don’t love zombie
related films or entertainment will find very little reason to give this book a
chance but zombie fans may find more interest in Schaab’s look at the more indie
films and smaller zombie related items that they may have looked over or
missed.
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