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Eaten Alive!: Italian Cannibal and Zombie Movies
by Jay Slater
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Plexus Publishing (UK) (2002-09-30)
ISBN: 0859653145
EAN: 9780859653145
Dewey Decimal #: 791
Paperback: 256 pages
SKU: 91108000106
Condition: New
Comments: 0859653145 New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Eaten Alive! tells the story of the graphically gory movies created from the late 1970s through the early 1990s by Italian exploitation moviemakers. Jay Slater explains how the myth of the Haitian walking dead (zombies) merged with legends of third-world cannibalism to create such gruesome zombie cult films as Cannibal Holocaust, an acknowledged influence on The Blair Witch Project.
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Customer Reviews
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Mr. Bronson doing his homework.
Rating  (5)
Date: 2007-10-27
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I have a many Amazon Bro's/Sis's. And they have been
very helpful helping me expand my fav.hobby HORROR!!!!!
This year I have found out about so many films I did
not know. Films like DUST DEVIL or FUNNY GAMES!
Movies like BEYOND the Darkness and PROWLER!
So I thought I try to give back. By doing a review
on this wonderful book especially for HALLOWEEN.
EATEN ALIVE should be in any GORE hounds house this
book really is fascinating on the Italian GORE genre.
And talks about Directors like Argento(just a Lil on him
but had to mention him first!) Lenzi,D'AMATO,FULCHI and
of course SIR DEODATO. Even if these movies are not your
taste(sic) I still think you will enjoy. For the expert
in this genre of HORROR you may be disappointed for it
may contain stuff you already know. For me it is quite
knowledgeable for if not for a Bro. of mine I would never
have known the movies of D'Amato and this tells a lot
on him. BUY THIS BOOK....C'MON "DIG IN"
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When there's no more room in Rome, the undead will walk the Earth !
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-08-13
A very enjoyable tome about one of the cinema's most bizarre, maligned and mis-understood genres. This comprehensive book has some insightful interviews with some of the key actors, producers & directors involved in the boom of Italian made zombie / cannibal films of the late 1970's through to the early 1990's. Definitely belongs on the bookshelf of any fan of the living dead !
( My only bone of contention - Author Jay Slater talks about the incredible shark vs. zombie sequence in Lucio Fulci's "ZOMBI" and remarks about the shark trainer dressed as a zombie working with a real shark in a tank. Whilst, I certainly was not involved in the making of the film, I can tell you there is no such thing as a "shark trainer" for tiger sharks such as the one shown in "ZOMBI". Training sharks is like herding cats...it cannot be done ! Furthermore, large predatory sharks such as tigers, great whites, bronze whalers etc. cannot tolerate being cooped up in tanks no matter how large. Within hours they begin stressing, and within days they get very ill and die. That's why you won't find large predatory sharks in any aquarium / ocean park in the world ( check it out for yourself ). I would suggest the shark was "caught" by sedating it in some fashion, and kept that way during a tight filming schedule within a natural reef area. Highly illegal now in most countries to interfere with endangered species of many sharks, but possibly acceptable behaviour amongst low budget, gung ho Italian film makers back in 1979 ! )
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Zombies......Cannibals.........somebody save me!!
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-02-19
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
From the 1970s to the 1990s you get 264 pages of Italian moviemakers that produced the goriest exploitation films ever made, using recurring plot devices of cannibalism and putrefied zombie flesh eaters. Eaten Alive! dissects this outrageous period, setting it within its cultural and cinematic context. With an introduction explaining the origins of the gruesome genre, the book charts every bloody step, from the renowned Pasolini, who employed cannibalism as a satirical metaphor, to shocking "documentaries" such as Cannibal Holocaust, an acknowledged influence on The Blair Witch Project. Informed, irreverent contributions from legends of the modern horror scene round out this fascinating book.
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Quick and informative
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-07-20
A great little companion for people just venturing into the Italian cannibal and zombie sub-genres. Loads of great scans of original poster artwork of classics like Anthropophagus The Beast, Zombie Holocaust, Zombie Flesh Eaters, etc. Some very good interviews (to the reviewer above, its Giovanni Lombardo Radice aka John Morghen, not Giovanni Rabisi). A very, very entertaining read for sure. If you're interested in more obscure and graphic sub-genres of horror, definately pick this up.
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Entertaining but lightweight
Rating  (3)
Date: 2005-05-23
1 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
This little book compiles articles about most of the Italian zombie & cannibal subgenres, as well as a couple of fringe items. Every movie has at least one review, and some also have interviews with directors, writers and actors like Jorge Grau, Claudio Fragasso and Catriona MacColl. The interviews are mostly quite good, but all are too short. I would especially have liked to hear more from Giovanni Ribisi, who starred in some of the most extreme of these movies (often the victim of the nastiest atrocities).
Some of the reviews are quite entertaining, but stylistically they're all over the map. Editor Jay Slater attempts to place the films in the context of the subgenres; Ramsey Campbell pokes giggly fun at some particularly pitiful entries; Donato Totaro attempts a more scholarly approach which is unfortunately beyond him; and most of the others just write standard movie reviews. Some essays may be reprints; David J. Schow's piece on Cat In the Brain also appeared as liner notes of a laserdisc edition.
Several essays do stand out. Lloyd Kaufman takes the brave approach of defending the animal cruelty scenes in Cannibal Holocaust, invoking Pudovkin without seeming pretentious; Ribisi's caustic review of Lost Cannibal World is fascinating; dubbng director Nick Alexander gives a brief account of working on Fulci's Zombie 2; and Campbell's pieces are genuinely funny.
The problem is the general lack of cohesiveness. These linked sub-genres deserve to be properly documented in book form, with an exhaustive examination of the roots and development of this unique corner of world cinema.
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