They're coming!

For me, Night of the Living Dead will always be the zombie movie. This black-and-white 1968 classic looks like it cost about a thousand dollars to make, including salaries for the no-name, never-heard-from-again cast. But you know how some low-budget horror movies have an air of amusing cheesiness? That air does not linger around this one. Night of the Living Dead still packs genuine chills, especially in the unexpected conclusion.
If Night of the Living Dead is the best of the zombie movies, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks is surely the finest zombie book I've ever read. Brooks tracks the menace from its beginnings through the world's descent into chaos -- all from the point of view of a journalist attempting to recreate events from after society's utter collapse. Each chapter tells a different slice of the story; they all come together in a mosaic of blood, desperation, and survival.

Both Night of the Living Dead and World War Z drive home the point that, in the zombie apocalypse, the zombies are only one of the threats. People in extreme danger turn against one another. Except at the public library! That's the theme of this short zombie film, which was submitted to a video contest run by Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in 2007. Enjoy.