Author(s): J.D. Ghoul with Pat Kilbane
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Our Score: 3.5 out of 5 stars
When you see a book that is titled, “The Brain Eater’s Bible”, you can’t help but to pick it up just out of curiosity. This unique book is a field manual and manifesto for the reanimated dead. The hardcover book is packed with over 200 photos, diagrams and anatomical drawings. Personally I like the cover art better for Mythodrome’s 2011 release of this book but this edition is about 10 pages longer. Overall this will definitely get some great laughs to any fans of the horror genre.
If you are a newly reanimated zombie, this book is definitely for you as well. It answers such important questions like there is no need to season human brains since they taste delicious as is and that is it best to hunt in packs. You can tell that this book tells it as it is since author J.D. McGhoul is himself a reanimated zombie due to the PACE virus infection. He giving his times that have helped him cope with his situation. If are looking for more, “The Brain Eater’s Bible” iPad app included the content of the book plus an additional “gallery mode” with bonus content for every page! There is zoomable photos and dozens of interactive videos and animations.
I am very interested to see what McGhoul has planned next, this is a fun book and not only visually enticing but also very education for when that zombie apocalypse comes. If you enjoyed Max Brooks’s “The Zombie Survival Guide”, this book definitely aims to please the similar audience. St. Martin’s Griffin has also delivered a very high quality book, the pages are beautifully printed and are extremely colorful and crisp. Plus, when you have praise from John Rosso, the writer of “Night of the Living Dead” and Kevin Smith. How can you possibly go wrong. Highly recommended.
