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Night of the Living Dead: The Official Novelization

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Night of the Living Dead: The Official Novelization is the official novelization of the seminal horror movie, where a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse find themselves fending off a horde of flesh-eating ghouls as the unburied dead return to life, seeking human victims. “They’re... Read More
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Night of the Living Dead: The Official Novelization

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Night of the Living Dead: The Official Novelization is the official novelization of the seminal horror movie, where a group of strangers trapped in a farmhouse find themselves fending off a horde of flesh-eating ghouls as the unburied dead return to life, seeking human victims.

“They’re coming to get you, Barbara.”

The classic film that changed cinema by redefining horror and zombies forever is reimagined in this novel by John Russo, the co-screenwriter of the beloved flick. While visiting their father’s grave, Barbara and Johnny see a man slowly approaching them. Grotesque and ghost-pale, the man kills Johnny.

Barbara manages to flee to a nearby farmhouse, where six other strangers have gathered to escape an outbreak of the unburied dead returning to life and attacking the living. This ragtag group struggles to fend off the horde of flesh-eating ghouls. Will any of them make it out alive?

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781835413890

Publisher: Titan Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Titan Books Ltd

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 567g

Pages: 176

About the Author

John A. Russo co-wrote the screenplay to the horror classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD which he subsequently adapted into a novelization. He also co-wrote the original screenplay to the film's sequel, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, which he then novelized in 1978 and was later adapted and re-written by director Dan O'Bannon as a feature film in 1985. With twenty books published internationally and nineteen feature-length movies to his credit, John Russo has worked as a writer, producer, director and actor in the film industry for more than five decades.

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