I've been rereading a book that is an essential in every household - The Zombie Survival Guide. You may be giggling now, but when the massive swarms of undead ravage your town/city and are beginning to smash your door down, you'll wish you had this in your home.
The book breaks down preparation for every size outbreak (from a couple of zombies rising to living in an undead world) and gives you the tools and ideas needed to survive. For some reason, the book can be found in the comedy section of most bookstores, but I have no idea why. I see nothing funny in having your intestines eaten in front of you by your undead neighbors.
Anyway, this relates to movies (like I said yesterday) because I watched the original Dawn of the Dead this weekend. Now, while staying in a mall isn't a particularly good idea, the characters in Dawn were able to lock themselves off in an area accessible only through a ladder in the upstairs of the mall, which actually worked out pretty well. The only problem with their survival was that they became complacent, even when they knew that they were about to be under attack by marauders.
Had they read the guide, they would have had a backup plan, with food and weapons ready to go, and would have left the mall in their helicopter and let the raiders keep what was left, rather than allowing the battle to take place which risked their lives (well at least more than normal in a zombie outbreak). To pull all this in together, get this book, research and prepare, because you will never know when the dead will begin walking again.
The book breaks down preparation for every size outbreak (from a couple of zombies rising to living in an undead world) and gives you the tools and ideas needed to survive. For some reason, the book can be found in the comedy section of most bookstores, but I have no idea why. I see nothing funny in having your intestines eaten in front of you by your undead neighbors.
Anyway, this relates to movies (like I said yesterday) because I watched the original Dawn of the Dead this weekend. Now, while staying in a mall isn't a particularly good idea, the characters in Dawn were able to lock themselves off in an area accessible only through a ladder in the upstairs of the mall, which actually worked out pretty well. The only problem with their survival was that they became complacent, even when they knew that they were about to be under attack by marauders.
Had they read the guide, they would have had a backup plan, with food and weapons ready to go, and would have left the mall in their helicopter and let the raiders keep what was left, rather than allowing the battle to take place which risked their lives (well at least more than normal in a zombie outbreak). To pull all this in together, get this book, research and prepare, because you will never know when the dead will begin walking again.
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