"A revelation! This exuberant celebration of horror icon George Romero examines his feature films but also offers an in-depth look at his thematic aspirations beyond horror, his unfinished work and his myriad side projects, shedding light on a film artist's many unrealized dreams in the bruising industry of moviemaking. Hart's depiction of Romero's perseverance elevates this narrative to a commentary on the artistic struggle itself and leaves the reader enlightened, inspired and consoled." --Larry Fessenden, filmmaker"The best book on Romero I've ever read -and I've read them all. This is the study I've always dreamed of, one that upends what I know, educates me, and challenges me. Hart's miracle is taking what should be bittersweet subject matter -Romero's voluminous unproduced work- and making it nothing short of inspiring." --Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling co-author of The Shape of Water and The Living Dead"Raising the Dead is a brilliant read. Part biography, part film history, this meticulously researched look at the filmography of a horror giant will delight any Romero fan. Adam Charles Hart has managed the difficult task of turning academic nonfiction into a book that is immensely readable and totally entertaining. It resurrects the history of this influential, revolutionary filmmaker beyond just his zombie movies—a must for any fan of the horror genre." --Lisa Kroger, co-author of the Stoker award-winning Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction"This is the book that both fans and serious students of horror have long waited for! Simultaneously an incisive critique of Romero's work, of the society Romero himself took a scalpel too, and a cerebral love letter to one of the truly great directors, in any genre, of the 20th century. Hart reveals to us not only Romero the auteur but also Romero as a worker hamstrung by the industrial film complex. By examining both the films he made and did not make, we meet a "failure" who just happened to produce some of the most consequential films ever made." --W. Scott Poole, author of Dark Carnivals: Modern Horror and the Origins of American Empire"Adam Hart's Raising the Dead is more than just an indispensable study of George A. Romero's entire oeuvre - it's also a passionate argument for the importance of considering a filmmaker's unproduced works right alongside their finished films. Hart's style renders the book just as accessible to casual readers as academics, and his extensive research will produce gasps from those of us who thought we knew everything about Romero. An invaluable new addition to the library of horror film studies." --Lisa Morton, author of The Art of the Zombie Movie