Born on the Night of the Living Dead: Growing Up with Talking Apes, Killer Sharks, and Flesh-Eating Zombies | David Young
A hilarious journey through life and movies of the 70's and 80's."Born on the Night of the Living Dead" is a story of a boy and the movies of his youth that changed his life in meaningful and unpredictable ways. From the terror of apple-head people crawling out of Kim Darby's chimney in "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" to the thrill of alien contact from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." From sex education provided by George C. Scott in "Hardcore" to lessons in love courtesy of Diane Lane in "Ladies and Gentlemen... The Fabulous Stains." From learning about life from Steve Martin in "The Jerk" to learning about life from Kurt Russell in "Big Trouble in Little China." It's also a story about family, the 70's, Book and Records, school dances, video stores, The Electric Moog Orchestra, Siskel & Ebert, HBO, and a whole bunch of other stuff. So what the heck are you waiting for?"...one of my favorite books on movies and what they mean in our lives."(Kindertrauma.com)
Born on the Night of the Living Dead: Growing Up with Talking Apes, Killer Sharks, and Flesh-Eating Zombies | 
