Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Introduction – ‘Needing to Know the Plural of Apocalypse’ 1
5. 1. The Legacy of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend 9
6. 2. ‘Cancer with a Purpose’: Putting the Vampire Under the Microscope 39
7. 3. The Cinematic Rising: The Resurgence of the Zombie 62
8. 4. A Very Slow Apocalypse: Zombie TV 93
9. 5. The Hybrid Hero 120
10. 6. ‘Be Me’: I-Vampire/I-Zombie 142
11. 7. How to Survive a Vampire Apocalypse: Or, What to Do When the Vampires are Us 177
12. Afterword – They Walk Among Us: Vampires and Zombies Popular Culture 198
13. Filmography 202
14. TV Guide 206
15. Works Cited 208
16. Index 221