Tiffany, over at Quirk Books, just sent me an email, letting me know that Quirk has just released a trailer from the upcoming book, Dawn of the Dreadfuls. Mind you, it’s really called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: Dawn of the Dreadfuls, but I feel like it’s sort of like saying Star Wars: The Empires Strikes Back.

About the trailer … it looks fabulous. If this were a real movie instead of book trailer, I would be reserving my ticket right now. As it stands, this two minute clip gives you a brief glimpse of horrors of lurking beneath the surface in this prequel.

Which is my problem with it.

I won’t get into my review as of yet. It’s coming down the pipe, but my issue with the trailer is that of tone. The trailer shows a world where warriors must be trained and the conditions are deadly serious. The stakes have never been higher … yet, the book is light and airy. It dances with its topic, playful and irreverent. When the book approaches dramatic moments as portrayed in this film, it waves unsure of itself. In short, this is really trailer for a different book.

I think the filmmakers tried to inject some quirkiness with the butterfly net dude, but it’s more of a passing thought as opposed to the story that it is trying to represent. Still, enjoy the trailer. It is extremely well done. It’s just too bad the filmmakers filmed a different story than what was contained in the pages of the upcoming book.

Dawn of the Dreadfuls Trailer (youtube.com <- new window)