The 1968 movie Night of the Living Dead by George Romero is probably the most important and influential zombie movie ever made. But is it also the best zombie movie ever made?Murder is a film about a Svengali-like Lugosi who zombifies a young bride-to-be with medications and powders. Despite the fact that the material is quite dry and wooden, it influenced Rob Zombie's musical attempt.
Trashy and brutal, with no regard for decency or taste, is what you can expect from the upcoming Troma film Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead. Its sociological criticism of commercial society is also somewhat brilliant.
The film Deadgirl explores the sexuality of the undead, with a handful of teenage boys arguing over who gets to rape the "deadgirl" next. The film is effectively creepy and gross, and makes the list simply for suggesting an application for zombies that hadn't been explored in this depth in the 40 years.
Nicholas Hoult plays a zombie who spends his days wandering a barren airport with hundreds of his brethren, until he meets Julie for the first time and his ice-cold, undead heart begins to soften.
Two zombies track out their biological father in the film Warm Bodies. A great deal of the film's humor comes from the characters' interactions with one another.
As a comet approaches Earth, it vaporizes and covers everyone in dust. Those who are partially exposed to zombies become zombies, despite the film being one of the least zombie-heavy.
Planet Terror is a ridiculous zombie film directed by Robert Rodriguez and co-written by Quentin Tarantino about violent zombie/mutants generated by a biological weapon and unleashed on the southwestern countryside. The movie excels in its genre and should have done much better financially.63-minute German film Rammbock. Michael, a deluded sad-sack, enters his girlfriend's apartment during a zombie outbreak.
In Rammbock, infectious diseases seldom induce zombie transformation, but strong emotions often do. The movie isn't that bloody.
Cemetery Man is an offbeat horror art-comedy about a cemetery caretaker who wanders through life without purpose and wonders why he continues with his job. It features characteristics that are similar to American Psycho in terms of the protagonist's despondency and loss of identity.
The 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead by Tom Savini is a faithful remake that doesn't try to reinvent anything from the original film. It's fantastic, and it would be a classic if the title hadn't been Night of the Living Dead.
A string of killings occurs in a tiny seaside town in New England, and permanent inhabitants who resemble the tourists who were slain are strolling the streets. The zombies in this area vary in their autonomy and capacity to operate independently.
A presumably zombified villager is played by Robert Englund, while the mortician is played by Jack Albertson.
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead, a post-apocalyptic zombie film with flare, is frightful without being dour, expressive without sounding pompous, and gory without becoming Peter Jackson's Dead Alive or Bad Taste.
One Cut of the Dead is a cute zombie film about performers trying to broadcast a zombie short film live.
One Cut of the Dead illustrates the creativity and adaptability of low-budget filmmakers like George Romero.
The film is about a parasitic alien slug invasion that transforms its victims into superpowered zombies. It's a risqué, rather sleazy horror picture set in a college, and it frequently seems like Animal House with zombies.
Hammer Horror was responsible for the creation of such classics as Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Mummy, in addition to Plague of the Zombies. Their zombies resemble those seen in Night of the Living Dead; they are rotting and horrifying.
Peter Jackson's horror-comedy Dead Alive is one of the genre's crowning achievements, featuring a room full of zombies and a lawnmower that keeps functioning despite being choked with 1,000 gallons of blood. Dead Alive is considered one of the crowning achievements of the gross-out zombie comedy genre.
Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead is a leaner, action-packed, grisly modern zombie tale that is extremely indebted to 28 Days Later. It has one of the best opening scenes in the history of zombie movies.
Train to Busan is a South Korean zombie film that is an equal mix of scary (blog) popcorn entertainment and really moving family drama. The film was directed by Park Chan-wook. It wraps up with a number of action sequences that I have never saw before, in addition to some excellent special effects makeup.
The Beyond, which was directed by Lucio Fulci, has elements of a haunted house, the living dead, and haunting ghosts.
2007 saw the release of Paranormal Activity and Romero's Diary of the Dead. REC is the best found-footage zombie film, combining zombie folklore with Catholic spirituality.If there were a zombie outbreak now, everyone's phone would record it. This movie does a good job of showing what it could be like.
Pontypool is a cerebral and ethereal re-imagining of what the word "zombie" might be taken to mean. It's a film that I respect immensely for taking the hard road, and is a criticism of 21st century humanity's inability to truly connect and discuss pertinent, truly significant issues.
Demons is a zombie movie about a movie theater full of unusual individuals, such a pimp, a blind guy, and a lot of groovy adolescents.
A mystery plan orchestrates the screening of a horror film and the spread of zombies and demons among the audience members, culminating in a meat grinder of practical effects brutality and survival.
Italian horror masterpiece Zombi 2 raises the bar for insanity and bloodshed to new heights. The film is packed with unforgettable scenes that have become cultural pillars of terror.
George Romero's Night of the Living Dead is the most important zombie film ever made, as well as a very influential independent film.
Romero's picture defined the zombie genre's rules, and every zombie film afterwards has been inspired by it. It's the horror version of Tolkien's effect on high fantasy "races," and you can't talk about zombies without mentioning Romero's picture.
One of the finest horror comedy ever made is Evil Dead 2. It reveals how the movie industry's attitudes about zombies are evolving.
Together, the films 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead set precedents for what is now considered to be the "modern" zombie film. These films also demonstrated that the cultural zeitgeist of zombie-dom could be exploited for enormous laughs.
Day of the Dead is my favorite of George Romero's zombie films, and it is refreshing to have science reintroduced after the more revered Dawn.
Day of the Dead redefines the traditional Romero ghoul and adds "Bub," who has personality and comedy.
In 2002, with the release of 28 Days Later, zombies were once again taken seriously as a danger. It was the inspiration for today's zombie movies.
The Day of the Dead gave reanimated corpses a scientific twist, but Re-Animator revels in it. In a gloriously manic, campy portrayal of mad scientist Herbert West, who employs syringes of flashing green slime to bring the dead back to life, Jeffrey Combs shines.
One of the best zombie movies ever made is John Russo's follow-up to Night of the Living Dead.