Zombie Film Rankings
My ranking of the zombie films that I have watched.
The best and worst zombie movies that I've seen.
Top 10, Top 20, Top 30, Top 50, Top 100, Top 200. Worst 10, Worst 20, Worst 30, Worst 50, Worst 100.
I try to keep spoilers to a minimum, but there are a few mild spoilers in my descriptions.
The best and worst zombie movies that I've seen.
Top 10, Top 20, Top 30, Top 50, Top 100, Top 200. Worst 10, Worst 20, Worst 30, Worst 50, Worst 100.
I try to keep spoilers to a minimum, but there are a few mild spoilers in my descriptions.
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- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDavid EmgeKen ForeeScott H. ReinigerDuring an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.Generally considered to be the best zombie film of all time and it's my No. 1 as well.
Great scenario, enjoyable characters, memorable lines and good set pieces. Very good film. - DirectorDan O'BannonStarsClu GulagerJames KarenDon CalfaWhen two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.A good mix of comedy and horror.
Very good. - DirectorZack SnyderStarsSarah PolleyVing RhamesMekhi PhiferA nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.A lot different than the original.
It sets a great pace from the beginning and keeps it going.
Possibly the best opening and closing credits to a film that I've seen. - DirectorPeter JacksonStarsTimothy BalmeDiana PeñalverElizabeth MoodyA young man's mother is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey. She gets sick and dies, at which time she comes back to life, killing and eating dogs, nurses, friends, and neighbors.AKA Dead Alive.
Very gory and it has a good story. - DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl HardmanA ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.Romero's first zombie film and it's the one that introduced the modern style of zombie.
It's still very good. - DirectorMichele SoaviStarsRupert EverettFrançois Hadji-LazaroAnna FalchiA cemetery man must kill the dead a second time when they become zombies.AKA Cemetery Man.
An amusing mix of Horror, comedy, romance and philosophical stuff.
My highest ranked Italian zombie film. - DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsLori CardilleTerry AlexanderJoseph PilatoAs the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.Romero's 3rd in his original zombie trilogy.
Not quite as good as the first two, but still one of the better zombie films ever made. - DirectorStuart GordonStarsJeffrey CombsBruce AbbottBarbara CramptonAfter an odd new medical student arrives on campus, a dedicated local and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue.A well made, humorous zombie film. One of the best.
- DirectorBruce McDonaldStarsStephen McHattieLisa HouleGeorgina ReillyA radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.A different kind of zombie film.
It was very well done. - DirectorLamberto BavaStarsUrbano BarberiniNatasha HoveyKarl ZinnyA group of random people are invited to a screening of a mysterious movie, only to find themselves trapped in the theater with ravenous demons.Some people say they're demons and not zombies, but they certainly acted like zombies, so it counts as a zombie film for me.
- DirectorJaume BalagueróPaco PlazaStarsManuela VelascoFerran TerrazaJorge-Yamam SerranoA television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.Action packed and entertaining.
The best "found footage" type of film that I've seen. - DirectorMarcel SarmientoGadi HarelStarsShiloh FernandezNoah SeganCandice KingTwo high school boys discover an imprisoned woman in an abandoned mental asylum who cannot die.Strange film.
Disturbing and interesting. - DirectorAndrew CurrieStarsKesun LoderBilly ConnollyCarrie-Anne MossIn an Earthly world resembling the 1950s, a cloud of space radiation has shrouded the planet, resulting in the dead becoming zombies that desire live human flesh. A company called Zomcon has been able to control the zombie population. Zombies can be temporarily neutralized by being shot, but can only be permanently neutralized by their brain being destroyed. Their ultimate disposal is through cremation, or burial, the latter which requires decapitation with the head being buried separately from the body. Conversely, Zomcon has created the domestication collar, when activated and placed on a zombie makes the zombie controllable, and thus an eternally productive creature within society. Because all dead initially become zombies, the elderly are viewed negatively and suspectly. And all people, adult or child, learn to shoot to kill to protect society. Zomcon is the go to organization for all things zombie. In the town of Willard, the Robinsons - father Bill (Dylan Baker), mother Helen (Carrie-Anne Moss), and adolescent son Timmy (Kesun Loder) - are one family who don't own a zombie as a domestic, since Bill is afraid of zombies, as, when he was a child, he had to shoot his own zombie father, who tried to eat him. Bill has thus become fascinated with funerals to see zombies put away permanently. But Helen feels pressured to get a zombie when Zomcon's new head of security in Willard, the officious Jonathan Bottoms (Henry Czerny), moves into the neighborhood with his family. Never having had to deal with a zombie directly, Timmy is initially wary of their zombie. But as a lonely child who has no friends and is often bullied, Timmy eventually befriends their zombie, who he names Fido (Sir Billy Connolly), as he treats the zombie much like a faithful pet dog. Timmy protects Fido at all cost, even after Fido, due to no fault of its own, is implicated in some deaths, which creates a mini-wave of loose zombies unknown to Zomcon. But Fido may play a larger role within the family as a companion for Helen, who is largely neglected by Bill, since he sees human affection as ultimately resulting in such difficult issues as what happened between him and his own father. With Timmy and Helen treating Fido with kindness, Fido, in turn, may prove that not all zombies, even when without their domestication collar, are out to kill anyone and everyone in their path.1950s, Middle America, zombie spoof.
I enjoyed it. - DirectorSakichi SatoStarsTadanobu AsanoShô AikawaErika OkudaA horror-comedy about two blue-collar factory workers (who happen to be jiu-jitsu experts) dealing with a ravenous, flesh-eating zombie uprising in Tokyo.The first new entrant into my top 20 in about a year. I was starting to lose faith.
A good zombie comedy. Very likeable main characters. - DirectorBrian YuznaStarsJ. Trevor EdmondMelinda ClarkeKent McCordHaving recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught youth performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.A lot darker than the silly Return of the Living Dead II. A good romance/Horror mix.
It's a shame that very little effort was put into the next two Return of the Living Dead films and they ended up as complete garbage. - DirectorRyûhei KitamuraStarsTak SakaguchiHideo SakakiChieko MisakaThere are 666 portals that connect this world to the other side. These are concealed from all human beings. Somewhere in Japan exists the 444th portal.... The forest of resurrection.A lot of fun.
Was my highest ranking Japanese zombie film. - DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsMilla JovovichMichelle RodriguezRyan McCluskeyA special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.The first of the often maligned, but very successful, Resident Evil series.
It's not got much at all to do with the game series, but it's still an enjoyable romp. - DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostKate AshfieldThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.Perhaps the funniest zombie film that's been made.
- DirectorScott ThomasStarsDavid ChisumKristen KerrKevin J. O'ConnorA mad scientist is transferring a dead woman in a freezer with an armed guard on a plane to Paris. After slight turbulence, the freezer breaks down and she awakens, turns into a zombie, and infects all on board.AKA Flight of the Living Dead.
A lot of people don't like this one very much, but I enjoyed it.
It was the first new zombie film that I'd seen in a while, so maybe I've overrated it a bit.
I'd like to see a sequel on a train. - DirectorJeremy GardnerStarsJeremy GardnerAdam CronheimNiels BolleThe personalities of two former baseball players clash as they traverse the rural back roads of a post-plague New England teeming with the undead.Tough guy and the wimp.
The highest ranked zombie film that is anything like 'The Walking Dead' television show. There really should be more films that try to copy 'The Walking Dead' formula.
Good film. - DirectorRuben FleischerStarsJesse EisenbergEmma StoneWoody HarrelsonA shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, a gun-toting bruiser in search of the last Twinkie and a pair of sisters striving to get to an amusement park join forces in a trek across a zombie-filled America.Some good action and some good jokes.
I think it could have done with more zombies throughout the majority of the film, but it was good enough without them anyway. - DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher EcclestonFour weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.Possibly the main reason for the explosion in the number of zombie films made in recent years, along with Resident Evil, the Dawn of the Dead remake & Shawn of the Dead.
It's a good film. - DirectorScooter McCraeStarsStark RavenFlora FaunaDaniel 'Smalls' JohnsonDepressing tale about a world of the undead and a woman's trek to get home to her boyfriend's house.A lot of nudity and a lot of artistic stuff.
Very low budget and the acting's not very good.
Some of it doesn't make that much sense, but it's got a bit of a dreamlike quality, so it gets away with a lot of it with me. - DirectorJeff BaenaStarsAubrey PlazaDane DeHaanJohn C. ReillyA young man's recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her.I thought Beth was an interesting character. I liked how the zombies worked in this film. It's more like how I thought it should work in Pet Sematary.
I liked it. - DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsJohn LeguizamoAsia ArgentoSimon BakerThe living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.Gets off to a pretty fast start and keeps a good pace throughout.
Some people say the messages in the film aren't subtle enough, but real life isn't always subtle either. Hitting people over the head with the message isn't the worst idea sometimes.
I liked this film a lot better the 2nd time. I was far too harsh on it after my first watch.
Original comment: "I expected a lot better from Romero. I hated the ending.
I'll rewatch this again soon. It should probably be higher." - DirectorJohn PogueStarsMercedes MasonJosh CookeMattie LiptakA plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.They decided to make this nothing like [Rec] 2 and that was the right call.
I thought the zombies were good and it had enough likeable characters to make me care. - DirectorLucio FulciClaudio FragassoBruno MatteiStarsDeran SarafianBeatrice RingOttaviano Dell'AcquaWhen a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is cremated by the US military, a virus is unintentionally released into the atmosphere over a small island.Stupid, but entertaining.
Some rather funny moments. - StarsPaul 'Bubble' FergusonJaime WinstoneAndy NymanDuring a fictional series of Big Brother, a zombie outbreak occurs, but the house-mates are unaware of the impending doom outside of the Big Brother House.Originally ran as a television show. The total running time is 141 minutes, so watched together it's like a film.
The characters are perhaps a bit overly thick, but still very good.
I enjoyed this one. - DirectorGregg BishopStarsJared KusnitzGreyson ChadwickChandler DarbyOn the night of the big High-School Prom, the dead rise to eat the living, and the only people who can stop them are the losers who couldn't get dates to the dance.Likeable cast and a decent story.
- DirectorHoward J. FordJonathan FordStarsRob FreemanPrince David OseiDavid DontohAn American mercenary, the sole survivor of a plane crash, has to run the gauntlet across Africa, battling with the living dead.Zombies in Africa. Low-key and relatively realistic.
I thought it was pretty good. - DirectorZach LipovskyStarsJesse MetcalfeMeghan OryVirginia MadsenAn ineffective vaccine fails to stop an epidemic which is turning people into zombies. The survivors organize themselves to escape from the living dead.AKA Dead Rising: Watchtower.
This film gets to the action very quickly.
Entertaining throughout. Good characters & good story. - DirectorGrace LeeStarsAustin BasisJane Edith WilsonAl VicentePic documents the daily lives of a small community of the living deceased who make their home in Los Angeles.Zombie mockumentary.
Interesting take on the genre. It might have lagged a bit in the middle, but I enjoyed it. - DirectorJonathan LevineStarsNicholas HoultTeresa PalmerJohn MalkovichAfter a highly unusual zombie saves a still-living girl from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion events that might transform the entire lifeless world.A lot like a zombie version of Twilight, but I enjoyed it anyway.
- DirectorBrian YuznaStarsJeffrey CombsBruce AbbottClaude Earl JonesDoctors Herbert West and Dan Cain discover the secret to creating human life and proceed to create a perfect woman from dead tissue.AKA Bride of Re-Animator.
Seems just about as well made as the original. Some funny moments and good gross out bits.
For some reason I didn't expect much from the sequel, but it was a lot better than I thought it would be.
I enjoyed the film, but the ending seemed a little rushed and anti-climactic. I think certain characters needed a bit more screen time to help build things up a bit more. - DirectorLarry CohenStarsMichael MoriartyAndrea MarcovicciGarrett MorrisA delicious, mysterious goo that oozes from the earth is marketed as the newest dessert sensation, but the tasty treat rots more than teeth when zombie-like snackers who only want to consume more of the strange substance at any cost begin infesting the world.I didn't originally count this as a zombie film, but I think it just about qualifies. It's along the same lines as most of the slug zombie films.
I like this film. - DirectorMilan KonjevicMilan TodorovicStarsKen ForeeKristina KlebeEmilio RosoInterPol agents must join forces with dangerous prisoner to fight zombie hordes.AKA Apocalypse of the Dead.
Starring Dawn of the Dead's Ken Foree, he's the main reason I like it.
Some nice sieging action. Why aren't there more sieges in zombie films?
Why can't more of the hack writers out there just copy the basic ideas from the classics? - DirectorAndrea BianchiStarsKarin WellGianluigi ChirizziSimone MattioliAn archaeology professor discovers an ancient crypt which contains living dead corpses. The zombies go on a rampage and attack a group of people which the professor had invited to celebrate his discovery.AKA Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror.
One of the posters for this is one of the best that I've seen for any film.
The zombies looked good. It features possibly the most pathetic attempt to fight a zombie that I've ever seen.
As with pretty much every Italian zombie film there was a lot of silliness from most of the characters, fortunately it was more amusing than irritating in this film. - DirectorLogan McMillanStarsMorgan WilliamsRobert FaithAshleigh SouthamA contagious virus is turning everyone into zombies, and the only hope for survival lies in the hands of three couch potatoes.Likeable characters and a decent story.
- DirectorBruno MatteiClaudio FragassoStarsMargie NewtonFranco GarofaloSelan KarayAfter an experiment gone wrong, a virus that turns people into zombies spreads throughout New Guinea. A female reporter and her cameraman, and a team of four commandos sent to investigate try to survive the onslaught.AKA Hell of the Living Dead.
Silly and fun. - DirectorJay LeeStarsJenna JamesonRobert EnglundRoxy SaintA zombie epidemic spreads throughout a strip club in Nebraska.A much better zombies & strippers film than 'Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!'.
I liked a lot of its ideas and I thought it worked. I see this on plenty of worst zombie film lists though, so I might be in the minority. - DirectorYeon Sang-hoStarsGong YooJung Yu-miMa Dong-seokWhile a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.AKA Busanhaeng.
Might be the only zombie train film that I've seen. I can't recall any others.
Tense film, plenty of action. - DirectorTobe HooperStarsSteve RailsbackMathilda MayPeter FirthA race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.I just about count this as a zombie film.
I was very entertained. - DirectorCorbin BernsenStarsCorbin BernsenPatricia TallmanBill MoseleyLogan Burnhardt is the ego-king of the airwaves, but his unflappable persona is put to the test when a terrorist bio-attack unleashes a plague of flesh-ripping maniacs on Los Angeles.Set mostly in a radio station studio like in 'Pontypool', except it's a more traditional type of zombie film.
I'd like to see more of this type of zombie film. Perhaps one set in a television newsroom. - DirectorAlejandro BruguésStarsAlexis Díaz de VillegasJorge MolinaAndros PerugorríaA group of slackers face an army of zombies. The Cuban government and media claim the living dead are dissidents revolting against the government.AKA Juan of the Dead.
It had some funny jokes and plenty of zombies. - DirectorJonathan MilottCary MurnionStarsElijah WoodRainn WilsonAlison PillA mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.Pretty funny. Good cast.
- DirectorMatthew KohnenStarsMatthew DavisJulianna RobinsonMichael Grant TerryTurning the zombie film on its head, this film is an oddball comedy from the perspective of the brain munching monsters themselves.AKA Aaah! Zombies!!.
A zombie's perspective comedy film. I liked it. - DirectorEdward D. Wood Jr.StarsGregory WalcottTom KeeneMona McKinnonEvil aliens attack Earth and set their terrible "Plan 9" into action. As the aliens resurrect the dead of the Earth, the lives of the living are in danger.A ridiculous film, but very enjoyable.
I thought it had some genuinely good points and wasn't solely a "so bad it is good" film. - DirectorValeri MilevStarsPaul LoganManal El-FeituryMya-Lecia NaylorA Special Forces soldier is sent into Bulgaria when a chemical agent from WWII is uncovered that can reanimate the dead.Surprisingly good.
Much better than director Valeri Milev's disappointing follow up "Re-Kill" in my opinion. - DirectorMarvin KrenStarsMichael FuithTheo TrebsAnka GraczykJust when Michael arrives in Berlin to visit his ex-girlfriend Gabi, a terrible virus starts spreading across the city at a rapid pace, turning people into mindless homicidal maniacs. Much to Michael's concern, Gabi's not home; instead, he meets Harper, a teenage plumber's apprentice at work in her apartment block. Together, they manage to barricade themselves when raging hordes of infected people swarm the building. Surrounded by these thirsty zombies, Michael and Harper have their hands full to survive - and it will take all of their ingenuity to make their way out to try and find Gabi.AKA Rammbock: Berlin Undead, AKA Siege of the Dead.
With it being just over an hour long, it shows that there is no need to pad a film out to over 90 minutes, as everything that was needed was here.
Nice little intense zombie film, which covers the surprisingly underused zombie film idea of trying to hold up in a house/apartment etc., like in Night Of The Living Dead. - DirectorColin TheysStarsGrant BowlerEvalena MarieTawny CypressBased on Steve Niles' cult graphic novel, REMAINS takes place in the aftermath of a devastating zombie apocalypse, where a group of survivors have banded together in the ruins of a casino.It's a TV movie and looks like it, but I enjoyed it.
It seemed like a long pilot episode for an unmade television series and I think that might have been the case. - DirectorLuca BoniMarco RistoriStarsChristian BoevingMike MitchellTara CardinalA team of soldiers who are assembled to help end a zombie outbreak in a Romanian town.Brilliant Ewe Boll cameo.
A pretty silly film. - DirectorMarc FrattoStarsJenny GreemanJoseph DeVitoYarusha JimenezMeet Angela. She is the perfect neighbor. She is quiet, young, pretty and keeps to herself. But Angela is different. Very different... She is dead.AKA Zombies Anonymous.
The production value is very low, but I thought it had some good ideas and I enjoyed it.
Based on what I've read, I watched an edited version which made the end confusing. I might have ranked it a bit higher if I'd seen a less heavily edited version (although I've already given it the benefit of the doubt, so maybe not). - DirectorZachary SnyggStarsJenicia GarciaJackeem SellersRandy ClarkeA woman finds herself on the run from the living dead. Her friends are being slaughtered and she can find no help. Will she survive or will she too fall victim to the Zombiez?So bad it's good, at least in my opinion.
I thought it was very funny. I'm not sure how much of the humour was intentional, but I enjoyed it either way. - DirectorDaniel MaldonadoStarsTom LaglederWillie BowenDennis CabasA man-made out-of-control swine flu virus turns infected humans into monsters. As it spreads, a group of uninfected survivors make life-or-death decisions before the Military bombs the area in an attempt to control the contagion.I didn't like the digital film look to begin with, but I got used to it. The CGI effects weren't the best and some of the acting was a bit weak, but they tried.
Like 'Remains' it felt like it could have been the feature length pilot for a television series (with a few changes anyway).
It had some pretty tense moments and I laughed a couple of times. I liked it. - DirectorGodfrey HoStarsPierre KirbyEdowan BersmeaDewey BosworthEthan, a young man, is beaten while his father is killed by a group of thieves. With the help of an undertaker, Ethan trains in kung fu by fighting the dead. Meanwhile, an American Ninja, Dragon, must fend off against the thieves and their ninja henchmen. It is soon that Dragon and Ethan team up to defeat the thieves and the ninjas.Decent martial arts action, not much of a zombie film though.
An odd film made by using an old Asian martial arts film and splicing in new footage of Americans in "ninja" outfits fighting each other.
It was pretty funny. - DirectorJ.R. BookwalterStarsPete FerryBogdan PecicMichael GrossiAn elite anti-Zombie team is assembled by the Government to cope with an ever-growing undead infection and the religious cult zealots who fanatically protect the festering foes.I think this film is so low because some of the characters' actions wound me up a bit, but thinking back about it I might have been too harsh here.
I'll probably give it a rewatch and might move it higher (I've moved it up quite a few places since I wrote this so it probably won't move up that much). - DirectorMakoto KamiyaStarsPaul MercierAlyson CourtLaura BaileyLeon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield must battle a rogue warrior seeking revenge after unleashing the deadly G-Virus, whilst a mutated monster goes on a rampage.AKA Resident Evil: Degeneration.
Fairly entertaining CGI zombie film. - DirectorJean YarbroughStarsDick PurcellJoan WoodburyMantan MorelandOn a spooky island, three stranded travelers find an evil doctor working with foreign spies and in control of zombies.This film was nominated for an Academy Award. I don't think many other zombie movies (if any) have been nominated.
The Black servant Jeff was pretty funny and a few other characters had some decent lines as well. This is clearly more of a comedy than a horror.
I liked it. - DirectorKevin HamedaniStarsJanette ArmandDoug FahlCooper HopkinsLife is wonderful for the people in the quiet, island town of Port Gamble....until a zombie virus outbreak.Some funny moments and also some decent zombie action. It was spoiled by too much over the top anti-Republican propaganda.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsMilla JovovichAli LarterWentworth MillerWhile still out to destroy the evil Umbrella Corporation, Alice joins a group of survivors living in a prison surrounded by the infected who also want to relocate to the mysterious but supposedly unharmed safe haven known only as Arcadia.Mostly set in a prison. I thought it was fairly entertaining.
- DirectorDavid BrucknerDan BushJacob GentryStarsAnessa RamseyJustin WelbornScott PoythressA horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.Gets off to a good start with lots of people acting creepy and steadily getting crazier.
This film is divided into three parts with a different director for each. The 2nd section is the most different, turning the film into a comedy-horror film for a while before the final section where it is more like the beginning again.
I liked all of the sections of the film, but I think that the third section was a little weaker than the first two.
They are more like crazy, homicidal people than zombies. This film has fairly similar "zombies" to 'Pontypool' and 'The Crazies'.
I count 'Pontypool' as a zombie film, but not 'The Crazies', so I'm not sure if this should count or not. I'll count it for now, but maybe that means that I should count some other unranked films as zombie films too. - DirectorDavid FreyneStarsElliot PageSam KeeleyTom Vaughan-LawlorA disease that turns people into zombies has been cured. Society discriminates against the once-infected zombies, as do their own families, which causes social issues to arise. This leads to militant government interference.Okay start. Intolerance etc.
Similar concept to 'Zombies Anonymous' & 'In the Flesh' with zombies/ex-zombies living alongside normal people.
Good plot. Decent acting. Solid action when it happens. I liked the film throughout.
Although the ending wasn't bad it could have done with having a bit more impact.
Currently my highest ranked zombie film from the last 5 years. - DirectorMichael HurstStarsEmmanuelle VaugierEd QuinnSticky FingazA virus breaks out at a university and people start to become zombies. After 29 days, a team of AMS scientists and soldiers are sent in to deal with the problem. But while they search, things go wrong.Enjoyably silly.
- DirectorUwe BollStarsJonathan CherryTyron LeitsoClint HowardA group of college students travels to a mysterious island to attend a rave, which is soon taken over by bloodthirsty zombies.Enjoyably silly.
- DirectorMakoto KamiyaStarsMatthew MercerDave WittenbergWendee LeeSpecial Agent Leon S.Kennedy goes against his superior's orders and works to destroy a series of biological weapons being used in a war zone in Europe.AKA Resident Evil: Damnation.
It's not primarily a zombie film, but it had some. Leon made quite a few funny quips and there was some good action. I enjoyed it. - DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsMeryl StreepBruce WillisGoldie HawnWhen a fading actress learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.It think they should have hurried up and got to the death part. That was the major gimmick of the film, so they could have done with more of that.
I was a bit disappointed after rewatching this film again, it should have either had more comedy or been darker. The balance didn't work for me, although it isn't a bad film. - DirectorTom SaviniStarsTony ToddPatricia TallmanTom TowlesWhen the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.Not as good as the original, but it makes enough changes to make it interesting.
Some people complain about the changes, but what would be the point in re-hashing the entire plot of the original? - DirectorThom EberhardtStarsCatherine Mary StewartKelli MaroneyRobert BeltranA comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.I didn't originally count this as a zombie film, but I've included too many similar zombie films to keep this out. Similar "zombies" to The Omega Man.
It was pretty decent. - DirectorColm McCarthyStarsSennia NanuaFisayo AkinadeDominique TipperA scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.Interesting premise. Well paced. Good tension.
Good characters. Good acting.
Decent film, but I'm not sure that I was satisfied with the ending. - DirectorAlberto de ToroJavier Ruiz CalderaStarsMiki EsparbéAura GarridoLuis CallejoMonths after bloody combats leave behind thousands of dead in the trenches. Jan Lozano, Captain of the Fifth Brigade has fallen prisoner by an opponent's platoon along with a young driver while carrying out a mission that has been entrusted to him. The possibility of dying executed will soon be overtaken when a new unknown enemy arises. Both rival sides must unite and set their mutual hate aside in order to survive.1:20:00
Spanish WWII zombie film.
Fascists and Communists forced to work together to survive against the undead. - DirectorSteve MinerStarsMena SuvariNick CannonMichael WelchWhen a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.Annoying, fast, jerky, insect-like zombies.
Stuff kept happening though, so at least it wasn't boring. - DirectorLen KabasinskiStarsBrian HeffronJasmin St. ClairePamela SutchThe chief physician at a large metropolitan hospital is formulating a serum to resurrect recently deceased patients. When his facility comes under federal inspection, the doctor is forced to dispose of the "patients" as quickly as possible, even though they are in mid-experiment. With the help of the evil hospital operations manager, he manages to ditch the experiments in a neighboring swamp. Little do they know, the serum works. The experiments come to "life" and wreak havoc on a group of local students conducting science experiments in the swampland. With the help of a hermit, a beautiful innocent bystander, a park ranger, and the police captain, they try to piece together what is going on - as well as how to survive.Quite long for a zombie film, but it wasn't boring.
A lot of the acting was weak and awkward, but I rather enjoyed it anyway. - DirectorYeon Sang-hoStarsRyu Seung-ryongShim Eun-kyungLee JoonSeveral groups of people try to survive a zombie pandemic that unleashes itself in downtown Seoul.Animated zombie film.
Enjoyable to watch with plenty of tension. - DirectorBrian T. JaynesStarsDora MadisonMelissa CarnellFrederic DossStudents on summer break are exposed to a deadly virus that is spread rapidly through direct human contact. One by one, more and more fall victim to the plague triggering an epidemic that spawns a horde of ravenous zombies.I didn't expect much from this, but it was significantly better than I thought it would be.
The acting is not top notch, but I thought it worked despite its limitations. - DirectorClaudio FragassoStarsJeff StrykerCandice DalyMassimo VanniA woman goes back to the island where her parents were killed. They had been working on a cure for cancer and accidentally raised the dead by angering a voodoo priest. With the woman is a group of mercenaries and they meet up with some other researchers. They raise the dead again and all hell breaks loose.AKA Zombie 4: After Death.
Has some of the most insanely stupid characters I've ever seen. - DirectorAlexander WittStarsMilla JovovichSienna GuilloryEric MabiusAlice wakes up in the Raccoon City hospital after the area has been overrun by zombies, and must now make it out of the city before a nuclear bomb is dropped.Some stuff happened, it was okay.
- DirectorGeorge OrmrodStarsWilliam DarkowRamona ProvostHugh CrawfordThe U.S. Military along with the general population are trying to rid the country of alien zombie invaders.It is a mickey take of silly B movie horror films like Plan 9 From Outer Space.
I thought it was rather funny. - DirectorSteve O'BrienWarren SpeedStarsVictoria HopkinsWarren SpeedChristian SteelA travelling group of freaks, headed up by Pervo the Clown, go to a rural farm to take part in a webcast interview to help them gain more followers and make the public aware of their awesome freakishness. Unbeknownest to our little group, however, this same rural farm is also home to a combined cult for women / zombie research laboratory. When the zombie virus is mistakenly added to a bowl of punch women, with breasts flying, are sent on a murderous, cannibalistic rampage that only this little band of circus freaks can stop.The characters were diverse and interesting enough and I laughed at some of the jokes.
I quite liked this one. - DirectorAdam BartlettJohn PataStarsJoe BelknapMary LindbergMichelle CourvaisCharlie is traveling through the wilderness to find his girlfriend, Samantha, after civilization is destroyed by widespread biological attacks. He must try to survive while dealing with other survivors and his own emotional burdens.Flashbacks to when things were normal. Not an idea that's been done to death in zombie films, so that was interesting.
A lack of guns in America? I am a little sceptical about that.
Wait, so the woman that he's travelling with isn't his girlfriend from the flashbacks!? Then why do they act like they're boyfriend and girlfriend? Okay maybe I should have noticed that they don't look the same, but the film should have made that a lot more clear.
Not many zombies, but they weren't needed. It reminded me a bit of 'The Battery', with the small group surviving in the apocalypse stuff. I quite liked it. - DirectorUmberto LenziStarsHugo StiglitzLaura TrotterMaria Rosaria OmaggioAn airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.AKA Nightmare City.
It started out quite promisingly, but it got repetitive. The soldiers' and everyone else's incompetence got annoying. Sometimes that sort of thing can be funny, but I wanted them to be less useless.
This film was boring in the 2nd half and the blonde female doctor became a very irritating cow. The ending was decent and the music was good though. - DirectorSteve BarkerStarsDougray ScottJessica De GouwMartin McCannThe ReZort, a safari park, offers paying guests the opportunity to kill as many zombies as they please following an outbreak.It's basically 'Jurassic Park' with zombies. Which is not a bad idea.
The cheap, fake distortion effect early on was quite irritating and made the film look like it was going to be lower budget and less well made than it was.
A little slow to begin with, but it was pretty action packed in the 2nd half. The film generally got better as it went along, but I didn't like the last 10 minutes or so.
There was some stupid female zombie that they seemed to want to make some sort of sympathetic character, but sympathy for the zombie stuff doesn't work on me and I just found it lame.
The lead character wasn't interesting or likeable. I liked her the least of all of the characters. - DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsRose McGowanFreddy RodríguezJosh BrolinAfter an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.Some memorable scenes.
I'm not too keen on Tarantino at the moment, so maybe I'm giving this film less credit than it deserves.
I'll rewatch it at some point. - DirectorJorge GrauStarsCristina GalbóRay LovelockArthur KennedyA cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a hunger for human flesh by ultrasonic radiation being used for pest control.AKA Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, AKA The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue.
Pretty good. - DirectorLucio FulciStarsTisa FarrowIan McCullochRichard JohnsonStrangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.AKA Zombi 2.
Too slow paced and the characters were too stupid to care for.
I overhyped it in my head too much before seeing it. I might like it better the second time. - DirectorKiah Roache-TurnerStarsJay GallagherBianca BradeyLeon BurchillA talented mechanic prepares to battle his way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters after his sister is kidnapped on the eve of a zombie apocalypse.AKA Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead.
Mad Max style zombie film. It is a good idea and it should be tried more often. Although this film seemed less Mad Max like than the short film they released a few years ago. I'd have liked to see some desert, maybe in the sequel.
I would have preferred it if the events of the film had taken place over a longer period of time. It seemed like a heck of a lot was happening in a fairly short amount of time.
Maybe this film was trying out too many different ideas. It might have been better if they concentrated on fewer unusual ideas, but maybe not.
No subtitles on the DVD? They should be standard. The DVD did come with the Wyrmwood short film they made (not listed on IMDb) and other stuff though. - DirectorMichael SpierigPeter SpierigStarsFelicity MasonMungo McKayRob JenkinsA quaint Australian fishing village is overcome by meteorites that turn its residents into the ravenous undead, leaving a small group of those unharmed to find a way out.Some interesting ideas.
I liked it. - DirectorJuan Carlos FresnadilloStarsJeremy RennerRose ByrneRobert CarlyleSix months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.I plan on rewatching this soon. It will probably move up the list a fair few places.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsCatriona MacCollPaolo MalcoAnia PieroniA New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.Another Fulci zombie film.
Gets off to a decent start and is easy to watch until the end.
Fairly silly in many ways, but I found it pretty tense throughout and I was a little disturbed by some of the images and soundwork.
I think it's the best of the Gates of Hell trilogy. - DirectorLloyd KaufmanStarsJason YachaninKate GrahamAllyson SereboffZombified chickens attempt to kill the fast-food workers that cook them in a restaurant built on an ancient burial ground.Musical comedy zombie film. Like 'Little Shop of Horrors (1986)' mixed with 'Black Sheep (2006)'.
I think it could have done with a bit more action between songs early on. Plenty of gore and violence later on though.
I think I'd have preferred it to have had more horror along with the comedy, but I thought it was pretty decent anyway. - DirectorTommy WirkolaStarsJeppe Beck LaursenCharlotte FrognerJenny SkavlanA ski vacation turns horrific for a group of medical students, as they find themselves confronted by an unimaginable menace: Nazi zombies.Nazi zombies.
Fairly dry comedy. It was okay. - DirectorVittorio RambaldiStarsPatrick LoweCheryl AruttSarah BuxtonA scientist at a Florida University accidentally creates a "rage virus" while conducting experiments to restore dead brain tissue in baboons. The virus soon spreads.AKA Primal Rage.
The infected type of zombies. 28 Days Later may have taken an idea or two from this film.
Pretty decent. I thought the ending could have been a bit better though. - DirectorJohn McPhailStarsElla HuntMalcolm CummingSarah SwireA zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.Zombie musical as well as a Christmas film.
Starts off pretty slowly and I was unsure about the likeability of the cast, but they were mostly okay.
Gets better as it goes along. Some half-decent practical effects. Some catchy songs. - DirectorVictor HalperinStarsBela LugosiMadge BellamyJoseph CawthornA young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiancé, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.I'll give it another watch at some point, it should probably be higher.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsAndré MorellDiane ClareBrook WilliamsDuring a mysterious epidemic in a small Cornish village, the local doctor summons his professor friend for help.Two years older than Night of the Living Dead.
It was pretty good. - DirectorVictor HalperinStarsDorothy StoneDean JaggerRoy D'ArcyAn international expedition is sent into Cambodia to destroy an ancient formula that turns men into zombies.Old style zombies.
Pathetic beta male, accept that you don't deserve a woman's love even if you gain incredible power.
Not a great film, but it's got a fairly unique premise. - DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsMilla JovovichAli LarterOded FehrSurvivors of the Raccoon City catastrophe travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against the evil Umbrella Corp.Mad Max style zombie film. Not an awful idea, but this didn't do it for me.
Alice's super powers didn't help. That was stupid. - DirectorDavid MorleyStarsHélène de FougerollesFrancis RenaudDida DiafatIn the middle of a zombie apocalypse, a resourceful couple hides out in an isolated abandoned building. The woman is pregnant and the man is infected, slowly transforming into the kind of inhuman monster they are trying to escape.I liked the first half, but it got pretty silly in the second half.
- DirectorYannick DahanBenjamin RocherStarsClaude PerronJean-Pierre MartinsEriq EbouaneyAn end of the world battle between gangsters, cops and zombies.Detestable female lead character spoiled the film for me.
Not bad, but not great. - DirectorTony JopiaStarsLeo GregorySean CroninPixie Le KnotWhile a virus that causes the dead to reanimate brings the world to its knees, a group of survivors must fight their way through a horde of biologically transformed undead in order to escape and help save the world.AKA 'Dawning of the Dead'.
Bad CGI. Some comedy, I laughed a couple of times.
Mostly set in a television studio. Definitely a concept I'd like to see explored in more zombie films.
The inspirational speech part was pretty lame, but the result was decent.
A fairly big cast of characters with different mini-storylines and motivations. Acting was reasonable considering the budget. I quite liked it, but it is certainly no classic. - DirectorRod BlackhurstStarsLucy WaltersGina PiersantiAdam David ThompsonA young woman struggles to survive on her own in the wake of a mysterious epidemic that has killed much of society, and forced her deep into the unforgiving wilderness.The acting is pretty good. Rather slow paced.
Not much zombie action, but it is fairly intense when it comes.
I didn't like the ending, it seemed a bit pretentious.