What are the best Zombie movies?

stephan1 · 06-01-2014 4:33pm #1

For me it is:

Night of the Living Dead
Day of the Dead

What is yours?

melekalikimaka · 06-01-2014 4:34pm

OZombie

greensausage · 06-01-2014 5:04pm

dawn of the dead (remake)

ScumLord · 06-01-2014 7:29pm

I have yet to see a good zombie flick.

Paddy Cow · 07-01-2014 3:09am

28 Days Later

degrassinoel · 07-01-2014 3:16am

the Dawn remake and 28 days later were both awesome imo

jimboblep · 07-01-2014 3:19am

Shaun of the dead and the version of world war z i have in my head

Wabbit Ears · 07-01-2014 11:49pm

Le Horde

Tzar Chasm · 09-01-2014 1:03pm

I would agree, la horde is one of the most perfect zombie films i've ever seen, has just the right balance of everything, plot/gore/tension/humour/epic deaths/frights.

I seriously considered learning french to better understand that film

Paddy Cow · 09-01-2014 10:26pm

Dead Set. It's not a movie but a 5 show mini tv series. It was set in the Big Brother house and is well worth a watch.

Aglomerado · 10-01-2014 3:11pm

Dawn of the Dead (Original)

Night of the Living Dead

Zombieland

28 Days Later

28 Weeks Later

Return of the Living Dead (1984) - sequels aren't up to much though

Braindead

Fido

Tzar Chasm · 10-01-2014 7:05pm

gaaaaah, I forgot fido, hilarious film

kelledy · 10-01-2014 7:08pm

World war Z

TerrorFirmer · 14-01-2014 2:16pm

Aglomerado wrote: »

Dawn of the Dead (Original)
Return of the Living Dead (1984) - sequels aren't up to much though

Return of the Living Dead III is pretty good as gory zombie movies go, some great effects, not a comedy like ROTLD and ROTLD 2 though.

Dawn of the Dead Remake is brilliant, as is The Horde. I must be one of the few who though 28 Days later was good to a point, and then became boring. I thought 28 Weeks was respectable as well.

Resident Evil series is worth a watch, started to get very bad after the 3rd one though.

1990 Night of the Living dead is good. Planet Terror is definitely worth a watch.

Some of the 80's Italian imitations are worth watching for the gruesome special effects, if nothing else.

For me, the absolute king of Zombie movies is Braindead. Total gorefest.

ladypip · 21-01-2014 1:19pm

Braindead is without a shadow of a doubt the worst movie ever made in any genre! I think ive ranted about it in this forum before.

For me: Dawn of the dead remake & Dead Set.

miju · 21-01-2014 2:37pm

So many to choose from but if I was to shortlist for me its gotta be

Dawn of Dead remake and Dead Set (the producer was one of best characters ever imo) and Diary of the Dead also was great.

The horde was also a great flick but my fave foreign zombie offering is a film called Rambbock Berlin Undead.

Also, Pontypool has to get an honorable mention. As you can tell I have a preference towards the initial societal breakdown / confusion angles in zombie flicks.

miju · 21-01-2014 2:41pm

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

. I must be one of the few who though 28 Days later was good to a point, and then became boring. I thought 28 Weeks was respectable as well.

Fully in agreement with you, I preffered the alternative endings and didn't like the army aspect at all was very out of place I thought

Hootanany · 21-01-2014 8:01pm

Zomblies is a good one about soldiers cut off from their extraction point.

Tzar Chasm · 23-01-2014 9:11am

ah yes pontypool, its not the end of the world, just the end of the day

interesting premis for the spread of the virus. and it had at least one n screen zombie so it counts

Slow_Runner · 25-01-2014 8:27pm

Dead Snow - very well made and very funny
28 Days Later
Dead Set was pretty good mini series
Dawn of the Dead remake
1st Resident Evil - the rest were shockingly bad

Warm Bodies not as bad as you'd expect, not a classic zombie flick but not too bad

Pawwed Rig · 28-01-2014 2:34pm

Did noone mention Rec yet? First two were amazing films, the third not so much.

degrassinoel · 28-01-2014 7:56pm

The originals yeah, the american remakes.. not so much

wampyrus77 · 30-09-2014 1:13pm

dawn of the dead original not remake
28 Days Later
resident evil movie series

Fallschirmjager · 03-10-2014 8:42am

Who can forget the classic, nazi zombies at the centre of the earth

I mean cmon people...okay okay I agree it's total pants... But I have watched it, does that count.

degrassinoel · 03-10-2014 9:06pm

Yes! yes it does

i seen it too, it's atrocious lol

wampyrus77 · 04-10-2014 12:48am

evil dead series

Aglomerado · 05-10-2014 9:01am

degrassinoel wrote: »

Yes! yes it does

i seen it too, it's atrocious lol

Complete with giant robot Hitler! Watched it on syfy last night, great fun with a few cans.

CPSW · 08-10-2014 12:40pm

Can't believe Cockneys Vs Zombies has not been mentioned yet, it's a classic!

Fallschirmjager · 14-10-2014 4:21pm

well mine are

28 days
28 weeks
dawn of dead remakes (the 2004 and the 90's one), make sure to watch after final credits of the 2004 one, kinda bleak and if you have the dvd there is the extra on the gun shop guy which is 'different' and a nice twist as well...if only they had waited). also some of the characters from the 90's one appear in the 2004 remake which is kinda cool.
la horde
zombieland -- even have a t-shirt from that
world war z even if its pants compared to the book, i can switch off on the stupid parts
pontypool, very different not everyones cup of tea
the dead - suprisingly good and was not expecting it to be
shaun of the dead
deadgirl, but its dealing with really disturbing issues
planet terror...simply because....

youtube! · 14-10-2014 4:26pm

For me it has to be "City of the living dead" 1980 gory and tense throughout really excellent movie and quite unknown.

Also honourable mention to Zombie flesh eaters, the end scene with the radio announcer telling us that they are coming and then aaaaarrrrrrggghhhh is a classic.

youtube! · 14-10-2014 4:33pm

in fact for those who have never seen it it's worth a look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlnuNjrSDRE

youtube! · 14-10-2014 4:34pm

wampyrus77 wrote: »

evil dead series

Not zombies

degrassinoel · 14-10-2014 4:37pm

youtube! wrote: »

Not zombies

Deadites - close enough

Also quality films, Bruce Campbell is gas

youtube! · 14-10-2014 4:46pm

degrassinoel wrote: »

Deadites - close enough
Also quality films, Bruce Campbell is gas

Absolutely amazing set of films but for me they are demons! Also some of the characters didn't even die but became possessed anyway.

degrassinoel · 14-10-2014 4:54pm

You might be right about them being demons, the necronomicon had various demonic rights in it. Apparently reading them aloud brought the dead back to life - or in the case of the second movie, playing a recording of a reading..

Still, i reckon it could be classified as a zombie flick as well as a demon one - but then even 'Demons' by Dario Argento was effectively a zombie movie too

youtube! · 14-10-2014 5:11pm

Good points in fairness, talking of Dario Argento have you ever watched Suspiria? Super film.

Ahhhhh its grand · 14-10-2014 5:21pm

Think all the best ones have been mentioned so I'll throw a few more in that I enjoyed.

Rammbock Berlin Undead - Only an hour long but extremely enjoyable. I find the main guy a bit annoying though.

The Dead 2 - I've seen The Dead mentioned (the one set in Africa), well there's a second one now. Its set in India and not bad movie at all.

Dead Meat - I loved this. Irish zombie movie :pac: The aul fella in this is gas.

Cemetery man - A classic. Not everyone's cup of tea but I enjoyed it.

youtube! · 14-10-2014 5:26pm

Ahhhhh its grand wrote: »

Think all the best ones have been mentioned so I'll throw a few more in that I enjoyed.

Rammbock Berlin Undead - Only an hour long but extremely enjoyable. I find the main guy a bit annoying though.

The Dead 2 - I've seen The Dead mentioned (the one set in Africa), well there's a second one now. Its set in India and not bad movie at all.

Dead Meat - I loved this. Irish zombie movie :pac: The aul fella in this is gas.

Cemetery man - A classic. Not everyone's cup of tea but I enjoyed it.

Loved it , btw are you really in China?

Ahhhhh its grand · 14-10-2014 5:31pm

youtube! wrote: »

Loved it , btw are you really in China?

I was until a month ago...should really change that

will be there again in February though.

degrassinoel · 14-10-2014 5:50pm

youtube! wrote: »

Good points in fairness, talking of Dario Argento have you ever watched Suspiria? Super film.

No, but it's on my list

kupus · 20-10-2014 1:48pm

Pontypool... great movie, I was captivated by the dj voice more than the movie itself. Pure smooth listening.

edited just to add the zombie diaries and ZD 2 are pretty decent viewing as well.

Going to look at the returned soon, sounds promising.

El Inho · 22-10-2014 6:44pm

Has 28 days later not being a zombie movie come up yet :P

Fallschirmjager · 22-10-2014 8:19pm

El Inho wrote: »

Has 28 days later not being a zombie movie come up yet :P

Ya just couldn't leave it alone could you, nope there a scab barely healed, and off u go pickin it...lol

Cue the argument of fast vs slow z's in 5,4,3....

CD8ED · 22-10-2014 8:26pm

Probably not a real zombie movie, but warm bodies was decent I thought.

And of course
28 days later
28 weeks later
(Any sign of 28 months later???)
Dawn of the dead remake

Btw, zombies should always be fast and sprint everywhere! Yep, I said it!

degrassinoel · 22-10-2014 9:16pm

El Inho wrote: »

Has 28 days later not being a zombie movie come up yet :P

You're the first! Congrats!

Yeah, they referred to them as infected in the film and it was a rage virus - still classified as zombie genre movie though..

/brains

CiaranW · 23-10-2014 10:41am

28 days later is an amazing film.
It's so good which is what makes it terrifying too.
Wasn't there loads of rumors about one after 28 weeks later set in mainland Europe.

CD8ED · 23-10-2014 6:35pm

Supposedly, but I think that there were ownership issues and some people were getting ants in their pants about it!

From wiki so take it as ya will: "In October 2010, when Alex Garland was asked what was happening with 28 Months Later, he declared: "I'll answer that completely honestly. When we made 28 Days Later, the rights were frozen between a group of people who are no longer talking to each other. And so, the film is never going to happen unless those people start talking to each other again"

alex69 · 24-10-2014 10:06pm

For me is:

Walking dead.

wampyrus77 · 26-10-2014 11:15pm

night of the living dead

i wonder at the end of movie who more the monsters the humans or zombies

LoganRice · 28-10-2014 11:55pm

night of the living dead for me

susanlinda823 · 29-10-2014 10:50pm

1. Night of the living Dead
2. 28 Days later
3. I am legend.

What are the best Zombie movies?

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