I fancy a zombie flic

MooseJam

Whats the best one ?

Mr E

Wrong forum, MooseJam.

MooseJam

bummer, I'm sure Karl will move it

Kess73

Night Of The Living Dead is awesome and the 1991 remake is pretty good too.

I have a leaning towards the remake of Dawn Of The Dead over the original, but can watch both over and over.


The original Day Of The Dead is well worth a watch, but ,in my opinion, avoid the remake at all costs. It is straight to DVD crap.



With zombie films the obvious choices tend to be the best films.

Some see the 28 days/Weeks Later films as zombie films, and if you agree with that, then give them a watch, especially the first one.

Karl Hungus

Night of the Living Dead - Where it all started.
Dawn of the Dead - Original and remake, they're both worth watching.
Shaun of the Dead
Return of the Living Dead
28 Days Later
Dellamorte Dellamore
Reanimator
Versus

Try those.

Rhyme

Brain Dead. Memorable stuff for reasons other than 'plot' or 'character development'.

TerrorFirmer

If you're after pure zombie splatter action:

Night of the Living Dead (1991)
Dawn of the Dead (both versions)
Day of the Dead
Braindead
Re-animator
Return of the Living Dead III, IV and V (first two are crap if you're after a 'serious' zombie movie)
Flight of the Living Dead
Land of the Dead
Undead

The one film to avoid as fact rather then opinion:

House of the Dead

Ones that feature some great scenes but ultimately a bit crap:

Zombie Flesh Eaters and it's countless sequels
The Beyond
Bone Sickness

I also saw a pretty funny one lately, low-budget but worth a watch, some good effects:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131260/

Reg'stoy

Check out Fido, I'm a big fan of the whole genre and found this movie to be quite good. It has a couple of bigish stars including the 'Big Yin' himself, Billy Connolly. It looks at the zombie scene from a new angle.

The Artist

What about the Resident Evil films would that count;)

pixelburp

Reg'stoy wrote: »

Check out Fido, I'm a big fan of the whole genre and found this movie to be quite good. It has a couple of bigish stars including the 'Big Yin' himself, Billy Connolly. It looks at the zombie scene from a new angle.

I second that emotion; I had heard of this through AintItCool, and wasn't expecting too much; but I'd say it's as good as "Shaun of the Dead" in terms of mixing zombie horror with comedy. That it deals with the aftermath of a zombie plague makes it further unique.

RastaRed

Dawn of the Dead remake
Shaun of the Dead
28 Days Later&28 Weeks Later(which was even better than the original I thought)
Planet Terror

L31mr0d

Can't believe nobodies mentioned [rec] yet? It is technically a Zombie movie and one of the best horrors i've seen in recent years.

faceman

What about Evil Dead II? Technically they are a form of zombies!

IMO the original Dawn of the Dead is the original ultimate zombie movie. It's aged now but the story to it still holds its water. Night of the living dead is very dated nowadays but still a top flick.

Although i still put my head in my hands when people say "how come the little girl picked up an axe, zombies cant do that?"

The Artist

faceman wrote: »

What about Evil Dead II? Technically they are a form of zombies!

IMO the original Dawn of the Dead is the original ultimate zombie movie. It's aged now but the story to it still holds its water. Night of the living dead is very dated nowadays but still a top flick.

Although i still put my head in my hands when people say "how come the little girl picked up an axe, zombies cant do that?"

im sure the Evil Dead has 3 films and i love them.Funny,weird,gory!,blood and more blood.

Otis Driftwood

faceman wrote: »

Although i still put my head in my hands when people say "how come the little girl picked up an axe, zombies cant do that?"

Ha ha ha ha.

Most that have been mentioned above are cool.Heres a few more obscure ones.

Stacy
We are going to eat you
Bio-Zombie
Zombie Holocaust a.k.a Dr Butcher,M.D

faceman

davey180 wrote: »

im sure the Evil Dead has 3 films and i love them.Funny,weird,gory!,blood and more blood.

2 is the best though!

Evil dead 3 (army of darkness) is ok, some great one liners but has lost the edge the previous films have.

Evil dead 1, before it goes gorey, is a pretty good attempt at establishing a horror movie.

The Artist

faceman wrote: »

2 is the best though!

yes i would agree as the handsaw came to the effect great stuff!

MooseJam

thanks for all the suggestions, will pick one up tomorrow

faceman

davey180 wrote: »

yes i would agree as the handsaw came to the effect great stuff!

"Who's laughing now? WHO'S LAUGHING NOW???"

Genius!!

Running Bing

Zombie Flesh eaters is quite something. Its pretty slow but I really like the atmosphere and it must be seen for two scenes.:eek:

One nobody has mentioned is the criminally underrated "The living dead at Manchester morgue". I rarely see it mentioned anywhere but it really is one of the best Zombie movies imo.

Valmont

If we're to get technical, the remake of Dawn of the Dead isn't a zombie movie - www.zombiesdontrun.com. It is very enjoyable though.

For me the original Dawn of the Dead is the best Zombie movie ever. I've watched it at least 10 times over the last few years. A post- apocalyptic world, holed up in a shopping mall... fantastic.

Night of the Living dead and the remake are really good too. Land of the Dead was a travesty, I think Romero has gone nuts. I don't like zombies that run, but zombies using m16's? come on.

The 28 days/weeks movies aren't zombie flicks but they readily appeal to the same audience. I loved them. Well not so much the second one.

Anyone who is a fan of the genre should go over and support the zombie survival forum!