Need a good "end of the world/zombie/horror" flick

Hank Scorpio

As in title, :-)

Thanks guys!

vincenzo1975

Ive yet to see anything that is better then 28 days later or shaun of the dead. past or present that is.

MagicMarker

Dawn of the Dead (original) - I assume you've seen it though?

Hank Scorpio

vincenzo1975 wrote: »

Ive yet to see anything that is better then 28 days later or shaun of the dead. past or present that is.

aye same, thats the problem

Hank Scorpio

MagicMarker wrote: »

Dawn of the Dead (original) - I assume you've seen it though?

ye seen them all

bluefinger

The Descent or Dog Soldiers are cool, both done by a Scottish director Neil Marshall. Not zombies but pretty close.

Hank Scorpio

seen them both unfortunately :-)

Vampireskiss

braindead

Hank Scorpio

Vampireskiss wrote: »

braindead

seen it too

Average-Ro

Rec?

Creature

Try John Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy"; The Thing, Prince of Darkness and In The Mouth of Madness. No zombies though.

Vampireskiss

badtaste

Instant Karma

Dead Snow

What can beat Nazi Zombies? Nothin' thats what!

johnny_ultimate

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156729/

Interesting alternative title, that has no zombies or horror, but a heavy end of the world focus

speedboatchase

I prefer the DotD remake myself. And Zombieland is great craic

DingDong

Infestation this low budget film is worth a look I wasn't expecting much but really enjoyed it.

Outkast_IRE

zombieland!! bill murray need i say more!

Pontypool perhaps the best horror film of the past decade.

ziedth

watch 28 days later again?

Otis Driftwood

Junk
Its kinda cheesy but enjoyable enough.

Stacy
As above.

Bone Sickness
Independent horror flick from the states.A new spin on the zombie genre with some good gross scenes.

Versus
This movie kicks all kinds of ass.Its got zombies,yakuzas and has an apocalyptic theme.Its outstanding.

L31mr0d

Deleted User wrote: »

Pontypool perhaps the best horror film of the past decade.

Really? Better than El orfanato, [rec], Martyrs?

It's definitely different, but representative on an entire decade of horror... wouldn't even be in my top 100 tbh.

EDIT:

nedtheshed wrote: »

Versus
This movie kicks all kinds of ass.Its got zombies,yakuzas and has an apocalyptic theme.Its outstanding.

+1

lindtee

I don't scare easily but Eden Lake - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1020530/ really disturbed me:eek:

Karl Hungus

nedtheshed wrote: »

Junk
Its kinda cheesy but enjoyable enough.

I highly recommend against that film. I'm shocked you even like it, it's one of the very worst zombie films I've seen in my life.

Hank Scorpio

thanks for all the replies!

alot of movies mentioned i havent seen yet

cheers guys!:D

Hank Scorpio

Deleted User wrote: »

Pontypool perhaps the best horror film of the past decade.

downloading this, cant believe i never heard of this and im the biggest zombie flick lover ever

Otis Driftwood

Karl Hungus wrote: »

I highly recommend against that film. I'm shocked you even like it, it's one of the very worst zombie films I've seen in my life.

Really?
Obviously its not near say Romero's original trilogy or even some of the lesser known Italian cheese fests but I thought it was fairly ok.Some of the SFX were pretty cool too,especially considering its low budget.

Shryke

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

zombieland!! bill murray need i say more!

You could say a lot less for anyone who doesn't want the surprise ruined.

28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
Shaun of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead Remake

The two 28 films are fantastic. The second one isn't Danny Boyle but it's still great.
It only sort of fits the criteria but I watched Pandorum recently not expecting much and I thought it was great.

D-Generate

Deleted User wrote: »

Pontypool perhaps the best horror film of the past decade.

I loved this film. Best radio adaption ever! War of the Worlds just doesn't compare.

Karl Hungus

nedtheshed wrote: »

Really?
Obviously its not near say Romero's original trilogy or even some of the lesser known Italian cheese fests but I thought it was fairly ok.Some of the SFX were pretty cool too,especially considering its low budget.

You watched the same film I did, right? The SFX were some of the most dire I've ever seen, they used a shop mannequin in some sequences as far as I remember. It was almost as bad as that turgid Day of the Dead remake.

Hank Scorpio

pontypool was pretty bad

gona try one of the others!

Otis Driftwood

Karl Hungus wrote: »

You watched the same film I did, right? The SFX were some of the most dire I've ever seen, they used a shop mannequin in some sequences as far as I remember. It was almost as bad as that turgid Day of the Dead remake.

I think its just one of those "so bad its good" movies for me.

And you are correct on the mannequin,come on,you gotta give them props for trying it!

Karl Hungus

nedtheshed wrote: »

I think its just one of those "so bad its good" movies for me.

And you are correct on the mannequin,come on,you gotta give them props for trying it!

Ah fair enough, I suppose it could be lumped in the "so bad it's good" pile.

I wish someone had given them props during filming though.

Outkast_IRE

How did that ruin any surprise any quick check of the film on any review website or website like imdb lists bill murray as being in it , and since i didnt mention his charecter, story , or plot then im pretty sure that didnt ruin any surprise .

ShooterSF

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Ah fair enough, I suppose it could be lumped in the "so bad it's good" pile.

I wish someone had given them props during filming though.

World class punage. Take a bow sir.

opinion guy

Resident Evil X ???

I am Legend ????

Otis Driftwood

ShooterSF wrote: »

World class punage. Take a bow sir.

Ha ha ha,I just twigged that,well played Karl.:D

L31mr0d

L31mr0d wrote: »

Really? Better than El orfanato, [rec], Martyrs?

It's definitely different, but representative on an entire decade of horror... wouldn't even be in my top 100 tbh.

As much as I do love, El Orfanato, Martyrs and [rec], Pontypool is far more original than all three. It's such a simple yet brilliantly executed idea which features one of the best performances of the year.

Karl Hungus wrote: »

You watched the same film I did, right? The SFX were some of the most dire I've ever seen, they used a shop mannequin in some sequences as far as I remember. It was almost as bad as that turgid Day of the Dead remake.

Have to agree, it was a pretty poor film and I was drinking when I watched it. The FXs were amongst the poorest ever committed to celluloid though that being said it is superior than the day of the Dead remake. Vegetarian zombies, ffs.

worded

bluefinger wrote: »

The Descent or Dog Soldiers are cool, both done by a Scottish director Neil Marshall. Not zombies but pretty close.

+1 Dog Soldiers was cool

RoyalMarine

although a ton of people hated them, i loved the resident evil movies so far.

cant wait for the 4th film next year.

D-Generate

A film called Carriers. Been meaning to watch it but haven't got around to it yet. Its end of the world type film.

Also although its not particularly good, Blindness is another apocalypse movie in which the whole worlds population goes blind.

L31mr0d

RoyalMarineComm wrote: »

although a ton of people hated them, i loved the resident evil movies so far.

cant wait for the 4th film next year.

Yeah they aren't that bad. The first 2 weren't the best if I'm being honest but I think they definitely improved the series with the 3rd.

The CG film, Resident Evil: Degeneration is also very good. Although, it's more in line with the games so you'd probably need to of played them to understand the characters.

Almost forgot to mention, it wasn't really my cup of tea but if you like your Zombie films to verge more on the comical than serious then check out: Dance of the Dead

tommyboy2222

My favourite end of the world type flick is Mad Max 2.


Not a zombie flick though.

RandolphEsq

+1 to Rec which was said earlier. Creepy as fcuk!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1038988/

Alien Abduction; Incident in Lake County http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0142074/ I thought this was quite a scary movie

Goiter

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0156729/

Interesting alternative title, that has no zombies or horror, but a heavy end of the world focus

Last night! Great flick! Sarah Polley reminds me of Uma Thurman for some reason, a mini Uma of sorts.

Suicide club is a pretty messed up Japanese film about an epidemic of suicide cases across the country. The opening scene has a bunch of school kids holding hands, gleefully jumping onto train tracks, getting blood everywhere. As the suicides get more frequent, a creepy end of the world feeling starts to develop.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312843/

Probably one of the most creepy films I have ever seen.

Roland27

'I Am Legend' is a great film, very underrated in my opinion.

jimbob_jones

If you can get a copy of it The Quiet Earth is pretty good in a weird kind of way or what about Night of the Comet or Night of the Creeps ?

Auvers

have you seen Zombie flesh eaters it was classed as a good auld video nasty back in the day and was cut in places for the UK\Irish markets but if you can lay your hands on an uncut copy its well worth a watch.

it looks rather dated now but it might be a laugh with a few mates

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=342Xtexe_u4

stringbox

This list breaks it down by cause of catastrophy.

I know you specifically said film and posted it in the film forum but there's nothing like the feeling of bleakness you get when reading World War Z which is now on audiobook.

Just found this free preview: http://www.randomhouse.com/audio/podcasts/world_war_z_rss.xml