Best Zombie Movies + Worth watching
As you can see, this isn't a "clean" zombie list. In some movies the post-mortems come back as ghosts or demons, but are very zombie-like, so that's why I've included them.
This list is mainly for people who are into Zombie movies but only knows the classics (which actually are the best ones) and have seen some new *beep* that are destroying the good name of these flicks. Hopefully this is an eye-oponer and you find some good recommendations here.
I've also included some "new" movies I like, they are not all bad... But mostly.. Unfortunately they are mostly "Comedies" since it appears that directors have totally lost the concept of what makes zombies so ghastly and horrific and instead only makes *beep* movies with pretty people in it.
This list is mainly for people who are into Zombie movies but only knows the classics (which actually are the best ones) and have seen some new *beep* that are destroying the good name of these flicks. Hopefully this is an eye-oponer and you find some good recommendations here.
I've also included some "new" movies I like, they are not all bad... But mostly.. Unfortunately they are mostly "Comedies" since it appears that directors have totally lost the concept of what makes zombies so ghastly and horrific and instead only makes *beep* movies with pretty people in it.
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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.One of the best movies I've ever seen. Not because it's about Zombies or gore (it's not that gory, mostly just in the end). But because what it awakes in me.. a good feeling. This movie has a lot of emotion and social comments worth thinking about.
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEllen SandweissRichard DeManincorFive friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.Even though "Evil Dead" isn't a classic Zombie movie it deserves to be here. The characters come back after they die, but yeah, are demons instead. Still a lot more "Zombie feeling" to this flick than other "epidemic"-sort of movies that are made now days.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsCatriona MacCollDavid WarbeckCinzia MonrealeA young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.As you can see; in my top 5. Actually in my top 5 over horror movies in general. This is what I mean by "ghastly" and the ending + tons of single scenes are epic in a way I don't wanna explain.. If you don't get it - Too bad, guess its not your type of movie. I can watch this flick over and over and never get tired.
- 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.This is a classic. But I hate to call something a "classic". Sounds like you should watch it just because of that, like old books you "have to" read even though the language used bores you to death. This is simply a masterpiece in the history of horror with a genius ending.
- 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.You get to see Zombies come out from their graves for the first time! Isn't that something? Plus a soundtrack that gives you chill!
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellSarah BerryDan HicksAsh Williams, the lone survivor of an earlier onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits, holes up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack.As mentioned for "Evil Dead".
- 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.So now they can use a phone? Jesus! ...and I thought Velociraptors were clever!!
- 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.Ok, this is "Braindead" to me..
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsChristopher GeorgeCatriona MacCollCarlo De MejoA reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.So again, this is actually ghosts we are dealing with, but they do look a lot like Zombies. Fits this list.
- 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.Let it grow on you, and notice how artistic it's done. This is more like a "haunted house" movie, but with a Zombie in the basement it fits the list.
- 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.This movie has some strange scenes. I tell you that.
- 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.It's ok to steal from other filmmakers, as long as you do it this obvious. Cheers.
- DirectorDan HoskinsStarsJamie RoseCatherine CarlenLycia NaffA gang of tough women bikers are the only thing that stands between a crowd of zombies, which have been accidentally let out of their secure cave, and those still alive in the town.I haven't seen this movie in ten years, but when I did I thought it pretty much sucked but was kind of hilarious. Have to dig out that old VHS.
- 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.
- DirectorMarino GirolamiStarsIan McCullochAlexandra Delli ColliSherry BuchananAn expedition in the East Indies, encounters not only the cannibals they were looking for, but also an evil scientist and his zombie army.
- 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.This is actually pretty good. Done by Tom Savini, says a lot.
- 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.
- DirectorConor McMahonStarsMarian AraujoDavid MuyllaertEoin WhelanAn infection spreads from slaughtered animals to humans, which causes the dead to rise and feed on the living.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostKate AshfieldThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
- DirectorAmando de OssorioStarsLone FlemingCésar BurnerMaría Elena ArpónMedieval knights executed for their black magic rituals come back as zombies to torment a group of vacationing college kids.
- DirectorAmando de OssorioStarsTony KendallFernando SanchoEsperanza RoyIn this second startling film in the BLIND DEAD series, writer/director Amando de Ossorio returns to the horrific origin of the depraved Templar:
- DirectorSam RaimiStarsBruce CampbellEmbeth DavidtzMarcus GilbertWhen Ash Williams is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., he must retrieve the Necronomicon and battle an army of the dead in order to return home.
- DirectorAmando de OssorioStarsMaria PerschyJack TaylorBárbara ReyThe living corpses of the Satan-worshiping Knights Templar hunt for human victims in a 16th century galleon.
- 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.
- DirectorAmando de OssorioStarsVíctor PetitMaría KostySandra MozarowskyIn this final installment of the Blind Dead series, a doctor and his wife move to a small inhospitable coastal village where he plans to start a practice only to discover that undead demon-worshiping Templar Knights haunt the place.