28 Days Later (2002)
A disease called Rage is released upon the general public in England and the few survivors left alive are no better off. I'll applaud the effort to bring a zombie epic to life in the modern age, but this one missed the boat.6/10 [SSK]
28 Weeks Later (2007)
England is in the process of being repopulated 28 weeks after the Rage virus devastated the island. I was bored by 28 Days Later, but 28 Weeks Later was much, much worse.5/10 [SSK] (Also see the review by Asmodeus)
Alien Dead (1980)
A comet that crash landed in a backwater swamp created a race of zombies that the hick locals go to hunt thinking that they're alligators. Fans of shitty zombie films wont even enjoy this stinker.0/10 [SSK]
All Souls Day (2005)
A couple of teens stop for the night in a backwater Mexican village where the dead come back to life on the anniversary of a tragic event. If All Souls Day wasn't made by retards it could have been genuinely entertaining.3/10 [SSK]
Army of Darkness (1993)
Ash, the hero of the Evil Dead movies, is transported back in time to the Dark Ages where he must once again do battle with undead creatures raised by the Book of the Dead. Hilarious and extreme, it is a fitting third chapter to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy and boasts a plethora of iconic dialogue and imagery.9/10 [SSK]
The Astro-Zombies (1968)
Mexican spies and CIA agents alike are on the trail of a mad scientist who has perfected a method of constructing artificial humanoid zombies controlled by remote brain waves transmitted by radio frequency. The Astro-Zombies is everything a B-movie should be, and I loved it for exactly that reason.7/10 [SSK]
Asylum of Satan (1975)
A woman is abducted from a hospital and taken to a frightening house in the country where she waits to be offered as a sacrifice to Satan. In the midst of the confusing, out-of-focus mania displayed in this shoddy production there is a briefly exciting but disappointing moment featuring a zombie.1/10 [SSK]
A Virgin Among The Living Dead (1973)
A cute French girl meets her family of freakish weirdos in the countryside to settle the will of her estranged father and she gets sucked into a surreal nightmare. A version of this movie exists with random zombie sequences cut into it, but with or without the gratuitous zombies and nudity this movie is god awful.0/10 [SSK]
The Beyond (1981)
A woman inherits a run-down hotel in New Orleans that just happens to be built on one of the seven gateways to Hell. I love the treatment of zombies and some of the scenes of gore in The Beyond are ingrained in memory, which more than make up for the slow scenes.
7/10 [SSK]
7/10 [SSK]
Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
The third installment of the Re-Animator trilogy in which Herbert West, the Re-Animator, is serving a prison sentence and gets another chance to continue with his ghoulish experiments using his fellow inmates as guinea pigs. The Re-Animator trilogy has two great movies, and this is definitely not one of them.
5/10 [SSK]
5/10 [SSK]
Bio Zombie (1998)
Hong Kong's answer to Dawn of the Dead. The best part is when one of the main characters starts crying about his dead friend and his dead friend breaks through a window and eats the baby.9/10 [BK]
Blood of the Zombie (1961)
A voodoo priestess sends a zombie assassin to kill, but he murders the wrong target. Blood of the Zombie is truly a horrible movie, but it has a cool looking zombie in it.3/10 [SSK]
Bone Sickness (2004)
A woman tries to cure her husband’s spinal disease by feeding him pieces of corpses, resulting in zombiism (of course). A sixth grader with a bottle of fake blood could make a better movie than Bone Sickness.1/10 [SSK]
The Boneyard (1991)
A psychic investigator and some other memorable characters get trapped in a morgue when it turns out that some of the bodies aren't actually dead. The originality and unflinching dedication to genre filmmaking make Boneyard a must for zombie fans.8/10 [SSK]
The Bowery at Midnight (1942)
Bela Lugosi stars as a unique villain, a university professor who leads a triple life, running a soup kitchen in the Bowery and recruiting transients as disposable ratchet men to pull bank heists. A gem when compared to Lugosi's work late in his career, this low budget masterpiece is a truly original mix of crime noir and zombie flick.4/10 [SSK]
Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
This sequel to The Re-Animator features the same lead characters, Dr. Cain and Dr. West (The Re-Animator), after med school as they continue their experiments on the dead which ultimately lead to the construction of a Frankenstein-esque creation cobbled together from pieces of women cadavers. One of the best sequels of the entire horror genre, Bride of Re-Animator has excellent visual effects and keeps the spirit of the original film completely in tact.10/10 [SSK]
Burial Ground aka The Nights of Terror (1981)
A group of poorly dubbed Italian socialites settle in to their private villa for a vacation only to find that their friend, the professor, has unleashed a horde of zombies from the Etruscan ruins located below the property. Although the gore and make-up effects are heroic for a low-budget foreign affair, the zombies are unbelievable at best and the plot meanders to the point of stupidity.5/10 [SSK]
Cemetery Man aka. Dellamorte Dellamore (1994)
A small graveyard in Italy has a problem with the corpses rising from the graves shortly after they're buried. This is one of the freshest takes on the zombie genre that we've seen.10/10 [MR]
The Children (1980)
A leak at a power plant sends a cloud of radiation spewing across a school bus with 5 local kids who turn into zombie-like mutants. The Children is a great low budget horror flick, but it's debatable whether or not the kids are really zombies, especially since they melt people with their hands.6/10 [SSK]
Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972)
A theater troop, led by an eccentric psycho, attempts to raise the dead in an island cemetery through the use of black magic. I enjoyed the characters, the setting, the zombies, and pretty much everything about Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things. -7/10 [SSK]
Choking Hazard (2004)
A misfit group that has convened in an isolated hotel for a seminar on the meaning of life is assaulted by a random group of woodsman zombies. Choking Hazard, a Czech zombie comedy, is an entertaining watch and manages to stay oddball enough to feel like a fresh look at the genre.8/10 [SSK]
Chopper Chicks in Zombietown (1991)
A lesbian biker gang makes a stop in a middle-of-nowhere town just as a mob of zombies are escaping from a nearby underground test facility. Chopper Chicks in Zombietown is a good example of an enjoyable Troma zombie flick, especially with the presence of blind orphans and Billy Bob Thornton. -5/10 [SSK]
City of Rott (2006)
An animated zombie feature created solely by Frank Sudol, City of Rott tells the story of an old man shambling through a zombie infested metropolis looking for a new pair of loafers. The strengths and weaknesses of City of Rott lie in its sole creator, who would have been wise to hire a better writer. -5/10 [SSK]
City of the Living Dead (1980)
The gates of hell will open on All Saint's Day if a psychic and a reporter from New York can't stop an undead priest in time. My personal favorite from zombie-maestro Lucio Fulci, City of the Living Dead doesn't disappoint in any aspect of the film, gore or otherwise. -7/10 [SSK]
Corpses Are Forever (2003)
A CIA agent living in a post-zombie-apocalypse world takes injections to relive the memories of the guy who started the zombie epidemic. The story of Corpses Are Forever might sound intriguing, but you can barely decipher it amidst the absolutely atrocious production value and worthless writing, directing, and acting. -0/10 [SSK]
Creepshow (1982)
George Romero directed and Stephen King wrote this collection of five short horror stories based on an old series of EC comics, also called Creepshow. The entire movie is a powerhouse and offers some great zombie scenes in two of the stories: Father's Day and Something To Tide You Over. -10/10 [SSK]
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
The first official sequel to Romero's Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead starts in the midst of widespread zombie infestation as a group of survivors hold up inside a shopping mall using it as a fortress, but it eventually becomes their prison. Perhaps the greatest zombie movie ever made, Dawn of the Dead set the standard for independent horror/gore and has yet to be matched. -10/10 [SSK]
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
In the midst of widespread zombie infestation a group of survivors holds up in a shopping mall but eventually becomes restless and attempts escape by driving armored shuttle buses to the nearest dock. This high profile remake lacks all of the heart and soul of the original low-budget masterpiece, reducing the plot to a series of action film cliches. -6/10 [SSK]
Day of the Dead (1985)
The third installment of George A. Romero's zombie chronicles, Day of the Dead depicts an encampment of soldiers and scientists who are on the verge of civil war regarding the best way to deal with their current predicament. Although many hold the opposite opinion, and despite impressive make-up effects, I see this as the weakest of Romero's zombie films. -5/10 [SSK]
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005)
An in-name-only prequel to George A Romero's original film, Contagium shows a group of mental patients and the staff slowly get infected by the zombie virus. Don't even think about wasting your time with this unforgivable piece of crap. -1/10 [SSK]
Dead Alive a.k.a. Braindead (1992)
One of Peter Jackson's earliest films, Dead Alive features indestructible zombies, a Sumatran rat monkey, and a creepy dude that keeps all the zombies alive in his basement. This is maybe the goriest zombie movie I've ever seen and it features one of the best anti-zombie weapons ever, the lawnmower. -9/10 [BK]
The Dead Hate the Living! (2000)
A film crew making a zombie movie stumble upon a real life zombie factory in The Dead Hate the Living! This movie scores some points for being steeped in zombie trivia, but loses points for everything else it attempts. -3/10 [SSK]
Dead Heat (1998)
Treat Williams plays a cop who dies and is revived as a zombie by his partner, aptly played by Joe Piscopo. Dead Heat has everything you want in a B movie and nothing you don't want. -8/10 [SSK]
Dead Heist (2007)
A botched bank robbery turns ugly when a horde of zombies descends on the town where the thugs in question are held up. It was fun to see E-40 and Big Daddy Kane in a zombie flick, but Dead Heist is pretty worthless over all. -4/10 [SSK]
The Dead Next Door (1988)
The Dead Next Door features an extremely thin plot about a group of paramilitary soldiers scraping by in a post-apocalyptic world living next door to a cult that harbors zombies. The strength of The Dead Next Door lies in its effects, mostly because of the funding secretly provided by Sam Raimi, but everything else sucks because the production was headed by JR Bookwalter. -6/10 [SSK]
Deadhunter (2003)
An elite team of zombie killing secret service agents get called in to handle a potential zombie explosion. Not only was Dead Hunter one step shy of a gay Spanish porno, but they didn't even bother to add muzzle flare to the guns when they fire. -0/10 [SSK]
Demons a.k.a. Demoni (1985)
Produced by legendary Dario Argento, Demons follows a group of people watching a zombie flick in a theater when the demonic zombies come to life in the theater around them. Any of fan of the genre who hasn't seen this one needs to get on it. -9/10 [SSK]
Demons 2 a.k.a. Demoni 2 (1986)
The producer/director team from the first film return to bring you the same style of Demons, this time coming to life in an apartment building through the television set. Almost as good as the original, it had me all the way until the disappointing ending. -6/10 [SSK]
Diary of the Dead (2008)
The fourth installment of Romero's dead series, Diary of the Dead transports the characters - a group of film students filming a mummy movie - back to the first night of the zombie epidemic. It's generally well made and enjoyable, but it suffers from some major drawbacks, just like every George A Romero movie. -6/10 [SSK]
Doom (2005)
A roughneck group of Marines is sent to investigate a crisis on a Martian research facility where they find an experimental biological serum is turning people into zombies, and then monsters. Doom does a great job of staying true to the spirit of the game and has excellent horror-inspired action. -8/10 [SSK]
Evil (2005)
This first ever Greek zombie flick shows a random assortment of survivors trying to make sense of their situation in a zombie infested Athens. Evil is a well executed low budget film, but the material is nothing new. -6/10 [SSK]
The Evil Dead (1981)
A group of kids drive into the middle of nowhere for a secluded get away at an old cabin where they stumble across the Book of the Dead and unwittingly unleash a series of demonic zombies. Sam Raimi's first feature ever, The Evil Dead is a tour de force of low-budget film making and remains a monumental addition to the horror genre. -9/10 [SSK]
Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (1987)
The slightly-higher budgeted sequel to Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead, The Evil Dead 2 starts with the reluctant hero from the first film, Ash, as he continues to combat the undead brought back by the Book of the Dead which have a new cast of victims to terrorize. This movie is groovy as fuck. -10/10 [SSK]
The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar (1990)
(from Two Evil Eyes)The first part of Two Evil Eyes, an adaptation of the Poe story of the same name, tells the story of a woman who hypnotizes her dying husband to extort money, but the plan falls apart when the hypnotism keeps him alive after death. There are only a few scenes in this dud from George A Romero that I would consider zombie, and they are nowhere near cool enough to make up for this horrible piece of crap. -
1/10 [SSK]
Fido (2007)
In the 1950s, on an alternate timeline, society has been completely re-ordered due to widespread zombie infestation. Fido was definitely an exceptional modern zombie flick, but there were a lot of missed opportunities in the plot and filmmaking. -7/10 [SSK]
Flesh Freaks (2000)
An expedition to South America unleashes an undead plague. Flesh Freaks was barely a movie and wasn't even entertaining on fast forward. -1/10 [SSK]
Gangs of the Dead (2007)
A comet crashes to Earth and starts a zombie epidemic in the homeless population of an urban city, an epidemic that soon ensnares two rival gangs in the midst of a drug deal. Gangs of the Dead is a surprisingly well made low-budget zombie flick, and is pretty entertaining despite the worthless acting. -4/10 [SSK]
The Ghost Galleon (1974)
The third of Amando de Ossorio's four-part Blind Dead series, The Ghost Galleon this time places the undead Templar Knights on a ghostly Spanish galleon. This movie was so bad I couldn't force myself to stay awake, no matter how hard I tried. -2/10 [SSK]
The Ghostbreakers (1940)
Bob Hope plays a character strikingly similar to his own personality who gets comically entangled with a girl who is going to her family's mansion on some scary voodoo island. There's about five minutes in The Ghostbreakers that feature a single zombie, which was definitely not worth watching this piece of crap to see. -0/10 [SSK]
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2003)
A family living in rural Japan tries to cover up the gruesome deaths of patrons at their bed and breakfast in hopes of saving the family business. The Happiness of the Katakuris is one of the most bizarre, entertaining, and memorable musicals I've ever seen.7/10 [SSK]
Hard Rock Zombies (1985)
A van full of glam rockers show up in a backwater town that harbors a family of Nazis and monsters who kill the band members, only to have them come back as zombies bent on performing one last show. Hard Rock Zombies is so awful it's not even funny. -2/10 [SSK]
Heavy Metal (1981)
Based on the magazine of the same name, Heavy Metal is an animated anthology of sci-fi vignettes that includes "B-17", a story about a WWII bomber pilot attacked by the zombified corpses of his bomber crew. The gore artwork and zombie drawings are amazing and the whole thing has a truly horrific feel. -9/10 [SSK]
Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
Hell of the Living Dead is pretty much a complete rip-off of Dawn of the Dead, mixed with an Italian cannibal movie. Hell of the Living Dead is widely regarded as one of the worst movies ever, but I found some isolated pockets to be genuinely enjoyable. -3/10 [SSK]
Hood of the Living Dead (2005)
A young guy working at a science-y laboratory uses an experimental reanimating serum on his little brother when he falls victim to a drive-by shooting, turning him into a zombie. Hood of the Living Dead is a worthless, student-quality embarrassment.1/10 [SSK]
The House by the Cemetery (1981)
A scientist takes over a colleague's research and relocates his family to a creepy old house with a zombie living in the basement. Bland and predictable, The House by the Cemetery is a rare low in Italian-horror-auteur Lucio Fulci's career.5/10 [SSK]
House of the Dead (2003)
Based on the first person shooter arcade, House of the Dead pits an island of zombies against a group of unsuspecting raver kids. The inept director, Uwe Boll, ensured that this film would be incredibly sloppy and frustrating to watch.2/10 [SSK]
House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim (2006)
House of the Dead 2, a Sci-fi Channel original movie, follows two special agents as they infiltrate a college campus that has been overrun by zombies. Even though it was better than the original, this movie sucked so bad it wasn’t entertaining for a second.1/10 [SSK]
I Drink Your Blood (1970)
A group of Satan worshipping hippies get infected with rabies and wreak havoc on a small backwater berg. Someone claimed there were zombies in this movie, but not only are there not zombies, I barely qualify this as a movie.3/10 [SSK]
I Eat Your Skin (1964)
A swinging cat gets an assignment investigating a rash of zombies on Voodoo Island and does so with hilarious consequences. I Eat Your Skin is a kick ass old school B flick complete with zombies and hot broads, and a good example of director Del Tenney's unique style.6/10 [SSK]
I Walked With A Zombie (1943)
A young nurse takes over care of a zombified woman living in Haiti where the natives conduct mysterious ceremonies and hand out voodoo curses. The zombie scenes are few and far between as I Walked With A Zombie gets watered down with an overly dramatized love story and blatant racism. -4/10 [SSK]
I Was A Zombie For The F.B .I. (1982)
Two FBI agents are investigating strange occurrences at a popular cola bottling company that involve aliens, zombies, escaped convicts, and ZBeast. Made by students at Memphis University film school, I Was A Zombie For The FBI is a text book example of what not to do while making a movie. -2/10 [SSK]
Idle Hands (1999)
A stoner kid's hand gets possessed by a demon and forces him to kill a slew of people including his parents and his best friends, who come back to life as zombies. Idle Hands is a pretty kick ass horror comedy with some genuinely creepy stuff, and the ever beautiful Jessica Alba. -8/10 [SSK]
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies (1964)
A gypsy psychic lady at a carnival hypnotizes a kid into being a zombie hit man. TISCWSLABMUZ was terrible, confusing, and downright unintelligible at every turn. -0/10 [SSK]
King of the Zombies (1941)
After crash landing on a mystery-voodoo island a WASPy guy, an Irish, and Mantan Moreland get involved in a comedic series of events involving zombies, a castle, and a Nazi operative. King of the Zombies is important to the development of the genre, but it was inexcusably racist and demeaning to everyone involved. -5/10 [SSK]
Kung Fu Zombie (1982)
Well, there's zombies and kung-fu in Kung Fu Zombie. What more do you need to know? -5/10 [SSK]
Land of the Dead (2005)
The fourth chapter of George A Romero's zombie chronicles, Land of the Dead shows the break down of an enclosed society that consists of military, civilians, and the social elitists living in the ruins of a former metropolitan. This movie had some major flaws but was still a lot more entertaining than its predecessor, Day of the Dead. -4/10 [SSK]
The Last Man On Earth (1964)
Based on the book I Am Legend, Vincent Price stars as a lonely survivor in a world filled with zombie-like ghouls which he hunts during the day time. Perhaps the first modern zombie film, there is a lot to love about this movie, including the fact that it inspired George Romero to make Night of the Living Dead. -7/10 [SSK]
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Dracula takes the guise of an evil Chinese sorcerer and travels to China to resurrect the legendary 7 Golden Vampires. The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires, a joint effort between Hammer Horror and the Shaw Brothers, is a brilliant mix of genres and a must for fans of both zombies and kung-fu. -8/10 [SSK]
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
An unlikely couple is traveling through the English countryside when an experimental pest control technology raises the dead from their graves. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie is unlike any other zombie film and is brilliantly, amazingly awesome. -9/10 [SSK]
The Living Dead Girl (1982)
A girl is brought back to life as a zombie and lives a strange life in her former home, with her former lesbian lover taking care of her, feeding her victims. The Living Dead Girl is visually impressive, sexy, and is a surprisingly exceptional example of Jean Rollin's work, but it falls flat in a lot of ways. -5/10 [SSK]
Mansion of the Living Dead (1985)
A group of lesbians congregates at a seedy abandoned motel for some softcore petting, but get gang raped zombies instead. This movie is just as worthless as it sounds. -0/10 [SSK]
My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
A high school kid dies after saving the life of his true love and he returns from the dead for the chance to take her to the prom. My Boyfriend's Back is a hilariously weird and original take on the zombie / romance genre, complete with a smoking hot female lead. -7/10 [SSK]
Night of the Comet (1984)
Radiation from a comet kills most of the Earth's population and turns the rest into zombies, leaving the few survivors to fend for themselves. This is a genius example of low budget film making and a must for fans.8/10 [SSK]
Night of the Creeps (1986)
An alien worm infested corpse is revived from suspended animation and wreaks havoc on a college campus, turning many into zombies. Night of the Creeps is a genius salute to B movies by writer/director Fred Dekker (Monster Squad) and is a must for fans of cult.9/10 [SSK]
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
A small group of people barricade themselves into a remote farmhouse as they struggle to understand and combat the hordes of animated corpses that have suddenly overtaken the area. This movie is great and extremely influential, but it's so hard to watch (due to writing, acting, and budget) that it is far from my favorite zombie flick.7/10 [SSK]
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
A small group of people barricade themselves into a remote farmhouse as they struggle to understand and combat the hordes of animated corpses that have suddenly overtaken the area. Probably the most legitimate remake of all time, this version has some major improvements on the original but failed to wow me with the zombie effects and seems to pander to the audience too much.5/10 [SSK]
Night of the Living Dead 3-D (2006)
The third version of Night of the Living Dead has nothing to do with the original two, except it has zombies and a house. I didn't watch the 3-D version of the DVD, but I'm sure the pop-out zombie hands wouldn't have been enough to save this abysmal waste of time.1/10 [SSK]
The Night of the Seagulls (1975)
The final chapter of Amando de Ossorio's four-part Blind Dead series, The Night of the Seagulls features the same undead Templar Knights, but now they are content to kill only 7 virgins from the local village each year. Even though the boob count increased from the previous Blind Dead blunder, I had to revert to MST3K mode just to survive this snoozer. -0/10 [SSK]
Nightmare City (1980)
A nuclear spill turns a plane full of people into zombies and they terrorize the local city. Despite the laughable production quality, I still got some enjoyment out of it (in a pathetic B-movie way). -6/10 [SSK]
The Omega Man (1971)
Charleton Heston is the last man on a post-apocalyptic Earth, pitted against vicious mutant zombies who will stop at nothing to destroy him. This is one of Heston's finest performances, and I'd like to see a lot more post-apocalyptic settings for zombies. -7/10 [BK]
Pet Sematary (1989)
Stephen King wrote the script for this flick about an Indian burial ground that brings the dead back to life. I liked this movie as a kid, but now I find it cheesy and dated. -6/10 [SSK]
Pet Sematary 2 (1992)
The sequel continues in the same house as the first, right next to the Indian burial ground that brings the dead back to life. I personally enjoyed this one a lot more than the original. -8/10 [SSK]
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
A stately British doctor visits a colleague in the English countryside to help investigate a series of mysterious deaths and finds zombiism to be the culprit. It was impressive and entertaining to see legendary horror film studio Hammer Films' treatment of the zombie genre, complete with top notch production values. -9/10 [SSK]
Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)
A race of aliens brings the dead back to life in an attempt to take over Earth. Directed by the infamous Ed Wood, and touted as the worst movie ever, Plan 9 From Outer Space falls into the category of “so bad it’s good”. -3/10 [SSK]
Planet Terror (2007)
The first half of the Grindhouse double feature, Planet Terror directed by Robert Rodriguez, depicts a renegade unit of soldiers who inadvertently release a zombie toxin on the unsuspecting public. From start to finish, Planet Terror is a tour-de-force of zombie filmmaking and a wonderful homage to B-movie greatness. -10/10 [SSK]
Prince of Darkness (1987)
A group of scientists faces off against the physical manifestation of evil on Earth, a tube of green liquid that hypnotizes the local bums into obedient zombies. Prince of Darkness was made during John Carpenter's hot streak and is an awesomely entertaining flick all around. -7/10 [SSK]
Psych-Out (1968)
A runaway shows up in San Francisco during the hippy hay day to find her brother who sent her a postcard stating simply "God is alive and well in a sugar cube." Psych-Out is a hilarious hippy freak out flick starring Jack Nicholson and features a brief hallucination in which everyone looks like zombies.2/10 [SSK]
Raiders of the Living Dead (1985)
Some kids and a reporter guy have to deal with zombies that come from somewhere. Raiders of the Living Dead makes even less sense than my plot synopsis and has a severe lack of gore.1/10 [SSK]
Re-Animator (1985)
Based on H.P. Lovecraft's short story, Re-Animator tells the story of Herbert West, a med student who enlists the help of a fellow student to conduct illegal tests involving a chemical re-agent that brings the dead back to life. This is truly one of the monumental greats of the zombie genre.10/10 [SSK]
Redneck Zombies (1986)
A family of rednecks tries to use a barrel of nuclear waste as a still to make moonshine and ends up turning all the local hillbillies into ravenous zombies. Redneck Zombies, a Troma Studio release, is entertaining despite its abysmal film making.5/10 [SSK]
Resident Evil (2002)
Based on the popular video game, Resident Evil tells the tale of a zombie outbreak resulting from a renegade AI program that releases test subjects from an Umbrella Corporation facility. I loved the game, and this adaptation had the potential to be excellent, but it was quite the opposite.2/10 [SSK]
Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
Resident Evil: Apocalypse picks up right after the first movie, but Umbrella Corporation has quarantined now Raccoon City, along with everyone inside. All flash and no substance, I didn’t enjoy a single second of it.3/10 [SSK]
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Years after the events in Apocalypse, Extinction shows us a ragtag group of survivors trying to eek out an existence in a barren wasteland who become entangled in the struggle between Umbrella Corporation and Milla Jovavich's character. Just like all of the Resident Evil movies, Extinction is a mindless, soulless action flick that features watered down cliche depictions of zombies coupled with terrible digital effects. -3/10 [SSK]
Return of the Blind Dead aka Return of the Evil Dead (1973)
The second of Amando de Ossorio's four-part Blind Dead series, Return of the Evil Dead again depicts undead Templar Knights rising from their tombs, but this time they ride out to terrorize the local village and its inhabitants. In many ways an improvement on the first movie, this chapter of the series held my attention all the way until the very end, where it all fell apart. -5/10 [SSK]
Return of the Living Dead (1985)
This is one of the bastard children of Night of the Living Dead, complete with indestructible zombies and those great zombies that want "BRAAIIINNSSS." This is a horror-comedy, but it's version of zombies is truly scary, and the movie is enjoyable from beginning to end. -10/10 [MR]
Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
A young boy growing up in the suburbs witnesses the release of a new zombie epidemic when the neighborhood punks find a canned zombie and release the deadly chemical Trioxin into the local cemetery. An awesome horror-comedy and an appropriate sequel, Return of the Living Dead Part 2 is a must for zombie fans. -8/10 [SSK]
Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
When the son of an army officer crashes his motorcycle and kills his girlfriend he takes her to the top secret Trioxin testing facility his dad works for and brings her back from the dead. This movie abandoned the comedy associated with this series and opted for a half baked love story between two whiny punk ass kids who are definitely not worth wasting and hour-and-a-half watching.4/10 [SSK]
Return of the Living Dead 4: Necropolis (2006)
Return of the Living Dead 4 follows a group of teens as they infiltrate an evil corporation to save their friend from becoming a Trioxin test subject. Generally pretty boring, this movie did have some kick ass zombie murders and was definitely an improvement on the third film.2/10 [SSK]
Return of the Living Dead 5: Rave to the Grave (2005)
This time a Trioxin barrel shows up in a college kid's garage and his industrious friends press into pills called "Z" that they sell to all the local raver kids. Featuring the same cast and crew as Necropolis, Return 5 is in many ways an improvement on the two before and is actually quite entertaining.7/10 [SSK]
Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
A group of French soldiers are sent to Cambodia to find and destroy an ancient zombie-creation ritual but one of the troops usurps the power for his own and raises an army of entranced zombies. Revolt of the Zombies falls tragically short of being either entertaining or memorable.3/10 [SSK]
Santo y Blue Demon contra los Monstruos (1970)
Santo and Blue Demon, luchadores that never take their masks off, face off against a long list of classic horror movie monsters. Hilarious and campy to the extreme, Santo y Blue Demon contra los Monstruos is an entertainingly thoughtless Mexican wrestling flick steeped in B movie grandeur.6/10 [SSK]
SARS WARS: Bangkok Zombie Crisis (2004)
In this Thai film, the SARS virus is causing zombiism and only two dudes with swords can save the day. This movie is a laugh riot that must be viewed after consuming large amounts of beer and hash.5/10 [BK]
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
A scientist is enlisted by a pharmaceutical company to go to Haiti and research a compound that is reputed to turn healthy living people into zombies. The Serpent and the Rainbow is chillingly accurate (it's based on the book of the same name that was based on real events) and features amazing hallucinogenic sequences and impressive visual effects.8/10 [SSK]
Shaolin vs Evil Dead (2004)
A Taoist priest, played by Gordon Liu, and his disciples must navigate through a cursed land in order to return wandering souls to their graves. Even though the whole thing was rushed, there's a lot to love about Shaolin vs Evil Dead.8/10 [SSK]
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Shaun, a full time loser, and his best bud Ed, an even bigger loser, get thrust into the driver seat of their lives when a zombie epidemic invades London and they are forced to take action to save themselves and their loved ones. One of my favorite zombie flicks and a fresh new comedic take on the genre, Shaun of the Dead is a heroic effort by its director/writer Edgar Wright and its star/writer Simon Pegg.10/10 [SSK]
Stacy (2001)
Teenage girls all over the planet have been inexplicably turning into zombies, forcing the world to cope with the crisis. Stacy, a Japanese film, is a wonderfully-done, low-budget homage to the greatest zombie apocalypse movies.9/10 [SSK]
Street Zombies (1993)
A new drug called Ozone is turning street urchins and thugs into zombies. There's nothing good to be said about this horrible waste of time.2/10 [SSK]
Teenage Zombies (1959)
A group of four teens discovers an uncharted island on which a mad doctor is manufacturing zombie toxin in hopes of raising an army. Teenage Zombies is officially one of the 50 worst movies EVER made.0/10 [SSK]
Terror Creatures From The Grave (1965)
A lawyer shows up at a villa in the Italian countryside only to find that his client is a plague-spreading zombie (that is never actually shown on the screen). I appreciate that this is an early B zombie flick from Italy, but Terror Creatures From The Grave is mostly terrible.4/10 [SSK]
Tombs of the Blind Dead (1971)
The first of Amando de Ossorio's four-part Blind Dead series, Tombs of the Blind Dead features undead Templar Knights rising from their tombs to kill an unsuspecting woman which prompts her husband to investigate. Despite low production value and a lack of plot, this movie delivers some memorable zombie attacks and impressive imagery. -5/10 [SSK]
Toxic Zombies (1980)
Government agents dust a field of marijuana with experimental pesticide that turns the hippy cultivators into murderous zombies. Toxic Zombies is unbearably terrible, but there are a few redeeming qualities (like the murderous zombie hippies).3/10 [SSK]
Undead (2003)
Aliens invading Earth turn humans into zombies and generally wreak havoc. The pointless story wasn't helped by the terrible execution.2/10 [SSK]
Vengeance of the Zombies (1973)
A shady serial killer exacts a campaign of revenge against those that wronged him, employing violent zombie henchman to do his bidding. Vengeance of the Zombies is one of the best of the super-campy 70s zombie flicks, because it out camps the competition.3/10 [SSK]
Versus (2000)
Versus features escaped convicts, gangsters, and zombies, all of whom know how to use weapons and like to wire-fight. Made by fan boys for fan boys, you have to have extremely low standards to get any enjoyment out of this stinker.1/10 [SSK]
Waxwork (1988)
A group of teens gets trapped in a sinister wax museum in which the exhibits are portals to different horror-movie-inspired worlds. The parody of Night of the Living Dead is funny and well executed, and is definitely one of the highlights of a good flick.7/10 [SSK]
Waxwork 2: Lost in Time (1992)
The two survivors from the first film travel to a different dimension, one populated by different horror movies played out forever, to find evidence of the truth about their friends' deaths. Waxwork 2 is light on story and heavy on horror-movie-inspired madness, complete with an awesome parody of the original Dawn of the Dead and a memorable cameo by Bruce Campbell. -9/10 [SSK]
White Zombie (1932)
A young couple show up in Haiti with plans to be married, but their host employs a voodoo practitioner played by Bela Lugosi to put the would-be-bride under the curse of the zombie, putting her into a hypnotized dream state. The first true zombie film ever made, White Zombie is just as good, if not better, than the other classic Hollywood horror from the 1930s. -8/10 [SSK]
Wild Zero (2000)
Aliens unleash a zombie epidemic on the Earth, leaving the Japanese punk band Guitar Wolf to pick up the pieces. If you like punk rock - REAL punk rock - and you like zombies - REAL zombies - then you'll love Wild Zero. -9/10 [SSK]
Zombi Holocaust (1980)
An island society of cannibals has been subjugated by a mad scientist who performs experiments in hopes of making the dead rise from the grave, and only a band of white people from New York can save them. It’s amazing how many aspects of bad film making are incorporated into Zombi Holocaust.3/10 [SSK]
Zombi 2: The Dead Are Among Us AKA Zombie (1979)
Four people travel to a remote island where they find a scientist doing experiments on the walking dead that have recently begun to infest the island. Zombi 2, directed by Lucio Fulci, is probably my favorite Italian zombie movie, which makes it damn close my favorite zombie movie of all time.9/10 [SSK]
Zombi 3 aka Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 (1987)
A chemical that causes zombie-ism is stolen from a top secret test site and inadvertently released on an island, prompting the local military to kill everyone and everything in the area. Zombi 3 is entertaining but lacks the style and focus of its predecessor, probably because direction was abandoned by Lucio Fulci and taken over by Bruno Mattei.5/10 [SSK]
Zombie 4: After Death (1988)
This unlicensed Zombi sequel features a band of mercenaries that gets ambushed by voodoo zombies. This is by far the worst of the series.2/10 [SSK]
Zombie 5: Killing Birds (1987)
A band of murderous birds somehow influence a small crew of zombies to attack a group of college students working on their senior thesis. Zombie 5: Killing Birds makes the opposite of sense and is the opposite of good.0/10 [SSK]
Zombie Honeymoon (2004)
A young couple's honeymoon gets cut short when the guy gets infected by a zombie and slowly becomes a member of the living dead. There were some perks to Zombie Honeymoon, like the boobs, but the huge amount of shitty acting and terrible dialogue was unwatchable.3/10 [SSK]
Zombie Lake (1981)
A group of Nazis killed by villagers were dumped in a nearby lake in WWII and now they've come back to feast on naked locals. The presence of copious nudity is commendable, but this is textbook example of a mindlessly terrible Jean Rollin piece of schlock.2/10 [SSK]
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
An underwater salvage team attempts to recover, from a sunken vessel, diamonds protected by voodoo zombies. Zombies of Mora Tau is one of my favorite of the classic black and white voodoo zombie flicks, partially because of the underwater zombies.7/10 [SSK]
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