Zombies/ Re-Animation Horror
28 Days Later (2002)
"Fans of zombie movies are sure to either love or hate
28 Days Later. The plot is dependent on character building scenes, where you take a breather and really start to care about the people living through the the disease and destruction. Just when you think you can relax, the fast zombies of
28 Days Later create a frantic pace, leaving you on the edge of your seat.
Not your typical zombie movie, but definitely an original addition to the sub-genre." -
Miss Macabre
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
"What more is there to say about George Romero’s magnum opus that hasn’t been pondered over and dissected by horror fans since this masterpiece came out thirty years ago?
The layering of metaphor upon metaphor (death is stalking us, we’re all just going through the motions, consumerism is eating our brains and souls) never once detracts from the simple joy and terror of this epic gorefest. Tom Savini makes a name for himself, Dario Argento produces, Ken Foree becomes a genre icon and Romero solidifies his position as the inventor and master of the living dead subgenre of horror.
If you haven’t seen it, you aren’t a horror fan...it’s just that simple." -
Roderick Usher
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
"This is Lewton's most subtle and lingering horror film, and one with a distinct flavor that was never quite stirred into his films before or after. Loosely based on the novel Jane Eyre, the film explores a young nurses travels to the West Indies, where she finds that her modern medicine is in competition to that of the island's voodoo- and losing.
What follows is a rythmic and gradual descent into insanity, one that is not easy to shake off...even after multiple viewings." -
Alkytrio666
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Zombi 2 aka
Zombie aka
Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
"While Lucio Fulci's zombie classic may lack the stylization of Argento or Bava, it certainly makes up for it in pure charm. The film carries no political or social commentary, doesn't overtly try to be funny, it is just plainly and simply a gory zombie flick. It is perhaps this ethos (and the fact that it's carried out so well) that have made this film such a classic.
What is probably most amazing, however, about
Zombi 2 is the number of classic scenes it contains, not only in the zombie sub-genre, but in all of horror itself. Who doesn't wince every time they see that eyeball gouged out by a bit of wood? Who doesn't stare wide-eyed at the "gut feast" or Auretta Gay's throat being torn out? Or perhaps the most important question of all is, who did you root for: zombie or shark?" -
Fortunato
Honorable Mentions:
[*REC] (2007)
Day of the Dead (1985)