Your favorite zombie movies

[AmIDreaming]

Now I hate it when a zombie movie takes 45mins for the shit to hit the fan some of the best ones the shit starts during the intro or within the first 10mins but my two favorites don't, they just end so awesomely that it makes up for it:

Dead Snow
&
Dead Alive

so what are your favorites & why?

[Straker]

Dead Snow was the Norwegian/ Nazi flick, right? It was ok in parts, kinda fun...

Some of my favourites include:

Night of the Living Dead
Dawn of the Dead
Cemetery Man
Plague of Zombies
Zombi 2

Outside of Night of the Living Dead, my favourite zombie flick is The Video Dead. Great Fulci styled zombies, creative and unique ideas (story is not all that creative, just certain aspects are awesome) and tons of nostalgia.

[neverending]

White Zombie and Fido.

[knife_fight]

Besides the classics, I really like Cemetery Man and Wild Zero.

[AmIDreaming]

I know the movies I like are cheesy but I would rather see people fighting zombies than spending the whole movie running & hiding from them and then just end it with a big ass explosion.

[AmIDreaming]

Besides the classics, I really like Cemetery Man and Wild Zero.

never heard of Wild Zero is it pretty good?

[AmIDreaming]

never heard of Wild Zero is it pretty good?

Just looked it up and it looks freakin awesome. A must see

[Sculpt]

Night of the Living Dead. likes- Movie stays very realistic, kind of a "the birds" vibe. creepy fitting soundtrack, good pacing. not well developed characters, but very believable, and you care about them.

[Toadliquor]

Return of the Living Dead: Just a really fun movie with a great cast, great storyline, and a great soundtrack

Doghouse: Fun British Zombie comedy

Dawn of the Dead ('04 reboot): Greatest remake/reboot ever

Zombi 3: WHile Zombi 2 gets a lot of attention because of the swimming zombi, its very plodding and dull in some parts. I find Zombi 3 a lot more entertaining

Land of the Dead: Most thought provoking zombie movie, and one of the only zombie movies that makes you really wonder who the true monsters are.

[CreedNoir]

28 Days Later would be very close to one of my all time favorite zombie movie.

[roshiq]

Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
The Revenant (09)
Harold's Going Stiff (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1579235/?ref_=sr_1) (2011)
Fido (2006)
Zombi 2 (1979)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Cemetery Man (1994)

[realdealblues]

I have quite a few that I watch on a fairly regular basis. Some are absolutely terrible but I like them because of that...

Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
Shock Waves (1977)
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Zombi 2 (1979)
City Of The Living Dead (1980)
Nightmare City (1980)
The Beyond (1981)
Burial Ground: The Nights Of Terror (1981)
Hell Of The Living Dead (1981)
House By The Cemetery (1981)
Zombie Lake (1981)
Oasis Of The Zombies (1983)
Night Of The Comet (1984)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Hard Rock Zombies (1985)
Re-Animator (1985)
Return Of The Living Dead (1985)
Night Of The Creeps (1986)
Zombie Nightmare (1986)
Return Of The Living Dead II (1988)
Dead Alive (1992)
The Dead Hate The Living (2000)
Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
Land Of The Dead (2005)
Fido (2006)
Zombieland (2009)

[AmIDreaming]

Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
The Revenant (09)
Harold's Going Stiff (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1579235/?ref_=sr_1) (2011)
Fido (2006)
Zombi 2 (1979)
Day of the Dead (1985)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
Cemetery Man (1994)

Not to be an ass or anything but I think The Revenant is technically a vampire movie but it is in my top 20 best horror movies of all time.

[phantomstranger]

Night Of The Living Dead-simply because it's the best

[Zombie369]

My favorites are:

Night of the Living Dead (both the original and the remake)
Day of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead (the remake)
Land of the Dead
Resident Evil (only the first one, the rest sucked)
28 Days Later
Hell of the Living Dead (pretty bad rip-off of Dawn of the Dead but it was still an entertaining zombie movie)

Two movies that I really want to see are Zombi 2 and Nightmare City. After watching Hell of the Living Dead I've been wanting to get more Itallian zombie movies and those two looked really good.

[MichaelMyers]

Hard to choose just one.

But...

I'll go with I Eat Your Skin.

[ZombieCoop]

Dawn of the Dead (original)
Dawn of the Dead (remake)
Night of the Living Dead (original)
Night of the Living Dead (remake, it was OK!)
Day of the Dead (original)
Land of the Dead
The Horde
Dead Snow
28 Days Later
The Dead
Zombie Flesheaters
Zombieland
Shaun of the Dead

My minds gone blank! I'm sure there's more than that!

[JasonLuck]

I have a new favorite zombie movie. Its not a horror, but a romantic comedy.

Drum roll.............WARM BODIES.

I watched it with my gf not expecting anything, but it turned out to be really well done, funny, and heart warming.

Definitely worth a watch.

[Zombie369]

Oh yeah I remember Warm Bodies, it was actually pretty good. :)

[sleepaway]

I agree, Warm Bodies was surprisingly good.

But my list would be the same as a lot of others - the first 4 Romero ones, the Savini remake plus Shaun of the Dead and the first 2 Return of the Living Deads.

[Rela1024]

Shaun of the Dead and Return of the Living Dead (the tar zombie was my favorite)

[TokyoTenshi]

Would be Night of the living dead (remake), Return of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead.. these are my most favorite.

[xX_StarChild_Xx]

Would be Night of the living dead (remake), Return of the Living Dead, Shaun of the Dead.. these are my most favorite. Have you seen I, Zombie or Zombie Honeymoon? I thought they were both interesting takes on the zombie mythology. The former being a quiet and absorbing study on lonliness and the latter putting kind of a rom sitcom spin on it. I would recommend them both if you haven't seen em.

[TokyoTenshi]

Have you seen I, Zombie or Zombie Honeymoon? I thought they were both interesting takes on the zombie mythology. The former being a quiet and absorbing study on lonliness and the latter putting kind of a rom sitcom spin on it. I would recommend them both if you haven't seen em.

I haven't seen them, but they sound interesting! But they sound rare, I'll try to find them. Thank you for the recommendation :) If you have any more recommendation, do let me know :)

[metternich1815]

Here is a list of my top-ten favorite zombie movies (in order of preference) with explanations on why I like them:

1.The Night of the Living Dead (1968)- A very brilliant film. The film that created the zombie sub-genre in its preset and most known format. I loved the social and political messages- intended or not, they are still there. The acting was sometimes a little stale, but, generally, really good. Definitely one of the best, if not the best (which it is according to me), zombie films.

2. The Evil Dead (1981)- I know, it is debatable whether these are zombies or not, but I consider them to be demonic zombies. This movie was an all-around great film and honestly it is my favorite in the (Evil Dead) series.

3. Diary of the Dead (2008)- I know a lot of people hated this movie, but I loved it. I actually thought it was quite brilliant. The films featured a great deal of zombies and was even funny at parts, while also very effectively exploring the dark side of humanity. It was a great comment on the times that we are living in. Granted, it has a very dark, somber tone, but I actually thoroughly liked that aspect of the film. It shocks me that so many people hate this movie.

4. 28 Days Later (2002)- It could be argued that the zombies is this film are not really zombies because they were not necessarily dead, but for all intents and purposes they were zombies. I thought this film was a very well-made British film. That was very effective at exploring the dark side of humanity. What is fascinating is that this film is more about the humans than the zombies.

5. Dawn of the Dead (1978)- Definitely a very good movie. I loved the political and social themes. The acting was really good and the story equally good. This film, like all the best zombie films, effectively explores humanity- the good and bad side. The remake was pretty good too, but the original is,by far, better.


6. Return of the Living Dead (1985)- I thought this was a very good movie and I especially liked the humorous aspects of it. As well as some of the one-liners, my favorite being "send more paramedics". The ending is also pretty funny, in my opinion


7. The Evil Dead (2013)- Of course, the original Evil Dead is brilliant (and still my favorite of the two), but I found the remake to be really good as well. The plot was interesting and they did a great deal of character development for a modern film. I especially liked how they used elements of the original film, but used them in new and interesting ways, creating an entirely different film.

8. Zombie 2 (1980)- This film was very interesting indeed. In the usual Fulci fashion, it has a very unique logic. That is what is so fascinating about many of Fulci's films. The film was quite captivating especially being a B-Movie and includes such scenes as a zombie fighting with a (tiger) shark and,of course, the famous eye-gouging out scene. Definitely a must-see.

9. Shaun of the Dead (2004)- This film was definitely a very interesting spin on the zombie genre. Personally, I did not really consider it laugh out loud funny, although it certainly had such moments. It was more of a situational comedy. Overall, I thought the film was very interesting and unique (and definitely recommend seeing it).

10. The Beyond (1981)- This film is not the usual, straight zombie film. Zombies are just one of the creatures featured. This film also included witches (a witch, I think), ghosts, and spiders (among other things). Like other Fulci films, this follows a unique logic, but the logic of this is far more out-there than some of his other films. This film is more closely described as a nightmare being caught on film. Despite its unusual nature (which, by the way, is what I love about it), it is definitely worth a watch.

So, here is the list of my top-ten zombie films. Of course, I know that not everyone will agree with it and that is fine. I should also note that there are still some zombie films I have not seen such as, Zombieland, Dead Snow, Fido, Cemetary Man, any Day of the Dead films, I am Legend, or 28 Weeks later.

[xX_StarChild_Xx]

I will definitely be looking into Fulci's films. I have not seen any of them. I especially like the idea behind The Beyond (how he structured it as if it were a dream). And I have tons of recommendations! I'll give more when I get to a proper computer instead of this phone. Haha

[tiff_vicki_bride]

My favorite would have to be dawn of the dead both original and 2004 remake I used to watch the remake all the time as a kid I know that movie line for line.

Day of the dead which has nick cannon in it is pretty good the zombies are not typical slow they are fast and quite athletic.

warm bodies the chick flick of zombie movies :o

zombie land one of the funniest zombie movies i ever watched and i liked all the main characters well the actors i mean and i liked the whole kill of the week and the zombie tips to surviving "zombie land".

evil dead i prefer the original the new one not to good i think

[Jungell]

There are so many different kinds of zombie movies... My favorite just straight up zombie movies would be; Dawn of the Dead, Zombi 2, Rec and 28 days later. Possably Dead Meat too.

But if more occult themed movies are to be included, a Fulci flick or two would make the list. If action is included then I would even throw in a Resident Evil movie. They are horrible but the action is just so damn entertaining...

I don't know. There are just too many zombie movies and it's difficult to put one over the other since many of them are so different from each other.

[CaraBloodyCara]

I love Zombi 2 and Shaun of the Dead.

I'm from Pittsburgh, so the original Romero movies are kind of a big deal around here. I was raised to love Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead.

[AlexSivier]

I really like Dawn of the Dead (+remake) and 28 days/months later.
And Shaun of the Dead holds a special place in my heart.
By my true favourite is Splinter.

[Rob27]

I love Zombi 2 and Shaun of the Dead.

I'm from Pittsburgh, so the original Romero movies are kind of a big deal around here. I was raised to love Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead.

Night of the Living Dead is definitely my favourite. Shaun of the Dead was quite good as it's something different and new, and produced a few laughs too!

[Evermoredarkly_]

Dawn of the Dead.

[Sicknero]

Night of the Living Bread (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktD27xVIncg)

[Giganticface]

The French film Mutants (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1146320/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) offers a unique, personal spin on the zombie theme, tackling questions about what to do if a loved one were infected. The last half hour degrades a bit into run-of-the-mill zombie fighting, but the majority of the film is both suspenseful and heartbreaking, with some good body horror.

http://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag76/timmaster/7199c1bb-3f34-4827-972f-ea7ffe0b8e77_zpseec48c9e.jpg

[Haifisch]

Dawn of the Dead 2004
Day of the Dead (the original)
The Video Dead
Planet Terror
Meatball Machine
Fido
Return of the Living Dead
28 Days Later
Pet Sematary
I'm sure I've forgotten a few. There are so many I love.

[Fearonsarms]

The Beyond
City Of The Living Dead
The House By The Cemetery
Zombi 2/Zombie Flesh Eaters
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
I Walked With A Zombie
Night Of The Living Dead
Dawn Of The Dead
Day Of The Dead
Land Of The Dead
The Living Dead Girl
The Evil Dead
Plague Of The Zombies
White Zombie
Braindead/Dead Alive
Burial Ground
28 Days Later
28 Weeks Later
Beyond Re-animator
The Cabin In The Woods
Dellamore Dellamorte/Cemetery Man
Dead and Buried
Pet Semartary
Return Of The Living Dead Parts 1-3

[NightOfTheLiving_Sam]

Night Of The Living Dead: Favorite one!
28 days later
28 weeks later
Dawn of the Dead 1978
Dead Alive
Dead-girl
Diary Of The Dead
REC
REC 2
Resident Evil: just the first one
Zombieland

I'm planning on watching more, but these are the ones I've seen so far.

[Tahrgat]

My favorite is George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead.

[urgeok2]

Every Romero film, but Day is my Favourite
Fido
Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetary Man)


there are a few I've forgotten the names of - both British

one is just the name of a kid - it's a zombie movie from the perspective of the zombie

and another that is more of a 28 days later kind of deal (starts in a lab)

[Elvis_Christ]

one is just the name of a kid - it's a zombie movie from the perspective of the zombie


Colin

[urgeok2]

Colin

yeah!

loved that film ... with the exception of that stupid party full of nerds

[Elvis_Christ]

yeah!

loved that film ... with the exception of that stupid party full of nerds

It had an interesting approach rather than just being the usual standard low budget affair.

[ChronoGrl]

I'd like to give a shout out to two independent and well-done zombie movies:

American Zombie (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765430/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (2007) - Mockumentary about a Zombie Community. Really well-crafted and acted.

ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1134674/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (2009) - Lots of fun.


And as for personal favorites, I love Shaun of the Dead and 28 Weeks Later (if you want to call that a "zombie" movie vs. an "infection" movie).

Does Night of the Comet count as a zombie movie? Also adore that one.

The hubby watches and rewatches the Dawn of the Dead remake a lot, so I've grown fond of that one too.

Night of the Living Dead is such a classic to me; I had so many nightmares of being stalked by slow-moving corpses as a kid (I'd always climb trees to escape them - Can Romero zombies climb trees?)

[urgeok2]

It had an interesting approach rather than just being the usual standard low budget affair.

I don't for a second believe it just cost $75 to make ..

it either cost nothing (all time, etc was donated) or it cost more

it just sounds cool when marketing

but yeah - it was very well done

I love it when you can be manipulated into feeling sorry for what is traditionally the bad guy

[Elvis_Christ]

I love it when you can be manipulated into feeling sorry for what is traditionally the bad guy

I've been waiting for that to be worked into the zombie genre more often along with the idea of intelligent zombies like the dude from Land of the Dead.

[urgeok2]

I've been waiting for that to be worked into the zombie genre more often along with the idea of intelligent zombies like the dude from Land of the Dead.

have you seen Fido yet?

[Elvis_Christ]

have you seen Fido yet?

Dug it a lot. I'm pretty harsh on horror comedies but that one was just really sharp. Brilliant stuff.

[urgeok2]

Dug it a lot. I'm pretty harsh on horror comedies but that one was just really sharp. Brilliant stuff.

proudly Canadian :)

[lucioargento]

My favourite genre - although not the newer wave of fast-moving-zombie films being churned out seemingly on a weekly basis! Dawn of the Dead remake excepted - that is awesome, with one of the best starts to any film ever!
My faves are:
Zombie flesh eaters (uncut of course!)
Living dead at the manchester morgue (creepy)
Dawn of the dead (original)
city of the Living Dead
dawn of the mummy (great finale)
the beyond
And of the non traditional ones......
dead and buried
demons

Bound to have forgotten some.
and all IMHO of course!
Any suggestions similar to these for me to seek out gratefully accepted!

[Triombies]

Night of the Living Dead.
Dawn of the Dead.
Day of the Dead.
Zombie Flesh Eaters.
Shaun of the Dead.
The Return of the Living Dead.

[Geordie9]

Dawn Of The Dead (Original)

Day Of The Dead (definitely the original, i really want to rant about that so called remake but i won't)!!

Night Of The Living Dead (1990)

28 Days & 28 Weeks Later

Return Of The Living Dead 1 & 2 & 3

Reanimator 1 & 2

Braindead aka Dead Alive

Shaun Of The Dead

Zombieland

Rec 1 & 2

Demons 1 & 2

Zombie Nosh aka FleshEater

Hell Of The Living Dead

The Dead

Poultrygeist Night Of The Chicken Dead

Planet Terror

World War Z

The Video Dead

[FryeDwight]

LOVE Zombie flicks and here is my Top Ten...
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)-All time favorite film period. Still scary as hell. 1990 remake isn't really necessary, but worth seeing.
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978). excellent film by Romero and saw this at many "Midnight Movies" in the early 80's and always brought new "victims" to experience it. Been to Pittsburgh twice (1995 KISS KONVENTION and 2007 MONSTER BASH) and HAD to visit The Monroeville Mall.
DAY OF THE DEAD (1985). Was psyched to see this in the theatres and was really let down by it. A couple of years went by and a video rental got me back on track and I really started liking it more. After reading about the problems George had making it, my appreciation continued to rise and while it's not as good as the first two, certainly great and Savini's FX is awesome.
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD (1985). Prefer my zombies slower, but this is so wacky and frantic that I can overlook that.
RE-ANIMATOR (1985). Don't recall seeing this on previous posts for this thread. Ballsy as hell and certainly tasteless.
DAWN OF THE DEAD (2004). One of the best remakes ever.
28 WEEKS LATER (200-?) Liked 28 DAYS LATER, but think this is better. Good performances by all, especially Robert Carlyle and Jeremy Renner.
SUGAR HILL (1973). Cheesy AIP flick, but the zombies are pretty scary.
ZOMBIE (1979). My favorite Fulci flick and as I mentioned in another post, one of the best gross outs ever.
NIGHT OF THE CREEPS (1986)/ DEAD ALIVE (1992)-Had to make it a tie for #10 Really like these ...funny, awesome FX for the budget and I actually like the characters a lot too.

[tfantasy]

Dead Snow - very entertaining
World War Z - fast zombies freak me out!
Dawn of the Dead (both versions) - I just like the story line
Day of the Dead (both versions) - they're fun
Land of the Dead - smart zombies freak me out!
Resident Evil series - love them!!

[horcrux2007]

Zombie movies are my least favorite types of horror movies, but I really liked REC and 28 Days Later.

[Damn Heathen]

Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetary Man)
This.

Honorable mentions:
ROTLD2, Fido, Pet Sematary, and (why not) Corpse Bride.

[DeadbeatAtDawn]

NOTLD68 is my favorite film...ever.

The Battery is an amazing movie from 2012. Every horror fan should at least experience it once.

Junk, 2000

Bone Sickness, 2004

Versus, 2000

Special Dead, 2006