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myLot reputation of 85/100. DawGwath (449)   ranked 1,189 out of 11,345 in watching movies3 years ago

During my life (which isn't that long:D) I have seen many zombie movies. Here is a list of what I recommend and ones I don't recommend (unles you're a huge mega zombie fan).
-First of all, George A Romero's "Dead" series, which include "Night of the Living Dead" (1968), "Dawn of the Dead" (1978), "Day of the Dead" (1985), "Night of the Living Dead" remake (1990) and "Land of the Dead" (2005). For any true fan, these are the base movies, as from the first appearance of Night of the Living Dead, the zombie genre has been reinvented by George Romero, and brought to a new apocalyptic vision. You will find extreme gore, horror, cannibalism, survivalism and social commentary in all of them.
A new movie called Diary of the Dead is about to come this year. All George fans are waiting for it (especially me:D ).
-Lucio Fulci's movies, especially "Zombie" (or Zombi 2, or Island of the Flesh Eaters, and so on...) tend to have the same Romerian vision and apocalyptic vision.
-For the modern fast or running zombies fans I recommend "28 Days Later" and "Dawn of the Dead" (2004), a non-related remake of Romero's Dawn. Plenty of gore, and scary running living dead for your taste. Also there is going to be another unrelated remake of "Day of the Dead", which from thee trailers seems to have running zombies too.
-"Rezident Evil" was really good, even though it doesn't respects the original lineup of the game.
-Somehow the "Evil Dead" series is related to some kind of demonic zombies. Overall, it's still a great movie, and if you want a couple of laughs, watch Army of Darkness (who doesn't like walking skeletons?:D ).
-"The Last Man on Earth" (1964) is an interesing turn on the zombie genre, in which the shambling zombies have vampiric characteristics.
Other zombies movies I recommend are parodies like "Return of the Living Dead" (most of them, but especially 1 and 2), "Re-Animator" and "Braindead"(1992). Lots of fun and lots of zombies (especially Braindead with the classic priest line - "I kick arse for the Lord!"). I also recommend "Dellamorte Dellamore" which is a great parody, but also a deep-minded philosophal movie, describing the life of a zombie hunter hired to keep the dead from leaving a cemetery.
"Shaun of the Dead" is also a masterpiece, because it has many jokes on the Romero universe, parodising every aspect of his movies.
A cheesy but funny movie is "Bio Zombie"("Sun faa sau si" in Hong Kong). It's a nice parody turn-up in asian style.
I don't reccomend:-Many of the italian zombie movies are poor, one of them is "Virus" (1980) (or "Hell of the Living Dead"), which beside having the same soundtrack as Dawn of the Dead, doesn't has anything special (just plenty of gore), "Notti del terrore, Le" (1981) also not recommended, and others.
-"Rezident Evil 2". Well actually, this is a matter of taste. They deviated a little too much from the first one, but it's just an opinion.
Any comments are welcomed.

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 95/100. PsychoDude (1968)   ranked 3,422 out of 11,345 in watching movies   3 years ago

I have seen pretty much all the movies you listed here. Also have a horror channel on my television on which I have seen quite a lot of less known zombie movies, can't recall any names but those weren't too good anyways.

The latest zombie movies tend to get a lot better in detail and such, although it could use a bit of the gore it had in the past.


myLot reputation of 85/100. DawGwath (449)   ranked 1,189 out of 11,345 in watching movies  3 years ago

Yes, the gore is not what it used to be, but that wouldn't much of a problem. I think the real problem nowadays is that there's nothing original anymore. They remade Night of the Living Dead for the third time (Night of the Living Dead 3D), and all movies tend to be remakes of something from the past. Originality is being lost...

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2. myLot reputation of 90/100. 5000ml (1836)   ranked 1,541 out of 11,345 in watching movies   3 years ago

I was going to say that I'm not much of a zombie movies fan, but then I realized that because of my boyfriend being a huge fan I actually have seen my fair share and have liked several a lot too. My most favourite are Shaun of the Dead and 28 Days Later, but I also love the Evil Dead series (especially Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness) and Braindead. I've also seen Bride of Re-Animator which was excellent and I really want to see Re-Animator. I've also seen the first three movies from the "Dead" series by Romero, I thought they were good, but not exactly my taste.
Lastly, Dellamorte Dellamore is such a great movie! I really loved it, it's excellent.


myLot reputation of 85/100. DawGwath (449)   ranked 1,189 out of 11,345 in watching movies  3 years ago

Yes, you're boyfriend has some good tastes;)
I really recommend you seeing Re-animator, I think you'll like it.

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3. myLot reputation of 95/100. Zalvor (583)   ranked 141 out of 11,345 in watching movies   3 years ago

I remember a funny scene, I think it is from one of the Evil Dead series; the cops investigate a place, only to be eaten by zombies, and you can hear on the police radio "Do you need reinforcements?". The zombie approaches the radio and announces something like "Yes, we need more cops! Send all the reinforcements!"


myLot reputation of 85/100. DawGwath (449)   ranked 1,189 out of 11,345 in watching movies  3 years ago

Actually that was from Return of the Living Dead 1;), and yes it was a really funny scene.

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4. myLot reputation of 76/100. suspenseful (17040)   ranked 133 out of 11,345 in watching movies   3 years ago

I saw the original "Night of the Living Dead" I have not seen the remake and I have no intention to. That was scary enough.


myLot reputation of 85/100. DawGwath (449)   ranked 1,189 out of 11,345 in watching movies  3 years ago

Hehe, yes, "Night of the Living Dead" is indeed a great classic horror movie. But unlike you, it just made me hungry0 for more and more.:D

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5. myLot reputation of 95/100. nash2060 (558)   ranked 875 out of 11,345 in watching movies   3 years ago

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Man.. Look what have i got here...
A whole lot of Reference guide to which Zombie movie i could see next..!!!
Well i have seen quite a few of them and like Zombie movies.. i have a seperate liking for them..!!
I enjoy them and sort of confused after every movie... Could not figure out the reason.. but it suprisingly happens..!!!
Overall i enjoy them to the core..!!
But I have not seen the ones before 90's...!!!
I Would like to see a few and figure out the difference in terms of scripting and Tech used..!!!
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myLot reputation of 85/100. DawGwath (449)   ranked 1,189 out of 11,345 in watching movies  3 years ago

Well, I'm glad you would like to see the movies before the 90's, but beware, you might not be very impressed. The "New Age" technology has brought alot of high tech FX to the movies, so you might be a little dissapointed. But if you're a real fan, and see beyond the low budget and special effects, you might see the ingeniosity of the creators.


myLot reputation of 95/100. nash2060 (558)   ranked 875 out of 11,345 in watching movies  3 years ago

Yup.. I am aware..!! thanx for the whole lotta information or should i say Guide..!!

 
6. myLot reputation of 96/100. Shaun72 (11881)   ranked 29 out of 11,345 in watching movies   3 years ago

I have seen a lot of these movies myself and liked them. I just got 28 days and 28 Days Later from Blockbuster at least I know know that they are zombie movies. I really enjoyed all of the Night Of The Living Dead Movies and The Evil Dead Movies they were great.


myLot reputation of 85/100. DawGwath (449)   ranked 1,189 out of 11,345 in watching movies  3 years ago

Well, there's been alot of debating on the 28 days movies, and theoretically it's not a zombie movie, because the subjects are only virused and their mind is just altered (leading them in attacking other humans), but they're still alive, so still being alive doesn't make them "the living dead":D. But they're still great movies;)


myLot reputation of 96/100. Shaun72 (11881)   ranked 29 out of 11,345 in watching movies  3 years ago

yeah I was reading another article that said the same thing that they aren't zombies in 28 days.

 
7. myLot reputation of 42/100. Jmustra (100)   ranked 1,651 out of 11,345 in watching movies   3 years ago

you should see GrindHouse from robert rodriguez and quentin tarantino, theres a really GREAT zombie movie inside, called, Project Terror!


myLot reputation of 85/100. DawGwath (449)   ranked 1,189 out of 11,345 in watching movies  1 year ago

Never saw it, but I was intending to watch it. I just get a few images in my mind like a chick that has an MP50 instead of her foot and stuff like that:))

 
8. xtsunami (6)   ranked 9,484 out of 11,345 in watching movies   2 months ago

I have seen all those you listed up above. Im a big fan of zombie flicks. I thought you would be interested in this one. It's a great zombie movie, I found a fan re-edit into a movie about 2 hours long. Great zombie flick for all you fan's out there.
-"Dead Set (2008)" http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285482/

There
are more zombie movies i've seen, I just can't think of them right now.


myLot reputation of 85/100. DawGwath (449)   ranked 1,189 out of 11,345 in watching movies  2 months ago

Yeah, although I'm a big fan of zombie movies, there don't seem to be many great flicks. After the Diary of the Dead disappointment, I really didn't consider watching any more new zombie movies, unless they would come with some new original idea that will captivate me only by description.
Oh well, maybe I'll check this movie anyway, so thanks for the recommendation wink

 
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