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I am a zombie fanatic and right know my favorite zombie movie is the dawn of the dead remake. and right now i am obssessed with the walking dead series on amc.
Favorite Zombie Movie??
Dawn Of The Dead original is my favourite zombie movie. I'm not much of a fan of zombie films, but I'd reckon that Night Of The Living Dead (original), Bio Zombie, Junk and the Dawn Of The Dead remake round out my top 5. Off the top of my head, anyway.
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I've posted my top 5 zombie films on this site before, but getting those five was a struggle since there was a loonng period of time that for me, most of the films being produced were just plain crap. However, since I last posted on a zombie thread, there have a been a few more titles that have arisen to the point where for the first time ever, I actually now have a top 10(!) of living dead flicks that I can admit to liking.
So here's my updated list:
10. Zombieland
I've never been really big into the horror-comedy genre. It always felt to me that the comedy sorta cancels out the horror aspect of the film. Fortunately, Zombieland seems to focus more with the comedy area of it's premise, & the story centered more on the main characters dealing in world with few human survivors than it does on these characters battling their way thru flanks upon flanks of zombies (though, there are enough of those scenes to warrant the name of this movie). So, even though I'm not a big fan of zombie apocalypses, I found that I was able to sit thru this one with a bit more of an appreciation not only for the sub-genre itself, but more importantly, with an appreciation for a certain actor* with the initials BM. And yet, even more importantly, with an appreciation for the fact that I live in a time when I don't have to worry about life's little Twinkie gauge going on empty.
9. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
While I respect George Romero's horror/comedy zombie flix & I understand that there's an audience out there for it, the truth is, I myself have little patience for this specific brand of subgenre.
Therefore, when Zack Snyder came along & redid Dawn with a budget more substantial than what Mssr. Romero is usually used to, & with a more solid storyline, along with the shlock gage turned down a couple of notches, I found myself actually enjoying watching a film about a subject that beforehand, I had no interest in: a mallful of zombies searching for something to munch on beyond the barriers of the food court.
8. [REC] 2
How do you up the ante of a sequel for a zombie flick that already raised the level of real horror & therefore finally busted through the mired schlock that had infected the genre?
Well,
revealing the answer to that question would require some big-time spoilers....
so let me just say that,
after years of accumulating a formula that's gotten way past the point of cliche,
it's about time films about the living dead starting showing some new signs of life.
7. 28 Weeks Later
To be honest, over-all, as a film, I liked 28 Weeks Later more than it's predecessor, 28 Days.
However, the reason I don't have it listed up higher than 28 Days is because, as much as I liked it,
I thought that Days was much horror-like that it's sequel.
I mean, don't get me wrong, Weeks has enough to qualify itself into the category of the horror genre. And personally, I found this one to be much more a thrillride of a movie, with alot more non-stop action, not to mention that, the plot came off as more cohesive.
But Days felt like it had the creepiness factor in it's advantage since it's the film that first introduces the rabies-infected psuedo-zombies that tended to behave more like the running dead than they did the walking dead.
Either way , between the two films, the quality of the franchise so far is high enough that I'm glad to be able to include both of them on this particular list of fear-fraught favorites.
6. Shaun Of The Dead
The zom-com finally crystalizes itself with this entry, a film that features a shlockful of ghouls & gags, but without the over-the-top camp that infested the genre for such a long time.
And if you think that the album Second Coming by the Stone Roses is as much an under-appreciated classic as much as I do, then this is probably the zombie flick for you.
5. Dead Set
I first watched this british series as the 3+ hour compilation movie, not the 30 minute episode installments. So for me, I'm qualifying it as a full-feature film entry, thus allowing me to keep this list at an even 10.
And if you like the first [REC] movie, and if you're tired of those annoying reality "stars" like the housemates of Britain's "Big Bruvver" (or if you're just plain tired of British people in general), then this is the zombie flick for you.
4. Planet Terror
While the shlock that comes with most zombie flicks usually puts me off, Robert Rodriguez's style of depicting his half of The Grindhouse as a caricature of a genre that has already gone cartoonishly over the top, makes this a walking undead gore-a-rama that I could not only stomach, but enjoy as well. Coupled with a modern sense of violence that we've all mindlessly grown to love, it's a zombie action flick of an energetic quality that sparked some life into my usually dead reaction to most shambling corpse fare.
So, if you're into chicks with guns, zombie apocalypeses & amputees (& let's be honest.... who isn't?),
then this is the zombie flick for you.
3. 28 Days Later
Y'know, the concept of zombies has gotten bogged down with the campiness that has overtaken this horror sub-genre over the years, that the horror aspect seems to have been practically filtered out. And though alot of this may be due to the logistic of being able to easily escape these stumbling monstrocities, the fact is, if anyone here actually saw a zombie, they'd still be scared sh#tless. If at least by the idea that they have born witness to something as "death-defying" as an entity of the "undead".
This movie attempts to address these issues by respectfully replacing the idea of rising from the dead more akin to being infected with a rabid mind-devolving plague. And IMO, that's enough to turn the concept of a zombie into a more reality like creature that's pretty damn scary. Especially when added to the fact that they can now move fast enough to catch you.
2. [REC]
Take what Cloverfield took from The Blair WitchProject, add a dash of 28 Days later, and then sprinkle on some sub-titles (at least, in my case),
& there you go. A quality zombie flick of which I rarely get to see without a giant glob of gooey camp splattered all over it.
1. Night Of The Living Dead
This could almost be considered the "Blair Witch Project" of it's time, in that had a very documentary realism style to it that was later further advanced by the shaky camera genre of recent years.
And to my mind, it was the first time I had ever seen the depiction of zombies as truly scary. Because, let's be honest here. Even though everyone always makes fun of the fact that they're easy to escape, the truth is, if any of us were to be truly confronted by a husk of rotting flesh that stood upright, just the idea that we were actually witnessing one of the "living dead" would be enough to makes sh#t out our own skeletons.
Or at least, scare us to a point of not being able to think as straight as one would like during such a sticky situation.
A concept that is convincingly depicted in the behavior of the various characters of NotLD & is the primary reason why the heart of this horror classic still beats strong today.
So here's my updated list:
10. Zombieland
I've never been really big into the horror-comedy genre. It always felt to me that the comedy sorta cancels out the horror aspect of the film. Fortunately, Zombieland seems to focus more with the comedy area of it's premise, & the story centered more on the main characters dealing in world with few human survivors than it does on these characters battling their way thru flanks upon flanks of zombies (though, there are enough of those scenes to warrant the name of this movie). So, even though I'm not a big fan of zombie apocalypses, I found that I was able to sit thru this one with a bit more of an appreciation not only for the sub-genre itself, but more importantly, with an appreciation for a certain actor* with the initials BM. And yet, even more importantly, with an appreciation for the fact that I live in a time when I don't have to worry about life's little Twinkie gauge going on empty.
9. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
While I respect George Romero's horror/comedy zombie flix & I understand that there's an audience out there for it, the truth is, I myself have little patience for this specific brand of subgenre.
Therefore, when Zack Snyder came along & redid Dawn with a budget more substantial than what Mssr. Romero is usually used to, & with a more solid storyline, along with the shlock gage turned down a couple of notches, I found myself actually enjoying watching a film about a subject that beforehand, I had no interest in: a mallful of zombies searching for something to munch on beyond the barriers of the food court.
8. [REC] 2
How do you up the ante of a sequel for a zombie flick that already raised the level of real horror & therefore finally busted through the mired schlock that had infected the genre?
Well,
revealing the answer to that question would require some big-time spoilers....
so let me just say that,
after years of accumulating a formula that's gotten way past the point of cliche,
it's about time films about the living dead starting showing some new signs of life.
7. 28 Weeks Later
To be honest, over-all, as a film, I liked 28 Weeks Later more than it's predecessor, 28 Days.
However, the reason I don't have it listed up higher than 28 Days is because, as much as I liked it,
I thought that Days was much horror-like that it's sequel.
I mean, don't get me wrong, Weeks has enough to qualify itself into the category of the horror genre. And personally, I found this one to be much more a thrillride of a movie, with alot more non-stop action, not to mention that, the plot came off as more cohesive.
But Days felt like it had the creepiness factor in it's advantage since it's the film that first introduces the rabies-infected psuedo-zombies that tended to behave more like the running dead than they did the walking dead.
Either way , between the two films, the quality of the franchise so far is high enough that I'm glad to be able to include both of them on this particular list of fear-fraught favorites.
6. Shaun Of The Dead
The zom-com finally crystalizes itself with this entry, a film that features a shlockful of ghouls & gags, but without the over-the-top camp that infested the genre for such a long time.
And if you think that the album Second Coming by the Stone Roses is as much an under-appreciated classic as much as I do, then this is probably the zombie flick for you.
5. Dead Set
I first watched this british series as the 3+ hour compilation movie, not the 30 minute episode installments. So for me, I'm qualifying it as a full-feature film entry, thus allowing me to keep this list at an even 10.
And if you like the first [REC] movie, and if you're tired of those annoying reality "stars" like the housemates of Britain's "Big Bruvver" (or if you're just plain tired of British people in general), then this is the zombie flick for you.
4. Planet Terror
While the shlock that comes with most zombie flicks usually puts me off, Robert Rodriguez's style of depicting his half of The Grindhouse as a caricature of a genre that has already gone cartoonishly over the top, makes this a walking undead gore-a-rama that I could not only stomach, but enjoy as well. Coupled with a modern sense of violence that we've all mindlessly grown to love, it's a zombie action flick of an energetic quality that sparked some life into my usually dead reaction to most shambling corpse fare.
So, if you're into chicks with guns, zombie apocalypeses & amputees (& let's be honest.... who isn't?),
then this is the zombie flick for you.
3. 28 Days Later
Y'know, the concept of zombies has gotten bogged down with the campiness that has overtaken this horror sub-genre over the years, that the horror aspect seems to have been practically filtered out. And though alot of this may be due to the logistic of being able to easily escape these stumbling monstrocities, the fact is, if anyone here actually saw a zombie, they'd still be scared sh#tless. If at least by the idea that they have born witness to something as "death-defying" as an entity of the "undead".
This movie attempts to address these issues by respectfully replacing the idea of rising from the dead more akin to being infected with a rabid mind-devolving plague. And IMO, that's enough to turn the concept of a zombie into a more reality like creature that's pretty damn scary. Especially when added to the fact that they can now move fast enough to catch you.
2. [REC]
Take what Cloverfield took from The Blair WitchProject, add a dash of 28 Days later, and then sprinkle on some sub-titles (at least, in my case),
& there you go. A quality zombie flick of which I rarely get to see without a giant glob of gooey camp splattered all over it.
1. Night Of The Living Dead
This could almost be considered the "Blair Witch Project" of it's time, in that had a very documentary realism style to it that was later further advanced by the shaky camera genre of recent years.
And to my mind, it was the first time I had ever seen the depiction of zombies as truly scary. Because, let's be honest here. Even though everyone always makes fun of the fact that they're easy to escape, the truth is, if any of us were to be truly confronted by a husk of rotting flesh that stood upright, just the idea that we were actually witnessing one of the "living dead" would be enough to makes sh#t out our own skeletons.
Or at least, scare us to a point of not being able to think as straight as one would like during such a sticky situation.
A concept that is convincingly depicted in the behavior of the various characters of NotLD & is the primary reason why the heart of this horror classic still beats strong today.
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Zombieland and 28 weeks later are def my fav!
also not on topic, but AMC just came out with The Walking Dead series that follows a comic book, it was awesome and cant wait for the next episode!
also not on topic, but AMC just came out with The Walking Dead series that follows a comic book, it was awesome and cant wait for the next episode!
The Original Dawn of the Dead for me.
Back then there was mythology to Zombies, i.e "When there is no more room in Hell, the Dead will walk the Earth".
In every modern Zombie movie the Zombie's are infected rather than mysteriously coming back to life.
I know which I prefer.
Back then there was mythology to Zombies, i.e "When there is no more room in Hell, the Dead will walk the Earth".
In every modern Zombie movie the Zombie's are infected rather than mysteriously coming back to life.
I know which I prefer.
The Original Dawn of the Dead for me.
Back then there was mythology to Zombies, i.e "When there is no more room in Hell, the Dead will walk the Earth".
In every modern Zombie movie the Zombie's are infected rather than mysteriously coming back to life.
I know which I prefer.
Back then there was mythology to Zombies, i.e "When there is no more room in Hell, the Dead will walk the Earth".
In every modern Zombie movie the Zombie's are infected rather than mysteriously coming back to life.
I know which I prefer.
Gotta be Shaun of the Dead. Zombieland too, ofc. I guess I'm just more a comedies guy.
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I'm not much of a Zombie guy..but if i had to choose one I'll take Dead Heat.
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I'm going to be boring and nominate Shaun of the Dead and the 1978 version of Dawn of the Dead as my favourites. As for picking one over the other, I'd probably give it to Shaun by virtue of being a really good comedy, though Dawn is a fine piece of bleak amusement.
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Also technically not a Zombie movie in manner of the living dead per se, I highly reccomend Wes Cravens the Serpent and the Rainbow.
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better than 1990 film there is nothing new ... original is more serious, more real and interesting for me because every day I see the same and need something new I discovered that new is old ones for me.
Has to be 28 Days Later. But Shaun of the Dead was pretty brilliant.
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Well, Shaun Of The Dead is in my top 10, but Night Of The Living Dead edges it out in shocks and scares. Shaun Of The Dead is a better comedy.
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I don't really think it's my fave, but it is certainly A fave, and I like it better than almost all the ones already mentioned. I think this is a pretty good trailer, especially since it's all dubbed into Italian with NO English. Tell me what you think.
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