By Miles Bumgardner
When there’s no more room in production hell, the dead shall walk in the silver screen! Ah yes, don’t we all love a good zombie flick? The most human monster of all, and therefore the most terrifying, the zombie genre is something that is here to stay as recent decades have come to prove. Which is good, considering they give people like me a macabre reason to keep on loving the horror genre. The glorious thing about these films is that very few become blockbuster successes or instant classics, yet they still garner the most dedicated and loving following from many cult film lovers, including Yours Truly!
However, there are hundreds of titles to choose from, so the notion of what one should or shouldn’t bother watching is an incredibly blurred line. Fear not though, for your humble reviewer has taken the liberty of watching over a hundred of these decaying grave-walkers to bring you the 25 zombie movies that one should see before an untimely demise. And although one cannot include AMC’s “The Walking Dead” into a film list category, there are a few that can be a meaty supplement to your devilish desires:
1) “Zombie” Director: Lucio Fulci / ITALY /1979 / 91 MIN / RATING: R
2) “Dawn of the Dead” Director: George A. Romero / ITALY/USA / 1978 / 127 MIN. / unrated
3) “Shaun of the Dead” Director: Edgar Wright / UK/FRANCE/USA / 2004 / 99 MIN. / RATING: R
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4) “Night of the Living Dead” Director: George A. Romero USA / 1968 / 96 MIN. / unrated
5) “28 Days Later…” Director: Danny Boyle / UK / 2002 / 113 MIN. / RATING: R
6) “I Walked With A Zombie” Director: Jacques Tourneur / USA / 1942 / 69 MIN. / unrated
7) “Day of the Dead” Director: George A. Romero / USA / 1985 / 96 MIN. / unrated
8) “Return of the Living Dead” Director: Dan O’Bannon / USA / 1985 / 91 MIN. / RATING: R
9) “Zombieland” Director: Ruben Fleischer USA / 2009 / 88 MIN. / RATING: R
10) “Creepshow” Director: George A. Romero USA / 1982 / 120 MIN. / RATING: R
11) “Plague of the Zombies” Director: John Gilling UK / 1966 / 90 MIN. / unrated
12) “The Serpent and the Rainbow” Director: Wes Craven USA / 1988 / 98 MIN. / RATING: R
13) “Re-Animator” Director: Stuart Gordon USA / 1985 / 104 MIN. / unrated
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14) “28 Weeks Later” Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo / UK/SPAIN/ 2009 / 100 MIN. / RATING: R
15) “Planet Terror” Director: Robert Rodriguez / USA / 2007 / 105 MIN. / unrated
16) “Pet Sematery” Director: Mary Lambert / USA / 1989 / 103 MIN. / RATING: R
17) “Burial Ground” Director: Andrea Bianchi / ITALY / 1981 / 85 MIN. / unrated
18) “Warm Bodies” Director: Jonathan Levine / USA/CANADA / 2013 / 98 MIN. / RATING: PG-13
19) “The Dead One” Director: Brian Cox / USA / 2007 / 90 MIN. / RATING: PG-13
20) “Let Sleeping Corpses Lie” Director: Jorge Grau / ITALY/SPAIN / 1974 / 95 MIN. / RATING: R
21) “Fido” Director: Andrew Currie / CANADA / 2006 / 93 MIN. / RATING: R
22) “White Zombie” Director: Victor Halperin / USA / 1932 / 69 MIN. / unrated
23) “Dawn of the Dead” Director: Zack Snyder / USA/CANADA/JAPAN/FRANCE / 2004 / 101 MIN. / RATING: R
24) “Cemetery Man” Director: Michele Soavi / ITALY/FRANCE/GERMANY / 1994 / 105 MIN. / RATING: R
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25) “Plan 9 from Outer Space” Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. / USA / 1959 / 79 MIN. / unrated
These films have made an impact on audiences and viewers around the globe,and with today’s technology streaming them from the internet it’s as easy as reading voodoo rites. But if one so desires to win the copy for themselves they are all available on Amazon. Now go forth, and release the zombie within you!
