# What are the best zombie films? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739 "2008-03-18T03:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/21 "2008-03-18T19:13:35Z")
**Planet Terror** was fantastic. Nth the Evil Dead Trilogy. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/22 "2008-03-18T19:22:07Z")
[QUOTE=NAF1138] I can’t believe everyone is saying bad things about the original Dawn of the Dead! It is a FANTASTIC movie and creates a social commentary on society that is still viable today. The remake was an abomination. Sheesh people! [/QUOTE] When I saw Dawn of the Dead in the theater, it was probably the most disturbing movie I’d ever watched. Had a couple nightmares. I saw it a few years ago and the special effects didn’t hold up to the test of time, for me. Land of the Dead…that was pretty good. [imdb.com](http://imdb.com)’s info on George Romero’s filmography etc.: [http://imdb.com/name/nm0001681/](http://imdb.com/name/nm0001681/) ---
**Author:** ![AndyPolley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@AndyPolley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyPolley)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/23 "2008-03-18T19:26:01Z")
Check out **Zombie Honeymoon**. It’s a bit more than just camp. ---
**Author:** ![Judith\_Prietht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@Judith\_Prietht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Judith_Prietht)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/24 "2008-03-18T19:28:43Z")
[QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] Besides the obvious ones that have been mentioned multiple times, I’m also really found of **Slither** , a horror-comedy from 2006 that features alien slugs turning people into zombies. It stars Nathan Fillion and it’s funny, it’s gross and it’s fantastic. Completely unfairly overlooked. [/QUOTE] Seconding **Slither** – good flick, incidentally written and directed by James Gunn, who wrote the screenplay for the **Dawn of the Dead** remake. And who was formerly married to _The Office_’s Jenna Fischer, who has a bit part in **Slither**. If you want to go really superbly gross and Asian, try **Junk**. It’s a Japanese zombie movie that grossed me out, and I’ve got a pretty strong stomach for this stuff. I’ve also read a few good things about **Zombie Honeymoon** , which I haven’t actually seen yet but have noticed on cable as well if that’s an option. ---
**Author:** ![lilflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecccb3/32.png) [@lilflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilflower)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/25 "2008-03-18T19:32:05Z")
[QUOTE=Chingon] **Planet Terror** was fantastic. [/QUOTE] I second that. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/26 "2008-03-18T19:47:18Z")
Anything by Georga A Romero, Shaun of the Dead, Braindead and Planet Terror are DEFINITELY seconded… Also I’d suggest… Fido - Awesomely funny post-zombie apocalpse movie. Dawn of the Dead (2004 remake) - Normally I avoid remakes like the plague (like the zombie plague in fact 🙂 ) but this one I’ll make an exception to. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/27 "2008-03-18T20:01:51Z")
Some more esoteric ones: [Tombs of the Blind Dead](http://imdb.com/title/tt0067500/) (first and best in a series) [Tokyo Zombie](http://imdb.com/title/tt0451954/) (fun J-zombie action) [Horror Hospital](http://imdb.com/title/tt0070190/) (offbeat Brit zombies) [They Came Back](http://imdb.com/title/tt0378661/) (French twist on zombies) [Plague of the Zombies](http://imdb.com/title/tt0060841/) (zombies ala Hammer) ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/28 "2008-03-18T20:05:46Z")
[QUOTE=griffin1977] Dawn of the Dead (2004 remake) - Normally I avoid remakes like the plague (like the zombie plague in fact 🙂 ) but this one I’ll make an exception to. [/QUOTE] It’s worth it just for **Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine** ’s version of **Disturbed** ’s _Down With The Sickness_. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/29 "2008-03-18T20:46:50Z")
I’ll throw in a vote for Slither as well. Loved it in the theater, but apparently nobody else did. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/30 "2008-03-18T20:50:20Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] The 2004 “reimagining” of Dawn of the Dead is an excellent action-horror movie, and 28 Days Later is fantastic as well. (Haven’t seen its sequel, 28 Weeks Later, though.) [/QUOTE] Fast zombies! Bah! Of course they’re more dangerous than slow zombies – but they’re not half as scary! (Fear does not have to be rational.) ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/31 "2008-03-18T20:54:00Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Fast zombies! Bah! Of course they’re more dangerous than slow zombies – but they’re not half as scary! (Fear does not have to be rational.) [/QUOTE] It all depends. With slow zombies, if everyone is on guard and stays sharp and works together and doesn’t succumb to human weaknesses like greed, your chance of survival is pretty decent. Fast zombies are far more of an immediate threat. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/32 "2008-03-18T20:54:29Z")
[QUOTE=wasson] Evil Dead 2 is most certainly NOT a remake of Evil Dead 1. [/QUOTE] Well, sort of. They couldn’t get the rights to show scenes from the first movie to set up the sequel, so they just reshot portions of it and wrote it into the second movie. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/33 "2008-03-18T21:06:00Z")
Fast zombies reflect our fears in a post 9/11 world. We’re not afraid of slowing being taken over or killed we’re more afraid of sudden and savage violence. Although I admit that I like my zombies both fast and slow. Marc ---
**Author:** ![wasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/34 "2008-03-18T21:07:02Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Well, sort of. They couldn’t get the rights to show scenes from the first movie to set up the sequel, so they just reshot portions of it and wrote it into the second movie. [/QUOTE] Exactly. They “retold” ED1 in about the first 6-7 minutes of ED2. If you chopped off the part of ED2 before Ash got hit by the evil, ED1 and ED2 would run together nearly perfectly as 1 continuous story. I love horror movies, and the ED movies are my absolute favorite. It’s a pet peeve of mine when people say ED2 is a remake. It’s not. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/35 "2008-03-18T21:10:32Z")
“28 Days Later” is f-ing fantastic. “28 Weeks Later” I found to be decidely -meh. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/36 "2008-03-18T21:27:41Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Fast zombies! Bah! Of course they’re more dangerous than slow zombies – but they’re not half as scary! (Fear does not have to be rational.) [/QUOTE] Fast zombies in themselves, I agree aren’t as scary as slow zombies. But the brilliant thing about “28 Days Later” is that the zombies are fast, and the virus is extremely fast as well. What this means is that a situation that looks totally fine, absolutely okay, can go to hell so fast that nobody - no one in the audience, and none of the characters - can even figure out what the hell is going on. _That_ is terrifying. If you doubt me, check out the first scene in 28 Weeks Later: About a half-dozen people are hiding in a blacked-out farmhouse. They have food, water, and so on. Then the Infected pound the wall in, bite someone - and they’re all off to the races. The situation goes totally out of control in maybe five seconds. That is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/37 "2008-03-18T21:32:59Z")
> [@](#): > > by **wasson** > I love horror movies, and the ED movies are my absolute favorite. It’s a pet peeve of mine when people say ED2 is a remake. It’s not. As I recall, Ash ends up in the same situations as he did in the first movie, and he manages to repeat all of the mistakes he made in the first movie. Technically, it’s a sequel, but it might as well be a remake. (I will grant you, however, the special effects are better, and the jokes are funnier.) ---
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For purists, it helps to think of the original Dawn of the Dead and DotD 2004 as two seperate movies. I also enjoyed the recent Diary of the Dead, though it does have a bit of a heavy hand on the whole “social commentary” thing. I still liked it though. Zombie is noted for a rather awesome Zombie vs. Shark battle scene. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/39 "2008-03-18T21:49:50Z")
The worst? **Redneck Zombies** , the first Troma film of them all. ---
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739/40 "2008-03-18T21:54:50Z")
Give me the shambler’s every time. I like the fact that everything seems easy to overcome and then before you know it you are completely screwed by the sheer numbers of the dead. Sure you can walk by them but sooner or later you have to rest… they don’t ever rest… ever! How long can you survive knowing that any moment you stop for a breather they’ll grow in numbers? However I do like Return of the Living dead and the remake of Dawn of the Dead. Thanks [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-best-zombie-films/441739.md?page=3)