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The Dead: A History of Zombie Cinema

by martijnnoordhuis • Created 8 years ago • Modified 2 years ago
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  • White Zombie (1932)

    1. White Zombie

    19321h 9mPassed
    6.2 (12K)
    A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiancé, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.
    DirectorVictor HalperinStarsBela LugosiMadge BellamyJoseph Cawthorn
  • Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    2. Night of the Living Dead

    19681h 36mR89Metascore
    7.8 (146K)
    A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl Hardman
  • John Paul in Dawn of the Dead (1978)

    3. Dawn of the Dead

    19782h 7mUnrated71Metascore
    7.8 (134K)
    During an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDavid EmgeKen ForeeScott H. Reiniger
  • John Paul in Day of the Dead (1985)

    4. Day of the Dead

    19851h 41mNot Rated60Metascore
    7.1 (78K)
    As the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.
    DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsLori CardilleTerry AlexanderJoseph Pilato
  • Night of the Living Dead (1990)

    5. Night of the Living Dead

    19901h 32mR54Metascore
    6.8 (48K)
    When the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.
    DirectorTom SaviniStarsTony ToddPatricia TallmanTom Towles
  • Sarah Polley in Dawn of the Dead (2004)

    6. Dawn of the Dead

    20041h 41mR59Metascore
    7.2 (283K)
    A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.
    DirectorZack SnyderStarsSarah PolleyVing RhamesMekhi Phifer
  • Andrew Lincoln in The Walking Dead (2010)

    7. The Walking Dead

    2010–2022177 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.1 (1.2M)
    Sheriff Deputy Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to learn the world is in ruins and must lead a group of survivors to stay alive.
    CreatorFrank DarabontStarsAndrew LincolnNorman ReedusMelissa McBride
  • Kim Dickens and Lennie James in Fear the Walking Dead (2015)

    8. Fear the Walking Dead

    2015–2023113 epsTV-MATV Series
    6.8 (151K)
    A Walking Dead spinoff set in Los Angeles, California. Follows two families who must band together to survive the undead apocalypse.
    CreatorsDave EricksonRobert KirkmanStarsKim DickensFrank DillaneCliff Curtis
  • Cillian Murphy in 28 Days Later (2002)

    9. 28 Days Later

    20021h 53mR73Metascore
    7.5 (508K)
    Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the United Kingdom, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
    DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher Eccleston
  • Rose Byrne in 28 Weeks Later (2007)

    10. 28 Weeks Later

    20071h 39mR78Metascore
    6.9 (336K)
    Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.
    DirectorJuan Carlos FresnadilloStarsJeremy RennerRose ByrneRobert Carlyle
  • The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

    11. The Return of the Living Dead

    19851h 31mR66Metascore
    7.3 (74K)
    When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
    DirectorDan O'BannonStarsClu GulagerJames KarenDon Calfa
  • Return of the Living Dead II (1988)

    12. Return of the Living Dead II

    19881h 29mR45Metascore
    5.7 (23K)
    Curious kids unearth the barrels that previously helped revive the dead, which proves the second time's an undead charm.
    DirectorKen WiederhornStarsJames KarenThom MathewsMichael Kenworthy
  • Melinda Clarke in Return of the Living Dead III (1993)

    13. Return of the Living Dead III

    19931h 37m47Metascore
    5.9 (18K)
    Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught youth performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.
    DirectorBrian YuznaStarsJ. Trevor EdmondMelinda ClarkeKent McCord
  • Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)

    14. Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis

    20051h 28mR
    3.3 (5.7K)
    A group of teenagers, in an attempt to rescue their friend from an evil corporation, end up inadvertently releasing a horde of bloodthirsty zombies.
    DirectorEllory ElkayemStarsAimee-Lynn ChadwickCory HardrictJohn Keefe
  • Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (2005)

    15. Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave

    20051h 26mR
    3.3 (4.9K)
    A college student creates a drug called "Z" and sells it on campus, inadvertently resurrecting the living dead, who wreak havoc at a Halloween rave.
    DirectorEllory ElkayemStarsPeter CoyoteAimee-Lynn ChadwickCory Hardrict
  • The Dead Hate the Living! (2000)

    16. The Dead Hate the Living!

    20001h 30mRVideo
    4.3 (2.1K)
    When a renegade band of young filmmakers break into an abandoned hospital to make their horror epic, they stumble upon a real dead body and decide to use it in their movie. They accidentally bring it back to life, open a portal to a dead world that releases dozens of other zombies, then struggle for their lives in a desperate attempt to flee from the creatures who apparently have them hopelessly trapped in the hospital.
    DirectorDave ParkerStarsEric ClawsonJamie DonahueBrett Beardslee
  • Zombie (1979)

    17. Zombie

    19791h 31mR54Metascore
    6.8 (32K)
    Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.
    DirectorLucio FulciStarsTisa FarrowIan McCullochRichard Johnson
  • Zombie 3 (1988)

    18. Zombie 3

    19881h 24mR
    4.9 (5.8K)
    When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is cremated by the US military, a virus is unintentionally released into the atmosphere over a small island.
    DirectorsLucio FulciClaudio FragassoBruno MatteiStarsDeran SarafianBeatrice RingOttaviano Dell'Acqua
  • After Death (1989)

    19. After Death

    19891h 24mUnrated
    4.3 (3K)
    A woman goes back to the island where her parents were killed. They had been working on a cure for cancer and accidentally raised the dead by angering a voodoo priest. With the woman is a group of mercenaries and they meet up with some other researchers. They raise the dead again and all hell breaks loose.
    DirectorClaudio FragassoStarsJeff StrykerCandice DalyMassimo Vanni
  • Zombie 5: Killing Birds (1988)

    20. Zombie 5: Killing Birds

    19881h 32mNot Rated
    3.6 (2K)
    A group of college students go into the woods to study birds. They encounter a strange blind man who's connected to the killer zombies that prowl a dilapidated house deep in the forest.
    DirectorsClaudio LattanziJoe D'AmatoStarsLara WendelRobert VaughnTimothy W. Watts
  • City of the Living Dead (1980)

    21. City of the Living Dead

    19801h 33mNot Rated
    6.2 (20K)
    A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from their graves.
    DirectorLucio FulciStarsChristopher GeorgeCatriona MacCollCarlo De Mejo
  • Víctor Israel and Margie Newton in Hell of the Living Dead (1980)

    22. Hell of the Living Dead

    19801h 39mUnrated
    4.8 (6.4K)
    After an experiment gone wrong, a virus that turns people into zombies spreads throughout New Guinea. A female reporter and her cameraman, and a team of four commandos sent to investigate try to survive the onslaught.
    DirectorsBruno MatteiClaudio FragassoStarsMargie NewtonFranco GarofaloSelan Karay
  • Nightmare City (1980)

    23. Nightmare City

    19801h 28mR
    5.6 (7.1K)
    An airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.
    DirectorUmberto LenziStarsHugo StiglitzLaura TrotterMaria Rosaria Omaggio
  • The House by the Cemetery (1981)

    24. The House by the Cemetery

    19811h 26mNot Rated
    6.1 (17K)
    A New England home is terrorized by a series of murders, unbeknownst to the guests that a gruesome secret is hiding in the basement.
    DirectorLucio FulciStarsCatriona MacCollPaolo MalcoAnia Pieroni
  • The Beyond (1981)

    25. The Beyond

    19811h 27mR38Metascore
    6.6 (27K)
    A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.
    DirectorLucio FulciStarsCatriona MacCollDavid WarbeckCinzia Monreale

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