Often very similar to zombie movies (http://www.imdb.com/list/Zu0aA0_BPKI/) but the dead aren't reanimated, instead some kind of "infection" turns the population into raging cannibals.

Despite not ticking all the boxes for a zombie film there is plenty of crossover (especially as The Last Man on Earth inspired Romero's zombies) and a fan of the undead should be just fine with these too, especially as classifying them separately from zombies means any extra abilities (like running fast, and even free running) won't be too jarring. Most are worth a rental although some, like almost all the I Am Legend adaptations, 28 X Later, The Crazies, Quarantine and Pontypool are good enough to seek out.

See also: The vengeful dead (http://www.imdb.com/list/67lPneQhai8/) (another group of films often grouped with zombie films) and contagion (http://www.imdb.com/list/ELTDHqx-wfs/) (for films where a lot of people get sick and just die). There is also they walk amongst us (http://www.imdb.com/list/p4BRqw7m178/) for more subtle takeovers (as some of the films on this list involve infection by an alien virus or parasite in order to violently take over the world  - see Slither as a good example)

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Lane Carroll and Will MacMillan in The Crazies (1973)

Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, and Kenny Baker in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Zombie movies/series I’m yet to see  No order in particular 

Brigitte Kren in Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010)

All living dead. Flesh-rage eating virus,  Zombie apocalypse,

Músicas Filmes e Séries Clássicos anos 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 2010s

Soleil Moon Frye, Christian Campbell, and Sarah Chalke in I've Been Waiting for You (1998)

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