Films from the zombie (http://www.imdb.com/list/Zu0aA0_BPKI/)'s perspective or, at a push, where they are a sympathetic, leading protagonist who is fighting their baser urges. It is time to stick up for the rights of undead Americans and their decaying brethren worldwide.

There were a few precursors to this type of film but it really seems to have taken off from 2004 onwards, possibly because of the glut of recent zombie movies which has caused film-makers to cast around for another angle of attack.

Drawing the line is always going to be tricky here - Bud from Day of the Dead might count as could Big Daddy from Land of the Dead, but this seems to be part of Romero's exploration of the evolution of the zombie, re-learning lost tasks but, to my mind anyway, there seems to be a line lying between them and Fido. However, I'm open to being persuaded on this point.

See also: The vengeful dead (http://www.imdb.com/list/67lPneQhai8/), where the dead are returned with one thing on their mind (and it isn't cannibalism - the clues in the title) and they tend to be more compos mentis, where in this list they can often find themselves struggling with diminishing mental abilities and an increasing taste for human flesh. Also contagious violence films (http://www.imdb.com/list/DhiYwC4dAok/) sometimes have a similar angle to this as they are infected, rather than being reanimated, so may try and hold off the effects of the virus as long as possible or try and cope with it (as in, for example, The Defiled (2010)).

Further reading: 12 Zombie Movies that Root for the Zombies: http://io9.com/5943647/12-zombie-movies-that-root-for-the-zombies

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Bruce Campbell in Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011)

Zombies, muertos vivientes, difuntos antropófagos, enloquecidos caníbales rabiosos y todas esas mierdas.

Films from the zombie's perspective or, at a push, where they are a sympathetic, leading protagonist who is fighting their baser urges. It is time to stick up for the rights of undead Americans and their decaying brethren worldwide. There were a few precursors to this type of film but it really seems to have taken off from 2004 onwards, possibly because of the glut of recent zombie movies which has caused film-makers to cast around for another angle of attack. Drawing the line is always going to be tricky here - Bud from Day of the Dead might count as could Big Daddy from Land of the Dead, but this seems to be part of Romero's exploration of the evolution of the zombie, re-learning lost tasks but, to my mind anyway, there seems to be a line lying between them and Fido. However, I'm open to being persuaded on this point. See also: The vengeful dead, where the dead are returned with one thing on their mind (and it isn't cannibalism - the clues in the title) and they tend to be more compos mentis, where in this list they can often find themselves struggling with diminishing mental abilities and an increasing taste for human flesh. Also contagious violence films sometimes have a similar angle to this as they are infected, rather than being reanimated, so may try and hold off the effects of the virus as long as possible or try and cope with it (as in, for example, The Defiled). Further reading: 12 Zombie Movies that Root for the Zombies: http://io9.com/5943647/12-zombie-movies-that-root-for-the-zombies

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