A group of wayward boaters find a remote island where a submerged SS submarine discharged its undead crew, a Nazi experiment. Peter Cushing plays an addled SS Commander.
Sam Raimi produced The Dead Next Door and used Evil Dead II revenues to pay J. R. Bookwalter to direct. It was a SUPER 8 zombie action-drama with cringe-worthy amateur acting and surprise professionalism.
The Serpent and the Rainbow is a reminder that it is still possible to make a voodoo zombie movie that takes itself semi-seriously and wants to shock, and it also marks the unexpected return of the Haitian voodoo zombie.
As a comet approaches closer to Earth, it will evaporate and dust everyone. Even though this is one of the movies with the fewest zombies, people who witness part of it become zombies.
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino make a goofy zombie movie, Planet Terror, that's about destructive zombie/mutants created by a biological weapon to terrorize the southwestern countryside. It's really good at being that kind of film, and deserved to make far more at the box office.
Cemetery Man is a scary art-comedy about a cemetery caretaker who travels through life aimlessly. Its protagonist's melancholy and loss of identity are akin to American Psycho.
Night of the Living Dead was remade in 1990 by Tom Savini, and it is a faithful adaptation of the original. If only it had a more memorable name, it would be considered a classic.
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is read... a post-apocalyptic zombie movie with style. It is terrifying without being sad, creative without being pretentious, and brutal without being like Peter Jackson's Dead Alive or Bad Taste.
One Cut of the Dead is a funny zombie movie about putting on a live performance of a short film.
Invading alien slugs that turn their hosts into superpowered zombies are the focus of the movie. It's a risque, kind of sleazy horror movie that takes place at a college and often feels like Animal House with zombies.
The events of Zombieland take place in the United States of America and include the participation of complete strangers. It combines terrifying zombies with humorously violent scenes and entertainment centered on characters.
Train to Busan is a South Korean zombie film that is equal parts popcorn fun and touching family drama. It concludes with several never-before-seen action elements and some outstanding makeup effects.
Demons is a film about zombies that takes place at a movie theater that is overrun with bizarre individuals, such as posh teenagers, couples who are bickering with each other, a pimp and his prostitutes, and even a blind guy.
The screening of a horror film, followed by the introduction of zombies and demons into the audience, all in the name of some unknown plan that results in brutality and survival.
In terms of presentation, professionalism, thematic intricacy, and breakthrough visual effects, Romero's Dawn of the Dead represents a major stride forward. It takes set in a cheesy mall overrun by zombies and has famous visuals that other zombie films tried to imitate or ridicule.