Quite a few horror film genres have the same following as zombie films. Fantasies about the beginning of a new life in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, it is for this that horror films are adored by almost all viewers. The highest rated TV series is a series about zombies. Brad Pitt made a movie about a zombie in 2013, and he managed to get half a billion dollars at the worldwide box office.
As with any genre of cinema, there are a huge number of zombie films. However, if the undead are used with a socio-political context, and the film is replete with all kinds of scary scenes that cause the most thrilling, and the viewer is interested and worried about the characters, then this is a real masterpiece. So, before any virus turns us into carnivorous monsters, let's find out which films are included in top best zombie movies.
10. ZOMBILAND
Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the creators of the Deadpool films, spent years developing the concept and gags for their zombie comedy until they finally wrote the script. It was filmed as a TV series before turning into a full-length film, which meant sheer success around the world.
I had to fit 100 episodes in just an hour and a half, and now, it turned out to be the highest-grossing zombie film in the United States (at that time). Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone lead an amazing cast.
9. NIGHT OF NIGHTMARES
Fred Decker's ironic love for low-budget films made it possible to make not only a film about zombies, but also vividly depict the invasion of the undead. Basically, Dekker has combined every famous storyline and cliché he has seen in zombie films, alien invasions and maniacs in a delightfully absurd and hilarious script that he wrote in less than a week.
An interesting fact is that the names of the characters are the names of famous directors of horror films: Carpenter, Romero, Raimi, Cronenberg, Landis. This maneuver is arguably the biggest homage in world cinema, a kind of postmodern glee. This was done in order to become a cult event.
8.28 DAYS LATER
Director Danny Boyle denies this is a zombie movie, but it is, which is why it's on our list. Cillian Murphy wakes up a few weeks after he undergoes what was supposed to be a routine operation to find the streets empty and crushed. It didn't take him long to realize that it was a virus that had spread everywhere and turned all people into zombies. There are only a few survivors left.
A typical situation of survival of the fittest arose, when only the strongest and most knowledgeable people remained, but Jim, the hero of Cillian Murphy, is not necessarily the best in matters of survival. He just spent the first month of the apocalypse unconscious. So he's our ticket to the post-apocalyptic world as a spectator. This is a story when the hero is not at ease, and this is a great chance to take the viewer on an adventure after the hero.
7. REANIMATOR
Director and screenwriter Stuart Gordon has watched every 80s Dracula movie to create a revamped, cool vampire genre. Fear Night, Lost Boys, he decided to transfer all this into the story of Frankenstein. And the result was a strange, bloody and confusing tale of severed heads revived and sexual assault.
The main treasure of this film is the musical accompaniment from Richard Band in the style of Bernard Hermann's unnerving music to the film Psycho. Whether you think Reanimator is a good movie or not, you can't deny that it is dark, twisted and simply unique.
6. TRAIN TO BUSAN
A movie about a zombie from South Korea presents itself rather not as a horror film, but as an action movie. In this movie, zombies are not slow flesh eaters like in the Romero era, they can run and jump fast, which makes them even more terrifying. It's a tense movie where a father and his little daughter find themselves at the center of a zombie uprising while traveling by train across the country.
Passengers rebel against each other and a class struggle ensues. The topic of guilt is also raised, as some characters realize that they have become involuntary prisoners of an accidentally released virus.
5. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
"They're coming after you, Barbara!" - Any fan of horror films will remember this tirade from George Romero's film "Night of the Living Dead". It was the first modern zombie film, so some imperfections can be forgiven. It has unequivocally a reputation for being the most innovative and revolutionary film ever made.
The undead rose from their graves and began to eat and infect the living. This forced an eclectic group of survivors to find shelter on someone's farm. However, they begin to understand that the living can be enemies much more terrible for them than the dead. This plot was repeated after in countless films and TV series. How many of these can you remember?
4. REPORT
The main mistake of many zombie movies is their epic scale. As they say, the creators bite off a larger piece than they can swallow in an attempt to create a virus that spreads throughout the country (yes, all over the world!) And creates mutants out of people that eat flesh. But the reportage, filmed in the style of a chronicle, creates an intimate and realistic atmosphere.
A TV journalist and his film crew are quarantined in a high-rise building, while the zombie virus slowly spreads among a small group of characters. The fast and unexpected movements of the undead, the trembling camera, all this makes you simply turn to stone with horror.
3. PARANORMAN
ParaNorman is a cartoon puppet. A horror adventure comedy closest to a zombie movie ever made for kids. The creators of this masterpiece are good people from the Laika company. Of course, Laika is not Pixar or DreamWorks yet, but slowly this company declares itself as one of the most inventive.
With such stars who voiced the cartoon (Jeff Garlin, Leslie Mann and Casey Affleck) it will be interesting to watch for both children and adults. It's fun for the whole family! This is a completely different zombie movie.
2. A ZOMBIE NAMED AFTER SEAN
The first part of the trilogy of Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright "Three Flavors of Ice Cream" turned out to be the most impressive. It definitely has the most concise script that doesn't waste a single line, whether it's plot or character development, but there's always room for something really funny. All bookish literary techniques are used in the script, including the inspired omen scene, which opens the entire plot at the very beginning.
Sean the Zombie is not a parody of the genre as such, it is still a zombie film that respects all the attributes of films of this genre, but at the same time reserves the right to be funny. It is also a very emotional film with lovely deep characters and their uneasy relationships.
1. DAWN OF THE DEAD
George Romero created the modern zombie in his 1968 masterpiece Night of the Living Dead, and he refined them ten years later in the sequel Dawn of the Dead. While the first film illustrated racism, the second reflected consumerism in a satiristic manner. The survivors end up in a mall that quickly fills with undead.
By this, Romero shows that we are already brainless zombies, flocking to the malls.Despite the time difference, now it is very important when everyone is addicted to mobile phones and other gadgets. But such a satire would be meaningless if the plot was not so frightening and at the same time attractive, with an abundance of interesting characters, in which you fall in love and worry about them throughout the film. Fortunately, the classic of horror films and the creator of the modern zombie is again on top.
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