70.8% from 13 members

This film was directed by the special effects guru from the original trilogy, but unfortunately it turned out really hokey. The plot differs very little from the original (the ending is a touch different), and is not nearly as scary.

The original Romero movie was filmed in black in white for kicks. You can actually view this flick for free on the internet as it is public domain. With the exception of the main actor, none of the cast was paid for this film, so put yourself in B movie mindset.
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Night Of The Living Dead
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Judith O'Dea, Duane Jones, Karl Hardman
Director: George A Romero
Certificate: 
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In director George Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, seven people secluded in a Pennsylvania farmhouse face relentless attacks by reanimated corpses seeking to eat their flesh. The group, which includes a married couple and their daughter, a pair of young lovers, and an African American man, try ..read more »
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71%
from 6,045 members

This second film in the trilogy probably had the biggest run in the cinema, and is the favorite of many Romero fans. You have to move beyond the blue-makeup-I'm-zombie suspension of belief, but you will easily find this movie scary, thought-provoking and humorous. The mall setting raises various issues about consumerism ... when the movie was made malls were kind of a new thing.
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Dawn Of The Dead
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott Reiniger
Director: George A. Romero
Certificate: 
Picking up where NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD left off, and still offering no explanation of why the dead are walking the earth, DAWN plunges headlong into one of the most violent and original horror films ever made. After securing an apartment building overcome with flesh-eating zombies, two ..read more »
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69%
from 10,627 members

This remake by music video guru Zack Snyder is without a doubt my favorite zombie movie of all time. These zombies move fast which is not in keeping with the traditional Romero films, but the movie does a great deal to pay homage to the original trilogy while maintaining its own captivating plot. Perhaps the scariest movie which I have ever seen ...
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Dawn Of The Dead
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber
Director: Zack Snyder
Certificate: 
A female nurse, Anna, and a black police officer, Kenneth, are caught in the middle of world-wide chaos as flesh-eating zombies begin to take over the world by attacking the living...
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64%
from 26,063 members

The third Romero movie had the biggest budget and was perhaps the biggest disappointment to many. The movie is _definitely_ worth watching if you are a fan of the genre, although much of the film is driven by dialogue as the characters, hunkered down in a military installation, review their plans for survival several years into the apocalypse. There is some good action and the most explicit gore of the entire trilogy.
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Day Of The Dead
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Joseph Pilato, Terence Alexander, Lori Cardille
Director: George A. Romero
Certificate: 
The third chapter in the saga that director George Romero started in 1968 with NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD moves the story further along the timeline of the zombie apocalypse to a time when survivors are few and far between. At an underground Florida research station, Dr. Logan (Richard Liberty) ..read more »
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66%
from 5,977 members

This film has nothing to do with the Romero trilogy, but is a decent B flick which represents the genre well. Not recommended unless you are a zombie movie fan and have already seen the better movies on the list. If, however, you love zombie movies, you will find this very entertaining.
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Day Of The Dead
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon, Ving Rhames
Director: Steve Miner
Certificate: 
Nick Cannon, Mena Suvari and Ving Rhames star in this horror film based on the George A. Romero classic zombie film. A mysterious virus has infected the small town of Leadville, Colorado, and the military is brought in to enforce a quarantine and stop the spread of the disease. As people perish, ..read more »
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52%
from 4,201 members

Romero's fourth film existed in his mind for two decades before production. The film was well developed and executed with some great suspense and good character development (for a zombie movie!). The film interacted with the events following 9/11, and (in the spirit of Day of the Dead) offered new empathy for the plight of the zombies.
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Land of the Dead
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Simon Baker, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper
Director: George A. Romero
Certificate: 
Zombie movies slip in and out of fashion, but it's always a special occasion when the man who helped turn the undead into a worldwide phenomenon decides to add an instalment to his ongoing saga of flesh-eating films. George A. Romero's zombie movies have all appeared in different decades, beginning ..read more »
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55%
from 23,460 members

While I did enjoy this film, I have to say that it was the weakest of Romero's zombie flicks. This is one of those filmed-on-my-digital-camera-for-posterity films like Blair Witch or Cloverfield, so you know that they are going to die. The acting and plot follow the stream of consciousness genre of the film. If you were to see only one zombie movie in your life, this would not be it!
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Diary of the Dead
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Nick Alachiotis, Matt Birman, Joshua Close
Director: George A. Romero
Certificate: 
When a group of film students making a horror movie in the woods discovers that the dead have begun to revive, they turn their cameras on the real-life horrors that suddenly confront them, creating a first person diary of their bloody encounters and the disintegration of everything they hold dear.
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50%
from 9,014 members

Romero's zombies do not talk or eat brains, but these do! This movie spawned a small series which was widely enjoyed, and was particularly successful at incorporating humor and irony into the plot. One of this movie's successes is that it does have a decent plot and movement which will carry you along. The film may feel a bit dated. Watch out for Michael Jackson zombie!
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Return Of The Living Dead
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa
Director: Dan O'Bannon
Certificate: 
Two medical supply company workers unwittingly release several zombies from cylinders, where they've been trapped for many years. The nasty brain-eating creatures are starving hungry...
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64%
from 2,825 members

RothLD2 uses some of the same actors from the first film playing different characters. Again, there is plenty of humor to go along with the gore and trauma.
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Return Of The Living Dead 2
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: James Karen, Thom Mathews, Michael Kenworthy
Director: Ken Wiederhorn
Certificate: 
The horror begins as mysterious barrels topple from an army vehicle and land near a new housing site and an abandoned cemetery. A couple of bullies from the neighbourhood open the barrels, unaware of the evil within. A green vapour pours out, turning the living into evil zombies and the dead into ..read more »
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