Zombie Movies To Die For (50 titles)

Night Of The Living Dead

George Romero's original flesh eating zombie movie that set the template for a thousand rip-offs. The sequel Dawn Of The Dead generally get's more critical acclaim, but I preferred this. If you're new to the zombie genre watch this before anything else. This version is fine, though there are others with slightly better picture quality and more extras. However avoid the 30th Anniversary edition, it has a different (massively inferior) score and extra scenes shot 30 years later by a different director that just don't fit in.

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• Night Of The Living Dead on DVD (1968)
  Starring: Judith O'Dea,  Duane Jones,  Karl Hardman
  Director: George A Romero
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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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Dawn Of The Dead

aka Zombi. George Romero's sequel to Night Of The Living Dead. It's not as grim and nihilistic as the first film and therefore I think slightly inferior. Personally I also think that the whole satire-on-modern-consumerism thing is taken a little too far, but its still a fantastic fun movie and one of the best in the whole zombie genre. This version is the extended cut (not really the director's cut because Romero has stated that he prefers the shorter theatrical cut) and it's still been cut by 0m6s by the BBFC. The UK version of the theatrical cut from Anchor Bay is also cut by the same six seconds and there's apparently a newer UK version of the extended cut that has the missing six seconds reinstated, but neither of these versions are available here. If you intend buying this movie, the best version is the US Anchor Bay 4-disc SE that contains the theatrical cut, the extended cut and a European cut made by Dario Argento, all fully uncut and with plenty of extras.

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• Dawn Of The Dead on DVD (1978)
  Starring: David Emge,  Ken Foree,  Scott Reiniger
  Director: George A. Romero
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  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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Day Of The Dead

The third film in George Romero's living dead series and an excellent follow up to Dawn Of The Dead. I still preferred Night Of The Living Dead, but this is just as good as Dawn Of The Dead. Unfortunately this version is cut by 0m34s. There is a newer version that has been released in the UK which is uncut, so try to see that instead.

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• Day Of The Dead on DVD (1985)
  Starring: Joseph Pilato,  Terence Alexander,  Lori Cardille
  Director: George A. Romero
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  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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Land of the Dead

The fourth and latest film in George Romero's living dead series. Not the sell-out that some people seem to think it is, but quite a disappointment after the first three films.

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• Land of the Dead on DVD (2005)
  Starring: Simon Baker,  John Leguizamo,  Dennis Hopper
  Director: George A. Romero
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  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 »
  
  Rate this: 55% from 23,433 members

The Beyond - Uncut

aka The Seven Doors Of Death. Lucio Fulci's masterpiece. The non-linear and sometimes illogical plot may put off a lot of people, but this is all about atmosphere and violent set pieces. Let the movie wash over you rather than try to understand it and it becomes one of the most effective pieces of horror ever committed to film. Unfortunately although this version is uncut, it's from Vipco and therefore very poor quality. If you want to own a copy, the US Anchor Bay import is the best option.

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• The Beyond - Uncut on DVD (2001)
  Starring: Katherine MacColl,  David Warbeck,  Sarah Keller
  Director: Lucio Fulci
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  A young woman from New York named Liza (Katherine MacColl) inherits a Louisiana motel that has been unoccupied for nearly 60 years. While restoring the old building, many of the workers meet mysterious and untimely deaths, each more ill-fated than the next. Furthermore, Liza is visited by a blind ..read more »
  
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City Of The Living Dead

aka The Gates Of Hell. Similar in feel to Lucio Fulci's The Beyond but with a more linear plot, though the ending is open to interpretation. Like The Beyond this version is uncut but is another poor quality Vipco offering, so the US Anchor Bay import is the way to go.

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• City Of The Living Dead on DVD (1980)
  Starring: Christopher George,  Katherine MacColl,  John Morghen
  Director: Lucio Fulci
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  A young girl goes into a trance in New York on the day a priest commits suicide in the town of Dunwich. She has a vision of his death, thus reviving an ancient story of the satanic powers of evil which involves the whole community. Terror reigns ...
  
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The House By The Cemetery

aka The House Outside The Cemetery aka Zombie Hell House. Another excellent zombie movie from Lucio Fulci, although this time there's only one real zombie. This version is cut by 0m33s and it's also a poor quality Vipco release, so go for an uncut import.

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• The House By The Cemetery on DVD (1981)
  Starring: Katherine MacColl,  Paolo Malco,  Giovanni Frezza
  Director: Lucio Fulci
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  Dr. Norman Boyle (Paolo Malco), of the New York Historical Society, accepts a research assignment abandoned by a colleague who has committed suicide. The project requires the researcher to temporarily take up residence in a New England mansion along with his wife, Lucy (Katherine MacColl) and their ..read more »
  
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Zombie Flesh Eaters

aka Zombi 2 aka Zombie. An unofficial sequel to Dawn Of The Dead (released as Zombi in Italy) by Lucio Fulci and in my opinion a better movie. This version is cut by around 3 minutes with the eye gouging scene the most significant omission and is of fairly poor quality. However it has also been re-released uncut in the UK by Anchor Bay in their Box Of The Banned 1 box set, but this version isn't available here despite me requesting that it's made available. So if you're going to buy a copy get that one.

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• Zombie Flesh Eaters on DVD (1980)
  Starring: Tisa Farrow,  Richard Johnson,  Ian McCulloch
  Director: Lucio Fulci
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  In ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS, a young woman named Anne (Tisa Farrow) joins forces with reporter Peter West (Ian Mc Culloch) in a search for her missing father, whose abandoned yacht was the scene of a New York harbor patrolman's brutal murder. The investigation leads them to the remote Caribbean island ..read more »
  
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Zombie Flesh Eaters 2

aka Zombi 3. Sold as a film by Lucio Fulci, but he had very little to do with this movie due to ill health and it shows. This version is a poor quality Vipco release and although it's not cut, the opening scene is missing, however it's not good enough to go to the trouble of importing a better version unless you are a Fulci completist.

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• Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 on DVD (1988)
  Starring: Deran Serafian,  Beatrice Ring,  Ulli Reinthaler
  Director: Lucio Fulci
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  A supposed sequel to Lucio Fulci's legendary ZOMBIE (aka ZOMBI 2 or ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS), there is actually no relation between ZOMBIE FLESH EATERS 2 and its alleged predecessor. Though Fulci is given full directorial credit, he dropped out of the project fairly early and was replaced by Bruno ..read more »
  
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The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue

aka Let Sleeping Corpses Lie aka Zombi 3. An excellent zombie movie by Jorge Grau that predates Dawn Of The Dead and Zombie Flesh Eaters, even though it one point it was sold as an unofficial sequel to both of them. Highly recommended.

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• The Living Dead At The Manchester Morgue (1974)
  Starring: Ray Lovelock,  Cristina Galbo,  Arthur Kennedy
  Director: Jorge Grau
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  A couple (Ray Lovelock and Cristina Galbo) travelling along the English countryside stop to get directions from a pair of Ministry of Agriculture workers who are testing an experimental device designed to drive crop-damaging insects into killing each other. While they plan their next stop, a man ..read more »
  
  Rate this: 58% from 725 members
  Due for release on 11th January 2010

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