Your Favorite Zombie Flick?

Night of the Living Dead.

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Dawn of the Dead (Remake)
Zombieland
28 Days Later / 28 Weeks Later

I guess I can toss the Resident Evil movies on there, even if they're an atrocity compared to the games.

I'm partial to the remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD. It's just plain fun.

callalily61 said:

The original, of course.

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But of course.

Shaun of the Dead
Zombieland
I Am Legend (does that qualify as a zombie movie?)

White Zombie
Revolt of the Zombies
King of the Zombies
Revenge of the Zombies
I Walked With a Zombie

Nothing like the classics.

I think i've only seen Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland. I enjoyed them all.

seun said:

Night of the Living Dead.

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Yeah, that one still holds up after all these years. And it's featured in every low budget horror movie because it's public domain!

Some unconventional zombie movies I like are STACY, the Japanese movie, and SUGAR HILL, which is a blaxploitation zombie movie.

Yeah, I'd have to go with the original Night of the Living Dead as absolute favoritest zombie movie. It's just damned good movie-making: a reasonably intelligent script, believeable and sympathetic characters, and a soul-crushing ending that was pretty much unheard of in horror at the time.

mellymel said:

I Am Legend (does that qualify as a zombie movie?)

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Well, it counts as a really awful film

BenPanced said:

Yeah, I'd have to go with the original Night of the Living Dead as absolute favoritest zombie movie. It's just damned good movie-making: a reasonably intelligent script, believeable and sympathetic characters, and a soul-crushing ending that was pretty much unheard of in horror at the time.

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Yeah. I saw it when it came out. I was 11. Snuck into the theater where a friend's brother was an usher. Terrified me. Had to walk home in the dark and my imagination just made things worse. Zombies were hiding behind every bush, every tree. I wasn't able to watch another zombie movie until just a few years ago. I own the original, but I've only been able to watch it once since, and that with the lights on during the day. It still dredges up all sorts of childhood fears.

Let me go against popular opinion and say Reanimator. I remember watching it in my living room in high school during a slumber party. Some adult had inappropriately recommended it to us, possibly my history teacher. At the scene with the head, and the absolutely unforgettable line "I think I've always loved you", we all screamed. My parents came sprinting out of the bedroom thinking disaster had befallen us. Then we all screamed NO DON'T COME IN! so they wouldn't see what was on the tv screen

Dead Alive (aka Braindead) is a very close second. Rarely have zombies been so much fun and so darn bloody.

Diana Hignutt said:

How was Dead Snow? Anyone see that? Looks creepy. Should I rent it or whatever?

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I saw it. I thought it was pretty good, but it didn't absolutely knock my socks off. Definitely worth a rental though.

My faves:

The Dawn of the Dead remake. Sarah Polley FTW! Actually this is probably my favorite movie of the decade. I'm a sucker for nihilism.
Dawn of the Dead original.
Return of the Living Dead. Send more cops.
As a kid I was really fond of one called Dead and Buried. I haven't seen it in ages & I couldn't tell you how well it holds up.
Dittoing Re-Animator.
Rec and Rec2 are probably in there somewhere as well.

Have you guys heard about the upcoming TV series The Walking Dead? Frank Darabont (The Mist, Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile) is writing & directing. Should be out this fall. I've seen some stills and it looks frigging fantastic.

Diana Hignutt said:

How did I forget Rec?

And, there's a Rec2? Hold the phone. I am so on that shit. Thanks for the head's up (and the nod for Dead Snow).

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Just FYI, Dead Snow is currently available on Netflix on demand.

I love the squirrel in Shaun of the Dead.

seun said:

Night of the Living Dead.

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QFT. There hasn't been anything quite like it.

Diana Hignutt said:

How was Dead Snow? Anyone see that? Looks creepy. Should I rent it or whatever?

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It was disappointing. Not funny in an Evil Dead 2 and 3 way, and not at all frightening. Maybe worth a watch on a Friday night if there's nothing else on but that's about it.

Zombieland!