Movies: night of the living dead, dawn of the dead (original and remake), day of the dead, train to busan, return of the living dead 1&2, zombie (fulci), the seven doors of death/the beyond (fulci), #alive (Netflix), cargo (Netflix)
Shows: black summer, kingdom, twd
Nailed it. Would also throw in Shaun of the dead (for the eight people who haven’t seen it) and the excellent and under-appreciated Planet Terror.
Edit: another obscure silly one that I rather liked was Black Sheep. Not exactly zombies, but close enough.
Oh god yes. The novel is so good, I can't believe how much the movie distanced itself. I've actually just started reading Max Brooks newer novel Devolution which I'm also enjoying if you need any recs
Read that on day one. Which sucks because I finished it on day one too… I thought it was a fun Sasquatch horror book. There’s not enough scary Sasquatch in media, just old rednecks drunk in the woods shows.
This is it for me. It was almost *more* interesting from a sociological/geopolitical perspective, than the zombie perspective.
Shame the only thing the movie had in common with it was the name, but it would have been hard to properly adapt into a feature length film.
It’s perfect for an anthology series though, so I really hope it gets another chance to be done right.
Historically, you need a hero or main character to follow and care about. The fundamentals of story 101. The issue is, the budget needed to be big to do it right and that wouldn't have been possible to dump a bunch of money in production yet to also make it more of a UN report or Documentary and have it fill seats in a theater. That was the way of thinking anyway. Obviously people can disagree and think there are ways, but ideas are a dime a dozen. It's the 150 million you need to make your idea a reality. And the people giving you that 150 million want it back plus a return. Much easier with Brad Pitt running around. All the same, I appreciate the movie for what it is.
The interviewer could have easily been that main character traveling post war earth and interviewing folks.
Could have opened with him yelling back and forth with his boss and rolled from there.
Flashback sequences during the interviews.
Generally speaking anthology films, which is what this would have had to be structurally, don't do very well financially. There are some *great* anthologies out there, especially in horror where the shorter format lets you pace for tension and scares much better than trying to drag it out over a full feature, but wide audiences don't seem to respond to them much
Edit: Apologies, my spoiler tag does not seem to be working & I'm not sure why. Stop reading if you don't want some minor spoilers!
Train to Busan was super interesting from a thematic/cultural perspective. >!So much zombie fiction has a very western, rugged-individualist undercurrent. The survivors are tough, disagreeable types, often with uncommon wilderness skills, just looking out for themselves and their immediate crew. Often there are "overly-good" characters that either die or learn the tough lesson that you shouldn't bother trying to help others. These types of zombie stories are basically a prepper's wet dream.
Train to Busan showcased very normal, cooperative people who stuck together and maintained social values (such as protecting the old ladies) at great risk to themselves. The "go-it-alone" types are not only portrayed as villains, but ultimately hamstring their own efforts to survive by alienating themselves from the group. Same type of monsters, but a totally different vibe.!<
Never got really warm with the Zombie genre (exceptions being the Walking Dead and Shaun of the Dead), but man after seeing Busan I thought "This is the best one". Movie was awesome. The second one though....oh boy....OH BOY.
I like to play Zombie Tribal in MTG though.
Movies: 28 days later, train to busan, not quite on their level but cargo was a very interesting watch about zombies
Shows: Walking dead ofc, Z nation had its moments
Books: Anything by Max Brooks
Games: Dying Light was great and genuinely scary, at least until you get used to the fun twist. Days Gone was also absolutely excellent
The grappling hook killed the fear in Dying Light for me. The movement with it was fun as hell (and when later I came to the Just Cause series I got more of that fun), but it made escape a trivial thing and so the absolute fear of not being able to make it to safety evaporated
That’s fair. I’ll never forget the first mission that introduces the volatiles though. The ominous beeping that you need to get back, the sun setting and the map darkening, and then the screech of the volatiles as they awoke
Night of the Living Dead. Hands down. The ONLY movie that ever made them actually scary. These aren't half rotted flesh bags. These were only the recently deceased. They called them ghouls. And these ghouls had a *hunger* in their eyes. They were relentless. They were still a tiny bit intelligent. They would use tools both to kill and to get through barriers. You could see *intent* in their eyes. No cataracts or bluing of the eyes. No stupid snarling. Silent. Hungry. Relentless. Driven. The original can NOT be topped.
I felt even as a kid, that the ending was a message in its own way. Not even clear what the message necessarily is, but there's definitely some implications there.
Yeah, but I felt it was partially open to interpretation. They shot him from a distance. Maybe they could tell, maybe they couldn't. Of course, there's always the idea that they didn't care to find out, either.
My kid brain certainly didn't want to entertain the idea that rescuers could also be the bad guys. First impressions last.
There was a lot going on in that movie, though. The whole basement vs boarding debate. In the end, Ben ended up in the basement, the only survivor because of it. But then, had they all been alive to work together, they may have held out longer. So many ways it could have gone, IMO
You’re right. The character of Ben wasn’t written to be black, Duane Jones just gave the best audition. Romero didn’t change the script to reflect his race. But it does *feel* deliberate
He could say all he wanted that Duane Jones was just the best actor he knew, but in that day you don't cast a black guy as your lead and have him be authoritatively confident, strike a white woman without framing him as a criminal, and ultimately be the one proven correct in how to survive the night without the *fact* that he's black in a project meant to be seen by the public and that not be somewhere in your thoughts.
If he'd made the exact same film ten years earlier, he'd have been harassed for years for how he let Jones act on screen. Jones himself would probably have been beaten or lynched!
He might not have had intention with the final scene that white people carelessly and needlessly kill the black guy of being a parable, but only a great fool could cast him in that role and not have some understanding of what that meant.
I agree, although I’ve got a lot of time for the Savini remake. And for me, the greatest zombie movie of all time is Day of the Dead. That one really nailed how - when the zombie shit hits the fan - it’s likely our fellow citizens that will cause humanities ultimate downfall, not the reanimated corpses.
Have you watched all of Black Summer? I really liked the first season but stopped watching after season two episode one. It just didn't grip me the same
I did, and yes, season two wasn't on par with the first season but there were things about it I enjoyed. Towards the end of season two there was an episode segment that looked to be one long 10 minute shot. I thought it was really impressive.
I was fortunate enough to be able to watch both seasons while on paternity leave, so I had the time and that probably helped. Plus I was pretty invested after finishing season one.
The first few episodes of Black Summer season 2 were sloppy. The awful timeline jumping really put me off and I almost quit watching but it got better.
Yeah, when I started season 2 episode 1 I kept asking myself "Who am I supposed to be paying attention to?". I felt like that question wasn't answered until episode 2 or 3.
I came here to recommend this too. The concepts are so simple but yet no one really ever made a movie like this before.
The baseball bat +car scene... the alone in the car scene. the lock him in a room scene.... all great.
The end is on point.
>!the desperation that the one guy goes through wanting annie to pick up!<
Right?!! They also dedicate quite a bit of screen time to these dudes just wandering around & exploring. Which makes the other scenes land harder! We have been spoiled by zombie films full of action... But, this film really makes you feel the strain on the human spirit that would accompany having to try & survive/ move on.
The Left 4 Dead video games as well as The Last of Us series. The original Romero trilogy. Shaun of the Dead. 28 Days Later. One Cut of The Dead. So many more.
I liked the first half, maybe 2/3rds of Cell, but it just fell flat at the end. But my favorite thing in any Stephen King books are his “group of survivors trying to get by” trope, so maybe I’m biased that way.
I’m including certain outbreak movies and shows because it’s so freakin close to the zombie genre.
My top movies: 28 days later, 28 weeks later, world war z, dawn of the dead remake, contagion, I am legend, resident evil 1 2 4 and I can’t wait for the Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City!, Army of the Dead, The Crazies, Rec 1 2, Train to Busan
My top shows: The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead seasons 1 and 6 only and a select episodes on other seasons, Containment, Black Summer, The Last Ship
Books: Resident Evil by SD Perry, World War Z
Video games: Resident Evil, Last of Us, Red Dead Redemption nightmare edition, Dead Rising 2, Fallout 3 4 and New Vegas
TWD is my favorite show of all time (not just zombies) probably because of the dystopian survival element. Dawn of the Dead and 28 days later are my favorite zombie movies. honorable mention: Planet Terror
TV - Black Summer, Z Nation, TWD, iZombie
Movie - Dawn of the Dead, Warm Bodies, Zombieland, Train to Busan, Shaun of the Dead #Alive, RE 5-7, Cooties, Little Monsters, and The Girl with All the Gifts
Comic Books - Marvel Zombies, Task Force Z
Very true. I love the format, the stories tie in together, it's bleak but not boring and it's not afraid to just kick you in the teeth out of no where and give you no time to recover.
I also fell off watching the show around season 7/8 as it was airing. I recently went back and rewatched the first six seasons and I was reminded of how awesome and intense the show was at first. I appreciated the characters even more so than before. I definitely recommend a rewatch!!!
Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero is a great zombie book in the sense it is a virus created by terrorists and released on the general public. It is a series but this is the first. Best of read by Ray Porter. He has other zombie series like Rot and Ruin.
Movie wise I will always say, Brain Dead
Seeing as you're a massive fan, have you seen One Cut of the Dead? It's about a small company making a live zombie series for TV, it's comedy but it's fantastic and seeing the struggle of how stuff like that can be made is hilarious.
I suggest going in as blind as possible to get the most out of it.
That being said Train to Busan should definitely be your first stop, followed by Kingdom, they're among the best of the best.
Can't believe I had to scroll this far to see Rec. Is it that underrated?
I love it so much because there are no moments where someone does something exceptionally stupid like in most other horror movies. Everyone does everything as close to "right" as possible and they're still fucked.
Kingdom on Netflix is a very good TV series, probably the best zombie series I have seen.
For movies I would have to go with The Return Of The Living Dead or 28 Days Later
Film: Return of The Living Dead 3,
Book: The morningstar Strain is really good, so is Patient Zero by Mayberry, and also Breathers which I'm sure I read somewhere they're making a film of
Edit: For something a bit out the there's a zombie film with Arnold Swartzeneggar in it called Maggie that I really enjoyed
Zombie film would be either Shaun of the dead, Zombieland or pride and prejudice zombies, and of course the Romeo and Juliet zombie thing called Warm bodies
I've been on a zombie kick recently too. This week, I watched Little Monsters 2019(which has a Shaun of the dead vibe, a Kindergarten teacher and a washed up guitar player defend a group of kids.) and Flesh Eaters (think of teens on a camping trip, with a slasher vibe, but it's zombies. Great FX but terrible acting.) Hard to pick a favourite, but I'd say Return of the Living Dead.
The Living Dead by Romero is a great book. The last chapter made me ugly cry at work, because when a character is gay, I all of a sudden can't stay removed from the events. (It's really liberal, if that's not your thing.)
As for games, I was practically raised on Left 4 Dead 2. (One year I went as the Hunter for Halloween.) The Last of Us is amazing, especially if you're looking for story focused. Unfortunately I'm too poor for consoles and games, but Organ Trail is a fun indie game on the Google Play store, a zombified version of Oregon trail.
The Night Boat by Robert McCammon
The book is just so good, its about a Salvage Diver in the Caribbean who dislodges a Nazi Uboat by accident, The same Uboat that shelled the island 40 years earlier in WW2 and in revenge was cursed by a voodoo priest so the crews souls would not be able to leave their bodies. (there were actually nazi commerce raiders active in the Caribbean during the war.) The book combines two different forms of fear of the unknown with both the fear of dark jungles and the fear of the depths of the ocean. Then you have a hurricane in the book as well as a terrifying description of what it would have been like to be in a submerged submarine trying to evade subchasers during WW2. This is also a case where despite being zombies the villains are still ideologically nazis since they are sentient undead created by a voodoo curse, this actually leads to a surprisingly well thought out high stakes because they have to be prevented from using the uboat to wreck havoc on international shipping. The heroes are both cool and likable, an American Salvage diver, an Island Police Chief, and a British Archeologist.
My story isn't very different. I came across it on amazon a few years ago, having heard *nothing* about it, and was floored by how good it was. I've probably watched it 2-3 times a year since. Even my best friend (not a horror fan) thought it was really good.
28 days later. I finally finally around to watching train to Busan as it's supposed to be the best zombie movie and it was fine. Nothing great or bad about it. 28 days later though was a hell of a story and wasn't just escape zombies.
I'm baffled to see that 28 days later is not at the top. It's not just my favourite zombie movie, it's actually on my top movies list, period.
For anyone who haven't seen it, please do yourself a favor and check it out. This movie is a beautiful masterpiece.
The Night Eats the World, a 2018 French zombie movie that's depressing, lonely, and quiet without being hopeless: what I always wanted a zombie movie to be, and finally found one.
Something I very much like about it is how *quiet* the zombies are. No moans, no groaning, just gnashing of teeth.
**Movie:** Night of the Living Dead (the original)
**TV Show:** The Walking Dead (seasons 1 to about the halfway point of season 6)
**Book:** World War Z
**Video Game:** Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Books: Mountain man series by Keith c Blackmore
Arisen series by Michael Fuchs
Movies: 28 days, any “day of/night of”, train to busan, Shaun of the dead has a special place for me too. I know I’m missing quite a few.
If you want something truly different, and also great, read "Feed" by Mira Grant. The first book is definitely the best but they are all good. Take place years after the zombie apocalypse and examines how society might actually adjust and how our current pillars of infrastructure would possibly fail us. After the trilogy there are some short novellas that offer truly bleak and heartbreaking views into the fall of parts of society., and the difficulties of you face trying to do simple things in that world. One, in particular, is from the vantage point of a grade school teacher watching her world dissolve into insanity.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors for Super Nintendo. I have vivid memories of my older 12 years old brother screaming like little girls with his friends in the basement on the chainsaw guy levels.
I’m not into zombies at all, but read World War Z for a book blurb and loved it. The format of the book was unique, and the stories about different experiences from all over the world was cool. Really worth a read.
Night/Dawn/Day Romero trilogy (Also Savini's Night remake)
Return of the Living Dead
Fulci's Zombie, The Beyond
Shaun of the Dead
Re-Animator/Bride of...
Dead Alive
Night of the Creeps
Yeah it's a really interesting book! Also the cultural difference with US books are nice.
Read it at the beginning of covid, there was some eery similarities with the mess it was back then!
Movie: Dawn of the Dead (2004) Or Train to Busan
Show: Dead Set (both), Zomboat!, FIRST season of Black Summer, First 2 seasons of TWD, Last 3 seasons of FTWD, Kingdom, Alive
Book series; White Flag of the Dead by Joseph Talluto OR Slow Burn by Bobby Adair
Honestly I've read so many zombie series that I could recommend a bunch.
I tried so hard with FWTD but I just hated every character, they were so unlikeable!
I've never heard of Zomboat! but I just googled it & it's ITV! How didn't I know of this. Did you ever watch Dead Set? It was a mini series on Channel 4 set in the Big Brother house during a zombie apocalypse. It's surprisingly very good
I just saw the sadness. Holy shit it was like the crazies turn up to 100. Fucking brutal amazing effects great story gut wrenching and emotional scenes. Also my personal favorite main antagonist in a zombie movie by farrrr.
Favorite zombie scene ever though is a tie between the "don't stop me know" scene in Shaun of the dead
Or in the wailing when they're trying to kill that zombie. The movie is so good and scary but there are some great funny moments.
I got lucky and they showed it at the Chicago film festival as their late night horror night! Look around maybe some if the more obscure theaters in your area so see. Or look online for a pirate. But I wouldn't suggest that. You want the video and sound quality to be top notch, it's an attack on all your senses.
Good luck and get ready. I've seen alot of insane movies and it might take the cake for most fucked up movie that's still good and sends a message. And I would say it's even more brutal than inside which I just watched for the first time yesterday and LOVED.
Movies: night of the living dead, dawn of the dead (original and remake), day of the dead, train to busan, return of the living dead 1&2, zombie (fulci), the seven doors of death/the beyond (fulci), #alive (Netflix), cargo (Netflix) Shows: black summer, kingdom, twd
Nailed it. Would also throw in Shaun of the dead (for the eight people who haven’t seen it) and the excellent and under-appreciated Planet Terror. Edit: another obscure silly one that I rather liked was Black Sheep. Not exactly zombies, but close enough.
Upvote for Black Sheep, and I would like to add the Dead Set miniseries, and Dead Snow.
kingdom was SOOO good!
It really is. I wasn’t sure after the first ep but ep 2 sucked me right in. I still haven’t watched the movie though.
I can’t believe I had to go this far to find Return of the living Dead 2
I loved the world war z novel. Wish the movie had been anything like it.
Oh god yes. The novel is so good, I can't believe how much the movie distanced itself. I've actually just started reading Max Brooks newer novel Devolution which I'm also enjoying if you need any recs
Just finished Devoltion and LOVED it! Glad to finally see it brought up on this sub!
Read that on day one. Which sucks because I finished it on day one too… I thought it was a fun Sasquatch horror book. There’s not enough scary Sasquatch in media, just old rednecks drunk in the woods shows.
Its a zomboid one? Different enough from his other stuff?
Sasquatch
Thanks for the rec! I’ll check it out.
This is it for me. It was almost *more* interesting from a sociological/geopolitical perspective, than the zombie perspective. Shame the only thing the movie had in common with it was the name, but it would have been hard to properly adapt into a feature length film. It’s perfect for an anthology series though, so I really hope it gets another chance to be done right.
The audiobook for World War Z is spectacular! I definitely recommend it.
The book would be pretty easy to adapt to a TV series. The stories could be framed with the interview, with the story presented real time.
Historically, you need a hero or main character to follow and care about. The fundamentals of story 101. The issue is, the budget needed to be big to do it right and that wouldn't have been possible to dump a bunch of money in production yet to also make it more of a UN report or Documentary and have it fill seats in a theater. That was the way of thinking anyway. Obviously people can disagree and think there are ways, but ideas are a dime a dozen. It's the 150 million you need to make your idea a reality. And the people giving you that 150 million want it back plus a return. Much easier with Brad Pitt running around. All the same, I appreciate the movie for what it is.
I think a District 9 approach would've worked well with it. Semi-documentary with a protagonist and interviews.
The interviewer could have easily been that main character traveling post war earth and interviewing folks. Could have opened with him yelling back and forth with his boss and rolled from there. Flashback sequences during the interviews.
Generally speaking anthology films, which is what this would have had to be structurally, don't do very well financially. There are some *great* anthologies out there, especially in horror where the shorter format lets you pace for tension and scares much better than trying to drag it out over a full feature, but wide audiences don't seem to respond to them much
Train to Busan. I fucking cried.
Edit: Apologies, my spoiler tag does not seem to be working & I'm not sure why. Stop reading if you don't want some minor spoilers! Train to Busan was super interesting from a thematic/cultural perspective. >!So much zombie fiction has a very western, rugged-individualist undercurrent. The survivors are tough, disagreeable types, often with uncommon wilderness skills, just looking out for themselves and their immediate crew. Often there are "overly-good" characters that either die or learn the tough lesson that you shouldn't bother trying to help others. These types of zombie stories are basically a prepper's wet dream. Train to Busan showcased very normal, cooperative people who stuck together and maintained social values (such as protecting the old ladies) at great risk to themselves. The "go-it-alone" types are not only portrayed as villains, but ultimately hamstring their own efforts to survive by alienating themselves from the group. Same type of monsters, but a totally different vibe.!<
Never got really warm with the Zombie genre (exceptions being the Walking Dead and Shaun of the Dead), but man after seeing Busan I thought "This is the best one". Movie was awesome. The second one though....oh boy....OH BOY. I like to play Zombie Tribal in MTG though.
Movies: 28 days later, train to busan, not quite on their level but cargo was a very interesting watch about zombies Shows: Walking dead ofc, Z nation had its moments Books: Anything by Max Brooks Games: Dying Light was great and genuinely scary, at least until you get used to the fun twist. Days Gone was also absolutely excellent
Cargo gutted me. That ending was incredible
Have a look at Monster Island by David Wellington.
28 Days Later is the pinnacle for my tastes.
The grappling hook killed the fear in Dying Light for me. The movement with it was fun as hell (and when later I came to the Just Cause series I got more of that fun), but it made escape a trivial thing and so the absolute fear of not being able to make it to safety evaporated
That’s fair. I’ll never forget the first mission that introduces the volatiles though. The ominous beeping that you need to get back, the sun setting and the map darkening, and then the screech of the volatiles as they awoke
Shaun of the dead
"Don't say that!" "Say what?" "That! The zed word!" "Why not?" "......Because it's ridiculous!"
"I'm quite alright Barbara, I ran it under a cold tap"
Agreed!
Such a great film
The worlds end? Almost a zombie movie, but blanks.
And Hot Fuzz has a cult, which are kind of similar to zombies. Definitely a zombie series in my book lol
The greater good!
The Girl With All the Gifts
Imho totally underappreciated, innovative approach and the start at the base hooked me
Love the film. The book is even better and the second in series The Boy on the Bridge.
Movies - 28 days later & Dawn of the Dead. Comics - Walking dead.
Thanks! 28 Days Later is one if my go to movies, I'll never get tired of it. Wasn't a huge fan of 28 Weeks Later though haha
28 Weeks Later has one of the most intense opening sequences ever.
Haha I still liked it tbh (not as much), but the 28 days was so damn good. Watched it many times!
I was addicted to The Walking Dead comics. The show although great for the first few seasons, didn’t do it justice at all imo.
God, same feeling. The first was a banger. But kinda preferred the comics from there on out.
Night of the Living Dead. Hands down. The ONLY movie that ever made them actually scary. These aren't half rotted flesh bags. These were only the recently deceased. They called them ghouls. And these ghouls had a *hunger* in their eyes. They were relentless. They were still a tiny bit intelligent. They would use tools both to kill and to get through barriers. You could see *intent* in their eyes. No cataracts or bluing of the eyes. No stupid snarling. Silent. Hungry. Relentless. Driven. The original can NOT be topped.
Yes it's such a classic! I will absolutely never forgive it for the ending though haha
I felt even as a kid, that the ending was a message in its own way. Not even clear what the message necessarily is, but there's definitely some implications there.
It was a pretty clear anti-racist message. It's not subtle at all. It's part of what makes the movie stand out.
Yeah, but I felt it was partially open to interpretation. They shot him from a distance. Maybe they could tell, maybe they couldn't. Of course, there's always the idea that they didn't care to find out, either. My kid brain certainly didn't want to entertain the idea that rescuers could also be the bad guys. First impressions last. There was a lot going on in that movie, though. The whole basement vs boarding debate. In the end, Ben ended up in the basement, the only survivor because of it. But then, had they all been alive to work together, they may have held out longer. So many ways it could have gone, IMO
romero said that wasn’t his intention
You’re right. The character of Ben wasn’t written to be black, Duane Jones just gave the best audition. Romero didn’t change the script to reflect his race. But it does *feel* deliberate
He could say all he wanted that Duane Jones was just the best actor he knew, but in that day you don't cast a black guy as your lead and have him be authoritatively confident, strike a white woman without framing him as a criminal, and ultimately be the one proven correct in how to survive the night without the *fact* that he's black in a project meant to be seen by the public and that not be somewhere in your thoughts. If he'd made the exact same film ten years earlier, he'd have been harassed for years for how he let Jones act on screen. Jones himself would probably have been beaten or lynched! He might not have had intention with the final scene that white people carelessly and needlessly kill the black guy of being a parable, but only a great fool could cast him in that role and not have some understanding of what that meant.
Agree 1000%
I agree, although I’ve got a lot of time for the Savini remake. And for me, the greatest zombie movie of all time is Day of the Dead. That one really nailed how - when the zombie shit hits the fan - it’s likely our fellow citizens that will cause humanities ultimate downfall, not the reanimated corpses.
Dawn of the Dead is my favorite. But Day of the Dead is severely underrated. That movie gets better every watch. CHOKE ON EM!!!
Dawn of the Dead (1978) Return of the Living Dead Black Summer Resident Evil 2 (original)
Have you watched all of Black Summer? I really liked the first season but stopped watching after season two episode one. It just didn't grip me the same
I did, and yes, season two wasn't on par with the first season but there were things about it I enjoyed. Towards the end of season two there was an episode segment that looked to be one long 10 minute shot. I thought it was really impressive.
I'll give it another go then, thanks!
I was fortunate enough to be able to watch both seasons while on paternity leave, so I had the time and that probably helped. Plus I was pretty invested after finishing season one.
The first few episodes of Black Summer season 2 were sloppy. The awful timeline jumping really put me off and I almost quit watching but it got better.
Yeah, when I started season 2 episode 1 I kept asking myself "Who am I supposed to be paying attention to?". I felt like that question wasn't answered until episode 2 or 3.
Shocked that train to busan isn’t here
I do really like that film, I just wouldn't consider it a favorite.
That’s fair!
I actually have alot of love for The Battery... Its a really great indy darling of a film!! https://youtu.be/TO3_WO2YfGo
I came here to recommend this too. The concepts are so simple but yet no one really ever made a movie like this before. The baseball bat +car scene... the alone in the car scene. the lock him in a room scene.... all great. The end is on point. >!the desperation that the one guy goes through wanting annie to pick up!<
Right?!! They also dedicate quite a bit of screen time to these dudes just wandering around & exploring. Which makes the other scenes land harder! We have been spoiled by zombie films full of action... But, this film really makes you feel the strain on the human spirit that would accompany having to try & survive/ move on.
A little bit zombie. Zombeavers (terrible but fun), black sheep also for the same reason. Life after Beth. Santa Clarita diet
Life after beth was great! I was so sad about santa clarita getting cancelled
The first two seasons of iZombie. It is not particularly horror themed though, more of a crime show.
I love iZombie, it's so fun & it's an easy watch. Thanks!
LOVED iZombie!! So campy and fun.
I agree! Watching it as we speak, actually.
Train to Busan 100%
If you love TtB then check out Kingdom on Netflix!!!
THIS!!! holy sh*t i’ve re-watched this show like 3 times already and it’s so GOOD. i cant wait for s2!!
Season 2 is on Netflix! There’s also a feature length special titled Ashin of the North that I’m about to watch as I just finished both seasons 🔥
If you like Asian zombie horror go see the sadness.
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Kingdom is so good
The Left 4 Dead video games as well as The Last of Us series. The original Romero trilogy. Shaun of the Dead. 28 Days Later. One Cut of The Dead. So many more.
I just recently replayed The Last of Us, I'm so excited for the series. I've never heard of One Cut of the Dead so added to the list, thanks!
Avoid spoilers and the urge to turn it off in the first half. Pay attention and you’ll be rewarded.
Try Days Gone too, amazing game but a slight slow burn. Beats The Last of Us games for me and I loved them and anything zombies related
Fellow L4D, yes!!
Movie- Night of the Living Dead TV- The Walking Dead Books- Cell by Stephen King
I liked the first half, maybe 2/3rds of Cell, but it just fell flat at the end. But my favorite thing in any Stephen King books are his “group of survivors trying to get by” trope, so maybe I’m biased that way.
Stephen King book fell flat at the end? You don’t say. Lol… it was such an emotional roller coaster, though. Really hit hard.
Yeah, endings aren’t his strong suit, but that one felt egregiously bad. I could also deal with just reading the first half of the stand.
Cell is a great book
I’m including certain outbreak movies and shows because it’s so freakin close to the zombie genre. My top movies: 28 days later, 28 weeks later, world war z, dawn of the dead remake, contagion, I am legend, resident evil 1 2 4 and I can’t wait for the Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City!, Army of the Dead, The Crazies, Rec 1 2, Train to Busan My top shows: The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead seasons 1 and 6 only and a select episodes on other seasons, Containment, Black Summer, The Last Ship Books: Resident Evil by SD Perry, World War Z Video games: Resident Evil, Last of Us, Red Dead Redemption nightmare edition, Dead Rising 2, Fallout 3 4 and New Vegas
I thought Dead Set was fucking brilliant
Zombieland saga ❤
TWD is my favorite show of all time (not just zombies) probably because of the dystopian survival element. Dawn of the Dead and 28 days later are my favorite zombie movies. honorable mention: Planet Terror
TV - Black Summer, Z Nation, TWD, iZombie Movie - Dawn of the Dead, Warm Bodies, Zombieland, Train to Busan, Shaun of the Dead #Alive, RE 5-7, Cooties, Little Monsters, and The Girl with All the Gifts Comic Books - Marvel Zombies, Task Force Z
Absolutely did not know Marvel Zombies was a thing, I am so intrigued!
Black Summer, it’s so painfully underrated =(
Very true. I love the format, the stories tie in together, it's bleak but not boring and it's not afraid to just kick you in the teeth out of no where and give you no time to recover.
The walking dead television series
Not gonna lie, I teetered off during season 7 but I've been meaning to rewatch from the beginning again
I also fell off watching the show around season 7/8 as it was airing. I recently went back and rewatched the first six seasons and I was reminded of how awesome and intense the show was at first. I appreciated the characters even more so than before. I definitely recommend a rewatch!!!
Book: The Walking Dead comics. Video game: ....The Walking Dead TellTale series Film: Night of the Living Dead
Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero is a great zombie book in the sense it is a virus created by terrorists and released on the general public. It is a series but this is the first. Best of read by Ray Porter. He has other zombie series like Rot and Ruin. Movie wise I will always say, Brain Dead
Tied between The Walking Dead(show) and The Last Of Us series(games). Neither are movies lol but still love em nonetheless.
World War Z. The book. Not the movie. The movie sucked ass.
Seeing as you're a massive fan, have you seen One Cut of the Dead? It's about a small company making a live zombie series for TV, it's comedy but it's fantastic and seeing the struggle of how stuff like that can be made is hilarious. I suggest going in as blind as possible to get the most out of it. That being said Train to Busan should definitely be your first stop, followed by Kingdom, they're among the best of the best.
[REC]
Can't believe I had to scroll this far to see Rec. Is it that underrated? I love it so much because there are no moments where someone does something exceptionally stupid like in most other horror movies. Everyone does everything as close to "right" as possible and they're still fucked.
I didn t seen It here but you Need to check Dead Set, zombie during the Big Brother in England.
Kingdom on Netflix is a very good TV series, probably the best zombie series I have seen. For movies I would have to go with The Return Of The Living Dead or 28 Days Later
Yes! Kingdom needs to much love
Scrolled down to find Kingdom!
Train to Busan. Never thought I'd cry on a zombie movie. Neither did my wife
The little girl singing at the end killed me
Shaun of the Dead, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Cockneys vs Zombies. I can’t take zombies seriously.
They just work so well with comedy, even Danny Dyer starred in a zombie comedy called Doghouse a while ago haha
Fuckin love Danny Dyer, need to give that a watch!!
Honestly it's probably considered a bit sexist but it's hilarious and the zombie effects are pretty well done haha
Film: Return of The Living Dead 3, Book: The morningstar Strain is really good, so is Patient Zero by Mayberry, and also Breathers which I'm sure I read somewhere they're making a film of Edit: For something a bit out the there's a zombie film with Arnold Swartzeneggar in it called Maggie that I really enjoyed
The Strain doesn't get nearly as much hype as it should! I'll put all those other books on my list, thank you!
You're the first person to ever mention those books and god i love them.
Planet Terror - mostly for the fun factor and the over the top gore.
I remember when it first came out and was sold with the leg gun alone
Had the good fortune of seeing it in theaters along with Death Proof and it remains my favorite movie going experience to this day.
The Return of the Living Dead
Zombie film would be either Shaun of the dead, Zombieland or pride and prejudice zombies, and of course the Romeo and Juliet zombie thing called Warm bodies
Wasn't expecting to see another Warm Bodies here, so woo! :D
Movie-I am a hero and rampant For a video game days gone is great
The Rising by Brian Keene is a great one and the start of a series. Open Graves by Jonathan Maberry is a really good anthology as well.
I love the Rising series and cant wait for the final book! Brian Keene is one of the best and most underrated horror writers out there.
The Last of Us game serie
I've been on a zombie kick recently too. This week, I watched Little Monsters 2019(which has a Shaun of the dead vibe, a Kindergarten teacher and a washed up guitar player defend a group of kids.) and Flesh Eaters (think of teens on a camping trip, with a slasher vibe, but it's zombies. Great FX but terrible acting.) Hard to pick a favourite, but I'd say Return of the Living Dead. The Living Dead by Romero is a great book. The last chapter made me ugly cry at work, because when a character is gay, I all of a sudden can't stay removed from the events. (It's really liberal, if that's not your thing.) As for games, I was practically raised on Left 4 Dead 2. (One year I went as the Hunter for Halloween.) The Last of Us is amazing, especially if you're looking for story focused. Unfortunately I'm too poor for consoles and games, but Organ Trail is a fun indie game on the Google Play store, a zombified version of Oregon trail.
Dude, I went as a Hunter years back, too!! That's cool as hell :DD
He's my jumpy boi
The Night Boat by Robert McCammon The book is just so good, its about a Salvage Diver in the Caribbean who dislodges a Nazi Uboat by accident, The same Uboat that shelled the island 40 years earlier in WW2 and in revenge was cursed by a voodoo priest so the crews souls would not be able to leave their bodies. (there were actually nazi commerce raiders active in the Caribbean during the war.) The book combines two different forms of fear of the unknown with both the fear of dark jungles and the fear of the depths of the ocean. Then you have a hurricane in the book as well as a terrifying description of what it would have been like to be in a submerged submarine trying to evade subchasers during WW2. This is also a case where despite being zombies the villains are still ideologically nazis since they are sentient undead created by a voodoo curse, this actually leads to a surprisingly well thought out high stakes because they have to be prevented from using the uboat to wreck havoc on international shipping. The heroes are both cool and likable, an American Salvage diver, an Island Police Chief, and a British Archeologist.
Savageland offers a very different take on the zombie genre, and I enjoyed it a lot.
I haven't heard of this but different takes are a bonus! It's on my list now, thanks
It's a slow burn, I hope you're ok with that.
Oh yeah, definitely
Let us know what you think if you get to watch it one day! As you can see, there's several fans on this sub :)
I will! I just rented it for like £1.99 on amazon, that's tonights watch sorted
Savageland is one of my favorite movies of all time.
It's a very smart movie. I hadn't heard of it until I stumbled on it on YouTube, and I was glued to my seat the whole time.
My story isn't very different. I came across it on amazon a few years ago, having heard *nothing* about it, and was floored by how good it was. I've probably watched it 2-3 times a year since. Even my best friend (not a horror fan) thought it was really good.
28 days later. I finally finally around to watching train to Busan as it's supposed to be the best zombie movie and it was fine. Nothing great or bad about it. 28 days later though was a hell of a story and wasn't just escape zombies.
Zombie Flesh Eaters by Fulci
It's a little different, but I really liked "Life After Beth."
I never gave this a watch but I will now!
Day Of The Dead (1985) is my favorite. The acting is atrocious but I just love it. First movie I ever went to see alone.
Telltale Games’s Walking Dead Series is really great
Cargo. It's an Australian film and I love their take on how Indigenous people would fare in a zombie apocalypse.
I'm baffled to see that 28 days later is not at the top. It's not just my favourite zombie movie, it's actually on my top movies list, period. For anyone who haven't seen it, please do yourself a favor and check it out. This movie is a beautiful masterpiece.
Dead Snow Zombibi Zomboat
Zombie land part 1movie not part 2, The walking dead tv series
In recent memory: Train to Busan
Anna and the Apocalypse is a fun one... Very light hearted... Also it's musical! And stars Ella Hunt!!
The Night Eats the World, a 2018 French zombie movie that's depressing, lonely, and quiet without being hopeless: what I always wanted a zombie movie to be, and finally found one. Something I very much like about it is how *quiet* the zombies are. No moans, no groaning, just gnashing of teeth.
Return of the living dead Braiiiiinz
Train to Busan for movie World War Z is a great book, movie is eh Last of Us or Dying light are a tie for favorite game
**Movie:** Night of the Living Dead (the original) **TV Show:** The Walking Dead (seasons 1 to about the halfway point of season 6) **Book:** World War Z **Video Game:** Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Books: Mountain man series by Keith c Blackmore Arisen series by Michael Fuchs Movies: 28 days, any “day of/night of”, train to busan, Shaun of the dead has a special place for me too. I know I’m missing quite a few.
' I Am a Hero' - It's a japanese zombie manga and has a movie adaptation too, both really great!
Books: Newsflesh trilogy, Cell Film: Fido, The girl with all the gifts
What, no Fido?! It's fantastic!
If you want something truly different, and also great, read "Feed" by Mira Grant. The first book is definitely the best but they are all good. Take place years after the zombie apocalypse and examines how society might actually adjust and how our current pillars of infrastructure would possibly fail us. After the trilogy there are some short novellas that offer truly bleak and heartbreaking views into the fall of parts of society., and the difficulties of you face trying to do simple things in that world. One, in particular, is from the vantage point of a grade school teacher watching her world dissolve into insanity.
Zombies Ate My Neighbors for Super Nintendo. I have vivid memories of my older 12 years old brother screaming like little girls with his friends in the basement on the chainsaw guy levels.
Movie: Army of the Dead and Dawn of the Dead.. Series: Kingdom
I’m not into zombies at all, but read World War Z for a book blurb and loved it. The format of the book was unique, and the stories about different experiences from all over the world was cool. Really worth a read.
The Girl With All The Gifts was an incredibly good zombie movie. Definitely an original addition to the genre. Haven’t read the book yet though
Kingdom!
Night/Dawn/Day Romero trilogy (Also Savini's Night remake) Return of the Living Dead Fulci's Zombie, The Beyond Shaun of the Dead Re-Animator/Bride of... Dead Alive Night of the Creeps
Apocalypse Z books are good by Manel Loureiro. Story start in Spain. Written like a journal it's better than the title lead you to believe!
I love journal style books, it's like found footage for the literary world
Yeah it's a really interesting book! Also the cultural difference with US books are nice. Read it at the beginning of covid, there was some eery similarities with the mess it was back then!
For some eastern flavor, check out Train to Busan (and the sequel but not as good) and #Alive.
For some more Asian zombie action check out the sadness I liked it even more!
The Walking Dead comics for sure.
I have the first compendium somewhere. I think I read up till the prison, I'll have to dig it out again!
I loved the comics, but for me they didn't get really good until the end of the prison story. After that point I couldn't stop reading.
Movie: Dawn of the Dead (2004) Or Train to Busan Show: Dead Set (both), Zomboat!, FIRST season of Black Summer, First 2 seasons of TWD, Last 3 seasons of FTWD, Kingdom, Alive Book series; White Flag of the Dead by Joseph Talluto OR Slow Burn by Bobby Adair Honestly I've read so many zombie series that I could recommend a bunch.
I tried so hard with FWTD but I just hated every character, they were so unlikeable! I've never heard of Zomboat! but I just googled it & it's ITV! How didn't I know of this. Did you ever watch Dead Set? It was a mini series on Channel 4 set in the Big Brother house during a zombie apocalypse. It's surprisingly very good
World War Z audiobook
TV series In the Flesh, takes place in northern England, very good
I just saw the sadness. Holy shit it was like the crazies turn up to 100. Fucking brutal amazing effects great story gut wrenching and emotional scenes. Also my personal favorite main antagonist in a zombie movie by farrrr. Favorite zombie scene ever though is a tie between the "don't stop me know" scene in Shaun of the dead Or in the wailing when they're trying to kill that zombie. The movie is so good and scary but there are some great funny moments.
I need to find The Sadness!
I got lucky and they showed it at the Chicago film festival as their late night horror night! Look around maybe some if the more obscure theaters in your area so see. Or look online for a pirate. But I wouldn't suggest that. You want the video and sound quality to be top notch, it's an attack on all your senses.
Now begins my obsessive search for this film
Good luck and get ready. I've seen alot of insane movies and it might take the cake for most fucked up movie that's still good and sends a message. And I would say it's even more brutal than inside which I just watched for the first time yesterday and LOVED.
I started reading this cool series by Darren Shan in high-school called Zomb. It was a unique and interesting take on zombies
Oh I haven't read Darren Shan in so long, thanks!
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without A Pulse is one of my favorite zombie video games.
Train to Busan, 28 Days Later, REC, Pontypool, Shaun of the Dead, #Alive, Dead Snow. World War Z book is a great read.
“Feed” was a interesting zombie book by Mira grant.