Scariest Zombies?

[Bub666]

This Is the scariest zombie In my opinion. This movie wasn't really scary to me,but it is a great movie.

[horrormad]

This movie wasn't really scary to me,but it is a great movie. It not the movie that was scary It was the zombs example the zombie on the boat In the beginning of the movie and the one I posted.

[Bub666]

It not the movie that was scary It was the zombs example the zombie on the boat In the beginning of the movie and the one I posted. Yeah,those two were really good.

[EvilNed]

I totally agree with you. Burial Ground's zombies are great. I won't say that Burial Grounds zombies are the scariest, but I do agree they are very eerie. Not great make-up, sure, but man. The music and mood in that otherwise hilarious film really makes those zombies stand out. There's just something about them that wreaks "Doom!".

[Mike70]

day. easily, really no contest in my book. *slips into comicbook guy voice* best. zombies. ever. *no longer channelling* jesus, even helen keller could get this one. i mean c'mon, the zombies in dawn are little more than poorly made up extras. they don't have even a fraction of the flair and pizzazz of the respiratorily challenged folks in day. i will give honorable mention to the zombies in night68. they were creepy fo' sure.

[darth los]

I agree that fulci's zombies lacked "humanity". We have to remember, Savini, was quoted as saying that their ghouls were dead people not zombies. That's a very important distinction. Someone stated earlier that the ghouls in NOTLD could be confused for a neighbor and that's spot on. Fulci's zombies look like a fake costume with little or no movement in the facial region. Just take a mask, add a few worms and maggots and VUALA!! It's also interesting to note that there was a solid 10 year gap between NOTLD and DOTD with no mention of the word zombie. The first time it was ever uttered was by peter in the midst of the biker raid. " With those bay doors open there's gonna be a thousand zombies in here. That'll take the heat off us". So i guess GAR has always had a vision of what "zombies" should be.

[MaximusIncredulous]

You see, to me, Fulci zombies aren't that scary compared to (most) GAR zeds, because they lack that humanity. I like that stark, mirror-like reflection that GAR's zombies have. Now, some can get pretty inhuman looking, but for the most part there is an animus at work when you look at them and, most importantly, when they look back at you. Granted, I have very limited experience with Fulci zombies... That always bugged me too. With Romero's zombies, you can actually get a sense of what these people were, or try to imagine what they were, before they became undead. They have a human history and that's such a big help in drawing the viewer into that universe and making it believable. With Fulci's undead they all seem so generic in a Voodoo sense and are very bland without any human background feel whatsoever.

[darth los]

That always bugged me too. With Romero's zombies, you can actually get a sense of what these people were, or try to imagine what they were, before they became undead. They have a human history and that's such a big help in drawing the viewer into that universe and making it believable. With Fulci's undead they all seem so generic in a Voodoo sense and are very bland without any human background feel whatsoever. Well put sir. day. easily, really no contest in my book. *slips into comicbook guy voice* best. zombies. ever. *no longer channelling* jesus, even helen keller could get this one. i mean c'mon, the zombies in dawn are little more than poorly made up extras. they don't have even a fraction of the flair and pizzazz of the respiratorily challenged folks in day. i will give honorable mention to the zombies in night68. they were creepy fo' sure. Imo, another thing that made the night ghouls creepy is that they truly seemed dead. It was an ordeal for them just to move around. Like when Barbara is sitting in the chair there's a ghoul creeping up behind her that she fails to notice. ben takes him down but you got the feeling that it was struggling to get to her. One of the scariest moments and best pieces of cinematography I've ever seen was in NOTLD when ben bashes a ghoul who's trying to get through the door in the face. The ghoul backs off stunned. He takes up the whole frame but he backs up and we see about 6 or 7 ghouls there to take his place. Classic stuff.

[SRP76]

I see nothing scary about the zombies in Day. Being dead does NOT make you grow Romulan forehead ridges from a Star Trek episode, and make your teeth 5 times larger! Why do people keep saying that's "realistic"?! Night and Dawn were the best for me, because they weren't all mutilated and looking like they'd been in the ocean for 12 years, like in most zombie films. They could pass for live people, except for how they move (and their eating habits, of course). Just like a real dead person that dies from something other than falling into a giant cheesegrater.

[AcesandEights]

I see nothing scary about the zombies in Day. Being dead does NOT...make your teeth 5 times larger! Why do people keep saying that's "realistic"?! I thought I'd read and heard various things about soft tissue, especially gums, shriveling and receding after death. This is thought to be one of the reasons grave-opening authorities over the centuries associated elongated canines and teeth with vampires. I also assumed that quite often the make up in Day was supposed to make the skin on the heads look as though it were dessicated, shriveling and tightening, thus explaining a more skull-like appearance. I gotcha though...those Dawn deadies were so much more realistic: Oh, wait! My bad,I meant: Yup, very realistic looking

[clanglee]

You see, to me, Fulci zombies aren't that scary compared to (most) GAR zeds, because they lack that humanity. I like that stark, mirror-like reflection that GAR's zombies have. Now, some can get pretty inhuman looking, but for the most part there is an animus at work when you look at them and, most importantly, when they look back at you. Granted, I have very limited experience with Fulci zombies... Exactly!! Italian zombies are usually rubber masks(of the spencer's gifts variety) with some worms thrown on it. Put on a shroud, torn clothes, or some old armor and Wham!!! Italian Zombie. I don't hate Fulchi. I quite like some of his movies. But those stupid ass conquistador zombies at the end of Zombi, that just sat up out of 1.5 inches of dirt after being "burried" there for hundreds of years. . . . come on. And then the idiot heros fire like 100 shots and never hit their heads? Romero's zombies are people. You can see that. They look almost normal. And then they come after you. Way creepier.

[EvilNed]

I see nothing scary about the zombies in Day. Being dead does NOT make you grow Romulan forehead ridges from a Star Trek episode, and make your teeth 5 times larger! Why do people keep saying that's "realistic"?! Klingon! Not romulan. Geez.

[fulci fan]

Exactly!! Italian zombies are usually rubber masks(of the spencer's gifts variety) with some worms thrown on it. Put on a shroud, torn clothes, or some old armor and Wham!!! Italian Zombie. I don't hate Fulchi. I quite like some of his movies. But those stupid ass conquistador zombies at the end of Zombi, that just sat up out of 1.5 inches of dirt after being "burried" there for hundreds of years. . . . come on. And then the idiot heros fire like 100 shots and never hit their heads? The zombies in Zombi 2 were made with clay and latex. Savini could never take clay and latex and make what Gianetto De Rossi did . Also, the effects in Zombi 2 are much better than in Dawn.

[clanglee]

The zombies in Zombi 2 were made with clay and latex. Savini could never take clay and latex and make what Gianetto De Rossi did . Also, the effects in Zombi 2 are much better than in Dawn. . . . . . . oh . . . . oh wait. . . you're serious?!?!

[capncnut]

While I disagree with fulci fan's comment on FX, I have to say that the zombies in Zombi 2/ZFE are a lot scarier than Romero's. Those mashed-up, swaying, closed-eyed ghouls were quite horrific I thought.