Top 11 Zombie Movies

[Mike70]

[/IMG] That'll be sure to ruffle some feathers around here. Or rather whats missing... like most folks around here, this is a week-to-week thing. certain movies come and go on the list depending on how i'm feeling.

[krisvds]

Here's a interesting twist, how about your bottom 11, your list of worse zombie movies you have seen? mine would be.. 1. Land (for obvious reasons) 2. Survival (For similar reasons) 3. Night of the Living dead 30th Anniversary (I hate what they did with the priest there) 4. Nudist colony of the dead (this is one of those films you see on the videoshop shelf as a teenager, and get your hopes really high, then see it and boy does it know how to disappoint) 5. Undead (Saw this australian peice of shit a while back and hated it) 6. Zombieland (WAYYYYYYY over hyped, was a moderate movie and i liked the bill murray appearence, wouldnt of made this list if it wasnt so hyped up) 7. Gore Whore, I Got this on DVD about 3 years ago for £1 (about $1.39) and i felt ripped off. 8. Children of the Living Dead (Poor poor savini.. why?) 9. House of the dead (Another £1 DVD that let me down..) 10.Land (so awful it makes the list twice..) 11. Return of the living Dead 2 (I Loved the first, the second just seemed like a really cheap remake of the first, that annoyed me) You probably notice diary dosnt make either list, there's a reason, of romero's new trilogy, diary is the only one i could stomach.. it wasnt good but it wasnt bad either, it was a decent second rate cheap thrill of a movie and for that, it earns points, not enough points to get it onto the good list, but enough to keep it off the bad list. Land AND survival are the two WORST zombie movies EVER? You serious?

[Andy]

Gryphon no need to apologise, we cant all like the same things and i posted my list fully expecting it to be contraversial.. im told there's even some people on here who like land But defending my opinion, i enjoyed the first film, it was one of the first zombie movies i ever saw and was one of my influences that pulled me into this sub-genre and if i could of picked 12 movies for my pro list, there's a high chance ROTLD would be on there as i said it was difficult cutting it down from 20-25 movies down to 11. The second one, its not the worse movie out there and if i had seen it before the first one i would probably be of a totally different opinion, but it reuses alot of the same premise, same music, same gags and even goes as far as to have 2 of the same actors reprise pretty much the same roles, i mean it even reuses lines from the first movie. Now whether its intentional or supposed to be a mockery of the movie making process, it comes across as a very cheap remake under the guise of a sequel and im sure many others feel the same way. On consideration, the whole ROTLD series goes wayyyy downhill after the second one so i probably was abit harsh putting it on my negative list, its just that annoyance thats burdened me for years. Edit - Krisvds, yes i am. deadly serious, worse than curse of the cannibal confederates, porno holocaust or bill hinzmans flesheater.

[Gryphon]

The second one, its not the worse movie out there and if i had seen it before the first one i would probably be of a totally different opinion, but it reuses alot of the same premise, same music, same gags and even goes as far as to have 2 of the same actors reprise pretty much the same roles, i mean it even reuses lines from the first movie. Now whether its intentional or supposed to be a mockery of the movie making process, it comes across as a very cheap remake under the guise of a sequel and im sure many others feel the same way. Actually, it was an intentional mockery of the movie-making process. I've read several interviews about the movie. A lot of it was tongue-in-cheek, hense the Michael Jackson zombie at the end. And yes, there are a lot of the same 'elements' from a production standpoint, but the actual events of the story and plot are totally different. You can't have a remake with a completely different set of events and circumstances. What you descrive above is a sequal, not a remake A movie isn't about gags and actors, it's about the story, and Parts 1 and 2 have totally different stories, different types of characters (normal people in 2 rather than the unsympathetic thugs of part 1), wildly different settings, and completely different resolutions. One movie is a 'trapped in a building' movie, whereas the other is a 'wandering and searching' movie: totally different dynamic. Which is, of course, why the travesty of a "Day of the Dead" remake was (even if it had been a good movie, which it wasn't) not really a remake, either, because even with similar characters and names, the plot was different. It's all about the plot, to me, not production details.

[Andy]

And yes, there are a lot of the same 'elements' from a production standpoint, but the actual events of the story and plot are totally different. You can't have a remake with a completely different set of events and circumstances. What you descrive above is a sequal, not a remake You have seen zack snyders dawn of the dead havnt you? you just described it perfectly as a sequel

[Gryphon]

You have seen zack snyders dawn of the dead havnt you? you just described it perfectly as a sequel No, because it didn't take place in the same 'universe' of rules. And, it wasn't a "completely different" story, just slightly different, regardless of anyone's opinions of the choices of the director or screenwriter. It was more of an 'homage' than a remake or sequal. Same infrasructure of a plot as the original, somewhat different events, different 'universe' of zombie rules. Sort of like the new "Nightmare on Elm Street" - not really a remake either, more of an homage. Sequals share 'rules' of how things work within the series. Remakes share plot, events, storyline, etc. Homages mix up the two in a blender with generally bad results. NoLD 90 was a remake... same plot, same characters, 90% same situations, made off the same script. Anything less than the simlarity between NotLD and NotLD90 is not a remake. Let Me In is a remake; it's pretty much shot for shot the same as Let the Right One In. Nothing less than that is a remake. A movie about people driving around town in an ambulance or red "cherry" car, and electrocuting zombies is simply NOT the same as a movie about people trapped in a mortuary and get nuked by the army at the end. Driving around town is not the same as being holed-up in a building. It's just not. Luring the zombies into a trap at the local power station is NOT the same as some old fart calling the army and getting blown up for his trouble. It's fine if you don't like it, really, but it's just not a remake, simple as that, and there's just no way it could possibly be conceived as such, sorry. Take care now.

[krisvds]

Edit - Krisvds, yes i am. deadly serious, worse than curse of the cannibal confederates, porno holocaust or bill hinzmans flesheater. Wow. I'm impressed. Never thought there would be people out there who think that there's anything worse in the genre than Yawn 04 or that recent Day of the dead disaster. Completely off topic: saw Gorillaz live last week and they had some nice visuals (two zombies making their way through a desert wasteland) running along 'Last living souls'. If you have the chance to see 'em don't hesitate. There's some serious Romero love going around in that band.

[bassman]

And, 28 days/weeks is not a fucking zombie movie. I agree with you about 28 Days/Weeks, but couldn't you also say the same about a few in your list?

[Andy]

Which ones do you mean?

[bassman]

It's all opinion of course, but I wouldn't really consider Evil Dead or The Fog to be zombie movies. Granted....I haven't seen The Fog in years, but I seem to remember them being more ghostly figures. And with ED, they were more like demonic possessions. Kinda nitpicky, but you know how it is.

[Andy]

Yeah come on, im famous for nitpicking While i can see where your coming from, the evil dead and the fog do feature the dead coming back to life which 28 days/weeks does not.

[bassman]

While i can see where your coming from, the evil dead and the fog do feature the dead coming back to life which 28 days/weeks does not. True dat. Although some would argue otherwise. I seem to remember a photo from 28 Weeks cropping up around here where a rage "zombie" has a hole through its chest....

[Neil]

How Night90 can't be in someone's top ten confuses me...