I used to be a huge fan of the zombie films and loved all the ones people already mentioned. Except the latter George A. Romero efforts, especially Land and Diary of the Dead - both shockingly boring films, IMO. And i loved Night and Dawn, both classics. I thought Bub was crap though, man that sucked up a pretty good film.
If you're a fan of George, note this video he directed (zombie-based, naturally!):
I still need to complete any Resident Evil game , I have the Cube remake but I got lost and the girlfriends been at me to play RE4 or RE5 in co-op (apparently it makes it brilliant in co-op). It's always a series that I love reading and watching than actually playing.
Oh and Dead Rising; brilliant! Can't wait for the sequel.
I've only played Resi 1 on the PS1 to the end, but loved every minute of it! The whole "zombie infested mansion" is the best gaming cliche in the universe!!
Shawn of the Dead, Night of the Tripping Dead(Actually I never watched that, I just thought it sounded awesome), anything goofy. Never was much for the resident evil films though.
I am Legend was good, but it's actually vampires not zombies.
Favorite: Return of the Lving Dead. A masterpiece. The sequels okay, and 3 is pretty much dirt but still a decent title. The Romero films are great until Land of the Dead, where it kind of gets ridiculous (talking, gun toting zombies? really?) Shaun of the Dead is amazing, one of a kind really... paved the way for zombie/comedies such as Fido (great title) or Zombieland (filmed here in Valdosta, GA - I MISSED OPEN CASTING CALLS!) Re-Animator is a CLASSIC, as is Cemetary Man, which is light on the Zombies and more on the story. Dead-Alive is great as well, written and directed by a young Peter Jackson. The Evil Dead series has long fit into the "zombie" genre just for their light use of reanimated dead, so of course these are some difinitive titles of genre. Other lesser known titles like "Zombie" or "American Zombie" are okay, however they lack production value so of course that somewht makes them better. Oh, and Planet Terror is awesome, too (for being a newer film).
I had a spate of collecting low-budget, mostly Italian, zombie movies for a while, i got quite a few including some shockingly lame ones (Don't bother with "Zombie Chronicles").
The best one for unintentional(?) comedy is called Zombie Flesheaters 2, there is also Zombie Flesheaters, which was created in Italy as an unofficial sequel to Dawn of the Dead. In Italy it was called "Zombie", so Zombie Flesheaters was called "Zombi 2" in a courtcasey cash-in way. It's more like a prequel to Dawn, though.
Zombie Flesheaters 2 is nothing to do with either of them, though. It's also completley insane!
Actually i've only just remembered i've acted in a zombie movie... made by my brother! I ought to see how that is going actually...
The only thing I ever liked about "scary" zombie movies/games was the hilarious "oh it was just a cat... *ZOMBIE LEAPS OUT OF NOWHERE*" I laugh myself silly when that happens.
Shawn of the dead = only zombie flick I ever actually enjoyed.
Originally Posted by Dr. James I still need to complete any Resident Evil game , I have the Cube remake but I got lost and the girlfriends been at me to play RE4 or RE5 in co-op (apparently it makes it brilliant in co-op). It's always a series that I love reading and watching than actually playing.
Oh and Dead Rising; brilliant! Can't wait for the sequel.
Resident evil 4 was the most fun I had on any game in the the Ps2, Gamecube, Xbox generation. I'm working on Resident evil 5 at the moment and it looks to be more of the same but sadly africa doesn't seem to be a particularly good setting for a survival horror game.
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, I have the Cube remake but I got lost and the girlfriends been at me to play RE4 or RE5 in co-op (apparently it makes it brilliant in co-op). It's always a series that I love reading and watching than actually playing.
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