These
days zombies are co-opted more than bacon. But, there are zombie films out there that still hold their own, even in an exceptionally over-saturated market.
Here are some of our favorite zombie movies in no particular order:
Dawn
of the Dead – This is the movie that makes you wish you could live in a mall, while you slowly realize how hollow our materialistic lives truly are. Oh, and also there are tons of blue zombies!
The
Beyond – For us, this is a pretty seminal Italian zombie movie. It takes place in 1970s New Orleans, it's 100% over dubbed, it never makes a lick of sense, the soundtrack is amazing, the story is strung together with more ambiance than substance, and it's chock full of amazing kills.
Fido
– This moive takes place in the aftermath of a zombie apoclypse, an
apocolyps that has apparently bathed survivors in the squeaky-clean glow of 1950s
Americana. A heart warming boy-and-his-dog style entry to the zombie genre that hits its mark like you wouldn't expect.
Shaun
of the Dead – This movie is the best example of genre-mixing: part buddy
movie, part coming of age movie, part rom-com, and all zombie horror.
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Return
of the Living Dead – Ever shuffled along moaning
out for “braaaaains”? Well, you can thank this movie for that idea! Full of
gems that have been nodded to in everything from The Simpsons to
Mars Needs Moms. (Random fact: this movie takes place on July 3rd. The folks over at Horror for the Holidays are honoring that fact this year by screening it this July 3rd!)
Oh, and Undead and Dead Alive. And if you count Night of the Creeps and 28 Days later as zombie movies, then those as well! We could go on and on, but really, as annoying as some of the zombification-of-everything has gotten, it's important to remember that it all comes from a good place! Catch Return of the Living Dead on the big screen and get back to your roots!
