Favourite Zombie Film?

jackhammer · 10-24-2011, 06:05 PM

There are plenty of threads that mention Zombie films and the cult of Zombies but no definitive thread regarding your favourite Zombie film.

Please don't just post a YT vid or a movie poster and leave it at that. Explain your choice and we may find some hidden gems along the way!

I will post mine (probably more than one!) soon.

bob. · 10-24-2011, 06:17 PM

first and foremost kudos on listening to Leatherface

i'm going to have to really give this some thought man.....i love zombies....by far one of my favorite (sub)genres from the absolute classics (Night Of the Living Dead) to the interesting take they did in ([rec]).....i'll ponder a bit and create a juicy top five

Thom Yorke · 10-24-2011, 06:19 PM

A couple spring to mind.

Just because it's "the" zombie movie. It's very tame compared to stuff out today, but it's an absolute classic.

Hilarious. If you've seen it, you know.

I also really enjoyed 28 Days Later.

jackhammer · 10-24-2011, 06:30 PM

Is there a film poster missing Thom? and there is absolutely nothing wrong with NOTLD at all. Fantastic film.

Bob - Leatherface are awesome but back on track a few suggestions are anticipated.

Howard the Duck · 10-25-2011, 07:26 AM

back before there was Shaun of the Dead, there was Troma's

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it's not THAT funny, but spectacularly OTT and very un-PC (it really mocks gays to no end)

Guybrush · 10-25-2011, 08:55 AM

My favourite zombie film is probably Peter Jackson's Braindead, also known as Dead Alive. The main character Lionel who is oppressed by his evil mother and eventually tries to do the responsible thing (like tying up zombies in his basement and feeding them custard) .. is just a brilliant character. The whole movie is utterly sick and twisted yet manages to tell a story of some kind of humanity. Plus, it's hilarious!

You can't call yourself a zombie movie connoiseur if you haven't seen this

LoathsomePete · 10-25-2011, 09:42 AM

I was also going to say Braindead, I mean the lawnmower scene is always the most talked about (and it is bloody brilliant [see what I did there?]) but there's other scenes like the priest who kick's ass for the lord, or my personal favourite, the baby scene in the park...

NSW · 10-28-2011, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Thom Yorke

A couple spring to mind.

Just because it's "the" zombie movie. It's very tame compared to stuff out today, but it's an absolute classic..

This one will always take number one in my book. Love everything about it, and the ending is so ****ed up.

Another of my faves is Dead Snow (or Død snø), a Norwegian film where Nazi zombies terrorize a group of college students staying at a cabin in the mountains. The camp in the second half of this movie just brings so much joy to my life.

This particular scene killed me (hehe):

And I gotta give props to Diary of the Dead, for some of the most epic, awesome zombie (re)kill scenes ever!

Skip to 0:45 if you don't want to watch the whole thing. I think I actually squealed with amazement and twisted glee when it happened.

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 11-03-2011, 10:55 AM

I don't watch or get into many but I think Cronenberg's 'Rabid' is an underrated gem. Even if the 'experimental plastic surgery' bit is a bit campy.

Bulldog · 11-04-2011, 12:26 PM

There are plenty of great movies that play off the influence of zombie movies, Feast, 30 Days Of Night and a third one I'm sure I thought of a minute or so ago but that literally just slipped my mind (fucking alzheimers).

As far as bona fide zombie movies go, there's only one for me;

Night's great, Dawn (both the original and the remake) are fantastic, Land was ok, but this pips them all to the title of best of the lot, and is as such my favourite zombie flick ever.

The story has the right tone of hopelessness required to make dystopian cinema work, and it's the best illustration of something that the other films in the ...Of the Dead franchise all said about how all it takes to screw you over is your fellow man, no matter how well-poised you might be to, say, survive a zombie apocalypse. Back this up with one of cinema's best ever dickhead characters (Captain Rhodes), some great gore, a fabulous tone-setter of an opening sequence and, of course, the mighty Bub, and you've got one of my favourite films of all time.

Check out the 2008 remake if you want to see one of the most spectacularly awful horror remakes ever made as well.

10-24-2011, 06:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	My favourite zombie film is probably Peter Jackson's Braindead, also known as Dead Alive. The main character Lionel who is oppressed by his evil mother and eventually tries to do the responsible thing (like tying up zombies in his basement and feeding them custard) .. is just a brilliant character. The whole movie is utterly sick and twisted yet manages to tell a story of some kind of humanity. Plus, it's hilarious! You can't call yourself a zombie movie connoiseur if you haven't seen this __________________ Something Completely Different

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LoathsomePete Cardboard Box Realtor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hobb's End Posts: 7,648	I was also going to say Braindead, I mean the lawnmower scene is always the most talked about (and it is bloody brilliant [see what I did there?]) but there's other scenes like the priest who kick's ass for the lord, or my personal favourite, the baby scene in the park... __________________ Last.FM 101 Albums That May Not Change Your Life, But I Really Like And You Might Too

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Thom Yorke Music Addict Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,848	A couple spring to mind. Just because it's "the" zombie movie. It's very tame compared to stuff out today, but it's an absolute classic. Hilarious. If you've seen it, you know. I also really enjoyed 28 Days Later.

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Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	There are plenty of great movies that play off the influence of zombie movies, Feast, 30 Days Of Night and a third one I'm sure I thought of a minute or so ago but that literally just slipped my mind (fucking alzheimers). As far as bona fide zombie movies go, there's only one for me; Night's great, Dawn (both the original and the remake) are fantastic, Land was ok, but this pips them all to the title of best of the lot, and is as such my favourite zombie flick ever. The story has the right tone of hopelessness required to make dystopian cinema work, and it's the best illustration of something that the other films in the ...Of the Dead franchise all said about how all it takes to screw you over is your fellow man, no matter how well-poised you might be to, say, survive a zombie apocalypse. Back this up with one of cinema's best ever dickhead characters (Captain Rhodes), some great gore, a fabulous tone-setter of an opening sequence and, of course, the mighty Bub, and you've got one of my favourite films of all time. Check out the 2008 remake if you want to see one of the most spectacularly awful horror remakes ever made as well. Last edited by Bulldog; 11-04-2011 at 01:42 PM.