Although it presents a pretty intriguing tale of a UN investigator who traverses the globe in search of a cure or biological agent to battle the zombies, Globe War Z is one of the horror genre's worse adaptations of outstanding original material.
A bunch of slackers believe they have become supersoldiers after being turned by a zombie-infected military private. The film follows a similar narrative from the viewpoint of the zombie structure to that of Colin, but with an innovative and humorous twist.
The film Deadgirl explores the sexuality of the undead, with a handful of teenage boys arguing over who gets to rape the "deadgirl" next. The film is effectively creepy and gross, and makes the list simply for suggesting an application for zombies that hadn't been explored in this depth in the 40 years.
The romantic comedy Warm Bodies is about two zombies who meet their strict father. One of the film's highlights is the characters' amusing camaraderie.
A gang of youngsters camping in Norway resurrect Nazi zombies by stealing their valuables. Standard horror-comedy, but great FX and action.
Blood Quantum, directed by Jeff Barnaby, is a satirical, political zombie thriller that sinks its teeth deep into the banalities of colonialism.
In Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, a sonic radiation machine raises the living dead from the earth.
Juan of the Dead, by Alejandro Brugués, is Cuba's first zombie movie.
In Romero's last picture, the zombies evolve into sentient people, and Dennis Hopper plays a ruthless plutocrat controlling a zombie walled-off version of Pittsburgh. It's not as nuanced as his earlier films, but it looks excellent and has just enough of Romero's rebellious spark to be interesting.
Planet Terror is a funny zombie movie about zombie/mutants generated by a biological weapon to threaten the southwestern countryside. It's a terrific picture in that genre and deserved to do better.
Cemetery Man is an experimental horror art-comedy about a cemetery caretaker who drifts through life without purpose and questions why he bothers carrying out his duty. It has elements that almost remind one of American Psycho in the hopelessness and lack of identity the protagonist faces.
Robert Englund portrays a presumably zombiefied village resident, while Jack Albertson plays the quirky town coroner/mortician.
The lawnmower in Peter Jackson's horror comedy Dead Alive continues running despite being drenched in a thousand gallons of blood.
Dawn of the Dead, by Zack Snyder, is a contemporary zombie thriller with less fat and more action and brutality. One of the finest openers to a zombie movie ever.
Zombieland is a zombie comedy set in the USA with nameless survivors. It contains menacing zombies and balances humorous violence with character-driven comedy.
Because it incorporates science, George Romero's Day of the Dead is the zombie film that I like seeing the most.
Day of the Dead reimagines the typical Romero ghoul and adds Bub, who has personality and humor.
The classic zombie film had all but died by the time 28 Days Later came out in 2002, but the film revitalized the idea and made zombies a genuine threat. In the twenty-first century, it also gave birth to the serious zombie film.
The Day of the Dead gave reanimated corpses a scientific twist, but Re-Animator revels in it. In a gloriously manic, campy portrayal of mad scientist Herbert West, who employs syringes of flashing green slime to bring the dead back to life, Jeffrey Combs shines.
John Russo is a zombie film unknown, yet his sequel to Night of the Living Dead is a masterpiece.
Dawn of the Dead, directed by George A. Romero, is a technological and artistic breakthrough for the genre. It takes set in a cheesy shopping mall that has been invaded by the undead, and it incorporates classic imagery that has been replicated or subverted in subsequent zombie films.