The usage of zombies in the top 50 zombie movies of all time is assessed more than the use of different places, realistic effects, gore and mayhem, sharp societal critique, dark comedy, or really scary suspense.Bela Lugosi portrayed a witch doctor in White Zombie, the first full-length zombie horror movie.
On a barren island, a group of stranded boaters encounter the undead crew of a submerged SS submarine. As an insane-looking SS Commander, Peter Cushing stars.
A party of visitors explores an abandoned Templar abbey, awakening up the blind dead who can hear your heartbeat. They are being pursued through a field by a gang of zombie Templar warriors riding zombie horses.
In Deadgirl, adolescent males battle over who gets to assault the undead girl. The movie made the list because it employed zombies in a manner that hadn't been done in 40 years.
Warm Bodies has star-crossed zombies and a despotic parent. Character camaraderie is the film's greatest aspect.
A group of students camps out in a remote cabin in Norway. By taking the Nazis' gold, they accidentally bring back a group of zombie Nazi soldiers. The movie is a pretty standard horror comedy, but the special effects and action are great.
Blood Quantum is a satirical zombie thriller by Jeff Barnaby that delves into the everyday horrors of colonialism.
James Gunn's first movie, Slither, was a tribute to B-movie zombie and alien movies. It's not quite as original as some of the other movies on this list, like Night of the Creeps from 1986, but it's still a fun movie in its own right.
A nurse travels to the Caribbean to care for a patient who may have the zombie virus and becomes involved in a voodoo cult mystery.
Nearly everyone on Earth is turned into dust when a comet passes close to Earth. Those few who got some exposure become zombies, but this movie is on a list of zombie movies because it has the fewest zombies.
An art-comedy with a spooky undertone, Cemetery Man follows the wandering life of a cemetery attendant. The protagonist's depression and sense of disillusionment with his own identity are reminiscent to American Psycho.
Tom Savini's 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead is an accurate adaptation. If not for the title, it would be a classic.
A post-apocalyptic zombie picture with flair, Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is terrifying without being gloomy, expressive without coming across as pretentious, and gruesome without becoming Peter Jackson's Dead Alive or Bad Taste.
A former baseball pitcher and catcher travel the country together after the zombie apocalypse. The undead always get in the way and remind these soldiers of what they've lost.
Peter Jackson's horror-comedy Dead Alive is one of the crowning achievements of the gross-out zombie comedy genre, featuring a room full of zombies and a lawnmower that keeps functioning even after being choked with 1,000 gallons of blood.
The Beyond, directed by Lucio Fulci, is a zombie film that blends a haunted home aesthetic with demonic possession, the living dead, and ghostly apparitions, and is one of the most elegant Italian zombie horror films.
The screening of a horror film, as well as the proliferation of zombies and demons among the audience, is orchestrated by a mystery conspiracy, leading to brutality and survival.
Zombi 2 is the greatest of its type, with more lunacy and violence. It features terrifying sequences that have become legendary.
The reanimated corpses in Re-Animator are treated in a manner that is both scientific and fascinating. The role of Herbert West, the mad scientist who uses glowing green slime to bring the dead back to life, is played by Jeffrey Combs.
The sequel to Night of the Living Dead, directed by John Russo, is considered to be a masterpiece among zombie (other zombie movies) films.
The presentation, professionalism, thematic depth, and special effects in Dawn of the Dead are all improvements over previous films. It takes place in a garish shopping mall that has been invaded by zombies, and it has iconic visuals that have been referenced and parodied in subsequent zombie films.