These films about the undead will never truly die.
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Zombie moviesare one of cinemas most malleable genres.
Though theyre often confined to horror scenarios, the undead have flexed their acting muscles elsewhere.
Nicholas Hoult in ‘Warm Bodies’; Aubrey Plaza in ‘Life After Beth’; David Emge in ‘Dawn of the Dead’.Credit:Jonathan Wenk/Summit Entertainment/ Everett; A24/Everett; Everett
Here isEntertainment Weeklys ranking of the best zombie movies of all time.
Its not exactly an uplifting experience, butMaggieis one of the more underrated modern additions to the form.
Anderson) punctuates its gratuitous action with a solid story and a few sequences of genuine suspense.
Arnold Schwarzenegger and Abigail Breslin in ‘Maggie’.Tracy Bennett/Roadside Attractions/Everett
It also functions, more often than you’d expect, as a gruesome horror adventure.
Highly memorable tunes and some dashing choreography contribute significantly to the films unique brand of ethereal fun.
Meanwhile, a group of scientists wants to use their nubile bodies to develop an antidote.
Michelle Rodriguez and Milla Jovovich in ‘Resident Evil’.Columbia/ Everett
Slithermore or less defines the term “gleefully gory” with its jocular approach to evisceration.
It’s one of the rare horror comedies that precisely gauges both tones and their intersection.
Well-paced and uniquely structured,Doomsdayis a gleefully overloaded, eminently rewatchable genre pastiche.
(From left to right) Malcolm Cumming, Christopher Leveaux, Sarah Swire, and Ella Hunt in ‘Anna and the Apocalypse’.Orion Pictures/Everett
This brisk and nasty effort is almost unfairly effective given its small budget and relatively slight ambitions.
There are also some nice satirical touches here, which Wirkola smartly drops in without over-egging them.
Hugo Stiglitz stars as the news reporter tasked with ending the bloodshed.
Dane DeHaan and Aubrey Plaza in ‘Life After Beth’.Gregory Smith/A24/ Everett
The island, they discover, is populated by hungry zombies.
Thats the simple setup for a succession of nasty set pieces (zombie vs. that often bump up against Fulci’s preoccupation with ocular trauma.
is worth a watch alone.)
Jason Lively and Jill Whitlow (embracing center left) in ‘Night of the Creeps’.TriStar/ Everett
There are too many sublime horror sequences to name here, none of which we’d dream of spoiling.
Gordon established himself as a grue-auteur with this completely off-the-wall take on the well-trod zombie formula.
An incredibly gameBarbara Cramptonaids Combs in his wide-eyed pursuit of looniness.
Lupita Nyong’o in ‘Little Monsters’.Hulu/Neon/Everett
In a just world, we’d have about 24 performances of this sort from McGowan.
Along withWhite Zombie,Night of the Living Deadset the parameters for the genre.
There’s no glamour and little glory in its nihilistic but satisfying horror.
Riley Keough and Christopher Abbott in ‘It Comes at Night’.A24/ Everett
The finale, well-known for its stark commentary, has only grown more powerful with each passing decade.
Zack Snyderremade the film in 2004 under the same name.
28 Days Lateris not currently available to watch or rent online.
Geoffrey Lewis and Mary Woronov in ‘Night of the Comet’.20thCentFox/ Everett
Nicholas Hoult and Rob Corddry in ‘Warm Bodies’.Jonathan Wenk/Summit Entertainment/ Everett
Frederick Peters and Bela Lugosi in ‘White Zombie’.Everett
Georgina Reilly in ‘Pontypool’.Miroslaw Baszak/IFC Films/Everett
Elizabeth Banks in ‘Slither’.Universal/ Everett
Craig Conway (center right) in ‘Doomsday’.Rogue Pictures/ Everett
Jenny Skavlan in ‘Dead Snow’.Sveinung Svendsen/IFC Films/ Everett
George Eastman in ‘Anthropophagus’.Filmirage/ Everett
Brad Pitt, Sterling Jerins, and Mireille Enos in ‘World War Z’.Jaap Buitendijk/Paramount Pictures/courtesy Everett Collection
Laura Trotter in ‘Nightmare City’.Dialchi Film/ Lotus Films International
The cast of ‘Zombi 2’.Jerry Gross Organization/ Everett
Ian Watkin in ‘Dead Alive’.Trimark/Everett
Manuela Velasco in ‘Rec’.Filmax/ Everett
Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson in ‘Zombieland’.Glen Wilson/Columbia/ Everett
Don Calfa and Clu Gulager in ‘The Return of the Living Dead’.Orion/Everett
Jeffrey Combs and David Gale in ‘Re-Animator’.Everett Collection
Marley Shelton and Rose McGowan in ‘Planet Terror’.Weinstein Company LLC/ Everett
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg in ‘Shaun of the Dead’.Oliver Upton/Big Talk/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock
Harumi Shuhama in ‘One Cut of the Dead’.Shudder/Everett
The cast of ‘Night of the Living Dead’.Everett
David Emge in ‘Dawn of the Dead’.Everett
Gong Yoo in ‘Train to Busan’.Well Go USA Entertainment
Cillian Murphy in ‘28 Days Later’.Peter Mountain/Searchlight Pictures
