Zombies have already become one of the archetypal characters of modern mass culture. Every year, dozens of paintings featuring the resurrected dead go on wide screens. They differ in their quality, budget size and scenario, but the zombies in these films are almost indistinguishable from each other. These are very purposeful, although not too smart creatures who wish to try human flesh. We offer you a rating that includes the best films about zombies.
10. The effect of Lazarus | 2015 year
This wonderful zombie movie was released in 2015. Its director was David Gelb. The film is about too young and too ambitious scientists who decided to create a special drug that can bring dead people back to life.
It is clear that nothing good came of this venture. At first, scientists did their experiments on animals, and they passed normally. But then a tragedy occurred: one of the girls died in an accident. After that, the friends decide to resurrect her, but by doing so they open the Pandora's box and release into the world a terrible evil, from which the first will suffer.
9. Maggie | year 2014
"Maggie" was released in 2014, the film was shot by the famous director Henry Hobson. In one of the main roles, the famous Arnold Schwarzenegger played. The budget for this zombie movie is four million dollars.
The film tells about the beginning of an epidemic of an unknown disease that turns people into scary zombies. A young girl becomes infected with this disease and before our eyes gradually turns into a terrible and bloodthirsty animal. Transformations occur slowly and very painfully. Relatives try to help the girl, but all their attempts are futile.
8. My zombie girl | year 2014
Another great zombie movie. It is a bizarre mix of horror and comedy films. It tells about a young couple who decided to live together. However, after a while it became clear that this was not the best idea. The girl, who used to seem almost perfect, turned out to be a rather bitchy and unbalanced person. The young man no longer knows how to get out of this situation, because the girl seeks to control almost everything.
But everything is decided by itself when his bride tragically dies. After some time, the young man finds a new girlfriend, whom he immediately falls in love with. However, everything is complicated by the fact that his old girl inexplicably rises from the dead and again begins to spoil his life. The result is a rather strange love triangle, one of the corners of which does not belong to the living world.
7. Paris: city of the dead | year 2014
This is a typical horror film directed by American director John Eric Dowdle. It was released in 2014 and was recognized as one of the best zombie films.
The picture shows the real inside of Paris, and it cannot but be terrifying. Instead of beautiful boulevards, luxurious boutiques and shops, you will go down to the catacombs of the French capital and meet real evil there.
A group of young scientists is studying ancient tunnels that stretch for many kilometers under the city. Researchers plan to go along a certain route and go to the other end of the city, but, not wanting it, they awaken an ancient evil. What they saw in the dungeons of the city can easily drive anyone crazy. Terrible creatures and zombies attack scientists. They fall into the real city of the dead.
6. Reporting | 2007 year
The report was released in 2007 and became one of the best zombie films. His budget is 1.5 million euros.
The film tells about a young journalist who is ready to do anything for the next sensation. She is going to shoot a report in an ordinary residential building in which a terrible incident happens - all of its residents turn into zombies. Live reporting is truly hellish. The authorities isolate the house, and now there is no way out.
5. The Apocalypse of Zombies | 2011
Another film about a sudden and deadly epidemic that turns people into bloodthirsty monsters. The action takes place in the United States, 90% of the population of which have turned into zombies. The few survivors seek to get out of this nightmare and make their way to the island of Catalina, where all the survivors gather.
The film was shot in 2011, directed by Nick Leon. On the way to their salvation, the group of survivors will have to go through many trials and horrors. The plot is pretty banal, but the picture is done well, the same can be said about the actors' game.
4. Resident Evil | 2002 year
If we are talking about the living dead, then we can not miss this series of films about zombies. The first film was released in 2002, after which five more films were shot and the last part was released on a wide screen in 2016.
The plot of the films is quite simple and based on a computer game. The main heroine of all the films is the girl Alice (played by Milla Jovovich), on whom illegal experiments were conducted, as a result of which she lost her memory and turned into a magnificent fighter.
These experiments were performed at Umbrella Corporation, where a terrible virus was developed that turned people into zombies. By chance, he broke free, and a global epidemic began on the planet. The main character bravely fights with hordes of zombies, as well as with those who are guilty of the beginning of the epidemic.
This film caused a rather mixed reaction among critics. Some of them praise the picture for dynamism and the presence of deep context, while others consider this film rather stupid, and the actors' game is primitive. Nevertheless, it occupies a well-deserved fourth place in our ranking: “the best films about zombie apocalypse.”
3. Zombie beavers | year 2014
Even against other fantastic stories about the living dead, this film stands out. After all, the most terrible creatures in it are quite peaceful animals - beavers. The film was released in 2014, and directed by director Jordan Rubin.
This story tells how a group of students came to the lake to have a great time. Nature, summer, lake, nice company. In general, nothing portended trouble. However, the main characters will have to face real killers who cannot imagine their existence without meat, better than human. A fun vacation turns into a terrible nightmare, and holidays turn into a real struggle for survival. And the main characters will have to make a lot of efforts to win it.
2. I am a legend | 2007 year
One of the best films about zombie apocalypse, he came out on the wide screen in 2007, directed by Francis Lawrence. The budget of the picture was 96 million dollars.
This film describes the near future, in which, due to the negligence of scientists, a deadly epidemic began. Trying to create a cure for cancer, they created a deadly virus that turns people into bloodthirsty monsters.
The film takes place in New York, turned into gloomy ruins, on which the living dead roam. Only one person has not been infected - military doctor Robert Neville. He fights with zombies, and in his free time he tries to create a vaccine based on his healthy blood.
The film is pretty well shot, the script is well thought out, you can also note the great acting performance of Will Smith.
1. War of the worlds Z | year 2013
A wonderful film, which was directed in 2013 by director Mark Forster. His budget is 190 million US dollars. Agree, this is a serious amount. The main role in the film was played by the famous Brad Pitt.
This is a classic science fiction zombie movie. A terrible epidemic is sweeping our planet. People who become infected with a new disease become zombies whose main purpose is the destruction and devouring of the living. Brad Pitt plays the role of a UN staff member who studies the spread of the epidemic and seeks to find a cure for the disease.
The epidemic puts humanity on the brink of extinction, but the survivors do not lose their will and begin to attack the bloodthirsty creatures that invaded the planet.
The film is beautifully shot, it has enough special effects and spectacular tricks. The picture shows the battles with the living dead in different corners of the planet.