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The top 20 zombie movies are ranked by the Boston Globe. It's a good list, including some fine classics (White Zombie, I Walked with a Zombie) and a nice sample of current work. Plus I'm always glad to see Return of the Living Dead cited, a sentimental favorite.
I would put Night of the Living Dead at #1, not #3, personally.
Should Herbert West: Reanimator count?
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My top three are easy to pick:
1. Dawn of the Dead
2. Night of the Living Dead
3. I Walked with a Zombie
After that it's hazier.
What does it say, by the way, that the film genres that flowered in the post-9/11 era are the zombie movie and the superhero flick?
Posted by: Jesse Walker | October 05, 2009 at 22:48
You need to see Zombieland!
Posted by: saramin | October 06, 2009 at 08:47
Braindead / Dead Alive is my fave!
Posted by: peter naegele | October 06, 2009 at 10:10
Entirely missing from the list: the unjustly forgotten Dead People aka Messiah of Evil.
A complete 32mm print was discovered and restored a couple of years ago, but I've yet to hear of a full DVD release. Made by the writers of American Graffiti, and the last film role for the legendary character actor Elisha Cook, Dead People is one of the best zombie films ever made. I don't know if I'd rank it above NotLD, but I'd probably place it second. It takes the political subtext of NotLD and runs with it, using the zombie motif to explore the Nixon presidency, and in particular explores the full horror implicit in the phrase "the Silent Majority." The cinematography is brilliant, even in the horrible prints available today, and everyone who's ever seen it knows exactly what you mean when you say, "movie theater scene" or "supermarket scene."
This movie shows up in a horrible VHS pan-and-scan transfer on a lot of those "50 movies for 10 bucks" DVD collections, but it is absolutely brilliant. I cannot understand why it is so overlooked. (And note that, 30 years before 28 Days Later, Dead People had zombies that would not only run, but leap great heights from overhead.)
Posted by: HP | October 06, 2009 at 23:53
Sounds like a dissertation, Jesse.
Did Zombieland work well, @saramin?
@pete, is that the one with a guy using a lawnmower on bodies?
That sounds awesome, HP. Never seen it. Reminds me of _The Crazies_.
Posted by: Bryan Alexander | October 09, 2009 at 19:19