11 best zombie movies
Educational Program Cinema / / December 19, 2019
1. 28 Days Later
28 Days Later ...
- United Kingdom, 2002.
- Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama.
- Duration: 113 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,6.
One of the most popular zombie movies have at least two characteristics.
Firstly, in addition to the action, offering the viewer is quite a realistic drama. The scenery gloomy London main character comes face to face with wildlife and human uses all possible means to confront it. It makes the viewer think about the dual nature of each of us and to overcome the internal demons.
Secondly, unusual for films of this genre the cast. On the screen - the stars of the first magnitude: Cillian Murphy ( "Batman Begins," "Sunshine"), Naomie Harris ( "007: Coordinates "Skayfoll", "" Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ") and Brendan Gleeson (" Braveheart, "" lay low in Bruges ").
The film is also known that it has four different endings. In contrast to the standard version of the ending, the other three have turned more pessimistic.
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2. 28 weeks spuctya
28 Weeks Later
- UK, Spain, 2007.
- Horror, science fiction, drama.
- Duration: 100 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,0.
The film is a sequel to "28 Days Later" and this is the rare case when the second part was better than the first.
rage virus has not yet destroyed the whole of London, but quarantine is already ending, the US army restores order, and in the city there were the first inhabitants. All anything, but among the survivors discovered asymptomatic carriers of the virus. Infection is transmitted to other citizens - and the nightmare begins again.
In addition to the realistic scene, the film is remarkable by the fact that it initially had to shoot himself Danny Boyle. But Boyle succumbed to the director's chair Juan Carlos Fresnadillo ( "28 Weeks Later" later became his best film), left the executive producer of the picture.
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3. Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead
- Britain, France, 2004.
- Horror, comedy.
- Duration: 100 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,9.
Really funny British comedy Saymanov Pegg ( "Star Trek: Nemesis," "Doctor Who") like the one who wants a little bit away from the genre standards.
The protagonist Sean - unremarkable consultant appliance store, where there is nothing interesting in life. But everything changes one day when the town bursts into a detachment of hungry zombies.
And then it comes time to prove himself. Sean in the company faithful friend Ed (played by the famous writer and actor Nick Frost) willy-nilly becomes brave defenders, who in spite of everything it is necessary to save himself and his loved ones from walking Dead.
The film gained cult: before creating his masterpieces inspired by her Quentin Tarantino.
4. braindead
Braindead
- New Zealand, 1992.
- Horror, comedy.
- Duration: 104 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,5.
"A fun and disgusting" - that's how you can describe this band.
The story seems just too implausible: Monkey from the city zoo accidentally biting the mother of the protagonist. The infected woman begins to run amok, and the guy there is nothing left but to face his own mother in the hope of saving the world from the invasion of the living dead.
Fake blood on the screen, splash, so that the film recognized as the most "bloody" in the history of world cinema. In shooting a scene where the mower ground via a zombie detachment took about 300 liters kinokrovi.
Another curious feature. Directed tape - then still young Peter Jackson - played assistant funeral home owner.
5. Zombieland
Zombieland
- United States, 2009.
- Horror, fantasy, comedy, adventure.
- Duration: 84 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,7.
Another comedy film about a zombie in this collection, this time - with the elements of the road movie.
America is covered by a virus. The main character named Columbus - one of the few who managed to survive the zombie apocalypse. Across the country boy goes home, to see if his parents were alive. On the way, Columbus meets a strange fellow travelers and the journey becomes really dangerous.
Film fans will certainly appreciate a decent job of Emma Stone ( "La La Land"" The Help ") and Woody Harrelson (" The Three billboard on the border Ebbing, Missouri "," This Detective "), and will also be able to enjoy as always virtuoso Bill Murray, who starred in one episode.
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6. Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead
- United States, 1968.
- Horror.
- Duration: 96 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,9.
The legendary zombie film from which it started. Back in 1968, an independent American film director George A. Romero took his first tape about the walking dead - and was the founder of the genre.
Action black-and-white film takes place in a cemetery, where people come to brother and sister, to honor the memory of his father. Under pressure from the rebels from their graves zombies heroes are hiding in an abandoned house, and together with the people ukryvshimisya there are beginning to develop the plan of salvation.
In 1999, the film enteredComplete National Film Registry Listing the National Register of US films, which confirms its artistic value.
7. Reportage
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- Spain, 2007.
- Horror, thriller, detective.
- Duration: 75 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,5.
Really creepy film about zombies, shot in the genre mokyumentari.
TV reporter Angela Vidal is ready to do anything to bring to the editorial office sensation. Learning about the mysterious incident in an apartment building, she immediately goes to the place, to remove the first report. Soon, the main character realizes that he was in a trap: the inhabitants of a large house already struck zombie virus and are eager for new victims. Angel is fighting for his life, and the camera continues to shoot your main report.
It is interesting that the actors before filming is not allowed to read the script to the end, so neither one of them did not know what would happen to his character in the next scene. As planned by the directors, it was to add realistic film.
8. dawn of the dead
Dawn of the Dead
- USA, Canada, Japan, 2004.
- Horror, thriller, action film.
- Duration: 109 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,3.
A classic zombie film made by all the canons, and at the same time a remake of the eponymous painting 1978 by George A. Romero.
America is experiencing the invasion of zombies, and the company survived - a nurse, her husband, a policeman, a young couple and other citizens - hides from the living dead in a shopping center. Soon, the heroes realize that this can not continue for long, and begin to develop a plan to escape.
Tape like someone who loves special effects and computer graphics: the scene where the characters destroy hordes of the dead, it would be desirable to revise again and again.
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9. I'm a legend
I Am Legend
- United States, 2007.
- Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Drama.
- Duration: 96 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,2.
This tape can hardly be called a classic of the genre, but the theme of zombieapocalypse it is clearly traced.
A military doctor Robert Neville (played by Will Smith) - the only one who managed to survive after the epidemic of an unknown virus. The planet is inhabited by zombies. And Neville is desperate to find a cure to save themselves, but in the process meets a woman, to which begins to feel a real sense of ...
The film boasts a tightly knit plot, since its foundation lay the eponymous novel by American science fiction writer Richard Matheson. A scene in which the show deserted streets in New York, according to critics, perfectly convey the atmosphere postapokalipsisa.
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10. Planet terror
Planet Terror
- United States, 2007.
- Horror, Science Fiction, thriller, Thriller, comedy, adventure.
- Duration: 95 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,1.
Due to leakage of experimental biological weapons, thousands of people turned into zombies. But the go-go dancer from Texas named Cherry does not intend to give up. Among her ex-boyfriend, the doctor, the local sheriff, and other brave citizens she tries to survive. Cherry soon realizes that their actions determine the fate not only of a small town, but the entire world.
And although the film is shot exclusively for the purpose of quick money (the picture refers to the genre of thrash film) reel of film has turned out quite atmospheric.
11. I Walked with a Zombie
I Walked With a Zombie
- United States, 1943.
- Horror, Drama, melodrama.
- Duration: 69 minutes.
- IMDb: 7,2.
The film entered the famous book by Stephen Schneider "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" and numerous top rankings horror movies of all time.
Young Canadian nurse Betsy arrives in West Indies to care for Jessica rich wife farmer. Jessica suffers from an unknown disease: afternoon behaves awkward and taciturn, and at night wandering around like zombies. Betsy accidentally discovers that the locals are practicing voodoo, and begins to understand what the cause of "disease" Jessica.
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