The Top Ten Zombie Films - William Leather

The zombie film genre is recognizably one of the most highest grossing sub-genres within horror, it has some classic such as Night of the Living Dead (1968) by George.A.Romero to much more creative takes on the genre such as Braindead (1992) by Peter Jackson.  The group have decided to get into this genre as many of the films are watched and adored by film fans all over the world.

The zombie genre is also one of the most controvesial as it treads on underlying fears of infection, war, genetics and the most basic of human instincts the need to survive.  For example the zombie blockbuster 28 Weeks Later connotes to the war in Iraq and the paranoia of invasion of the west.

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The Top Ten Zombie Films:

1. Braindead (1992) by Peter Jackson
2. Night of the Living Dead (1968) by George. A. Romero
3. Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness (1993) by Sam Raimi
4. Dawn of the Dead (2004) by Zack Synder - Remake of Dawn of the Dead (1978) by George .A .Romero
5. Zombie (1979) by Lucio Fulci 
6. Re-Animator (1985) by Stuart Gordon
7. Cemetery Man a.k.a Dellamorte Dellamore (1994) by Michele Soavi 
8. Bio Zombie (1998) by Wilson Yip
9. 28 Days Later (2002) by Danny Boyle
10. Day of the Dead (1985) by George. A. Romero

This shows that the zombie-genre film culture is split between the straight forward zombie film such as Night of the Living Dead to very outlandish ones such as Peter Jackson's bloodbath Braindead.

Braindead (1992) by Peter Jackson:

Night of the Living Dead (1968) by George. A. Romero:

I think this genre is the best to combine with a thriller genre as it enhances the fear and pumps the audiences adrenaline making the zombie genre one of the greatest and most well recognized part of the horror film industry.

William Leather