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Evil
Dead, The (1981)
DIRECTOR: Sam Raimi YEAR: 1981
COUNTRY: USA DURATION: 86
mins
SYNOPSIS: Hapless teens invoke murderous
demons inside a creepy log cabin.
COMMENT: Infamous zombie classic; aging,
but still packs a powerful punch.
RATING: A fast-paced and visceral take
on the zombie movie idea.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Tree rape, dismemberment;
eye gouging - you name it.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray
IMDb listing: Click
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Evil
Dead 2: Dead By Dawn (1987)
DIRECTOR: Sam Raimi YEAR: 1987
COUNTRY: USA DURATION: 85
mins
SYNOPSIS: A man trapped in the woods has
to fight undead spirits to stay alive.
COMMENT: Horror comedy from the director
of Spiderman.
RATING: High fun/gore factor. More of a
re-make than a sequel.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: "Groovy"
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray
IMDb listing: Click
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Hell
Of The Living Dead (1981)
DIRECTOR: Bruno Mattei YEAR: 1981
COUNTRY: Italy DURATION: 100
mins
SYNOPSIS: A SWAT team is sent into a chemical
plant leaking zombie gas.
COMMENT: Hilarious cheesy Italian horror
with some surprisingly sick set pieces.
RATING: Unintentionally funny - like the
best Italian zombie movies.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Margrit Evelyn Newton
stripping off for the natives.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD
IMDb listing: Click
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House
By The Cemetery (1981)
DIRECTOR: Lucio Fulci YEAR: 1981
COUNTRY: Italy DURATION: 87
mins
SYNOPSIS: Zombie monster keeps himself
alive by murdering people and using their body parts on himself.
COMMENT: Typical Italian cheeseball horror
elevated by glorious splatter effects.
RATING: Interminable dialogue and script,
but great fun non-the-less.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Poker in the neck is
a splatter classic.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray
IMDb listing: Click
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House
Of The Dead (2003)
DIRECTOR: Uwe Boll YEAR: 2003
COUNTRY: Canada/USA DURATION: 90
mins
SYNOPSIS: Some kids convene on an island
to party, only to be hunted by living dead creatures.
COMMENT: Based on the computer game of
the same name.
RATING: Lacklustre horror fare with a few
half-decent action sequences.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Graveyard shoot-out and leading lady's heaving chest.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US UMD : UK UMD
IMDb listing: Click
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Junk (1999)
DIRECTOR: Atsushi Muroga YEAR: 1999
COUNTRY: Japan DURATION: 91
mins
SYNOPSIS: The Yakuza come face to face
with the living dead when a deal in an industrial facility goes
wrong.
COMMENT: Fast-paced far-Eastern zombie
action. Gory and quirky.
RATING: Definitely worth tracking down.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: The sheer amount of gut-munching.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD
IMDb listing: Click
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Land
Of The Dead (2005)
DIRECTOR: George Romero YEAR: 2005
COUNTRY: USA DURATION: 97
mins
SYNOPSIS: Survivors protect their living
space from flesh-hungry zombies.
COMMENT: The fourth film in the Romero
zombie series is pretty lightweight.
RATING: Feels more like a TV movie than
a proper movie at times.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Zombie filling car with
petrol.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray : US UMD : UK UMD
IMDb listing: Click
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Let
Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
DIRECTOR: Jorge Grau YEAR: 1974
COUNTRY: Spain/Italy DURATION: 95
mins
SYNOPSIS: New-fangled agricultural experiment
raises the dead in a leafy rural suburb of England.
COMMENT: Unusual, dark and eerie. Splendid
Gianetto Re Rossi gore.
RATING: Without doubt one of the best zombie
films ever.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Policeman being disembowelled
by wheezing zombies.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray : US INSTANT
IMDb listing: Click
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Living
Dead Girl, The (1982)
DIRECTOR: Jean Rollin YEAR: 1982
COUNTRY: France DURATION: 86
mins
SYNOPSIS: A toxic spill revives a dead
heiress who must quench her insatiable thirst for blood.
COMMENT: Rambling, but gory Eighties Euro
horror.
RATING: Moderately interesting low-grade
horror.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Naked living dead girl's
bushy muff.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD
IMDb listing: Click
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Night
Of The Creeps (1986)
DIRECTOR: Fred Dekker YEAR: 1986
COUNTRY: USA DURATION: 88
mins
SYNOPSIS: Alien slugs burrow into people's
skulls, turning them into zombies.
COMMENT: Wholesome sci-fi horror flick
with surprisingly effective gore FX.
RATING: Worth watching, if you can find
it.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Heads splitting open
and giving birth to alien slugs.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray : US INSTANT
IMDb listing: Click
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Night
Of The Living Dead (1968)
DIRECTOR: George Romero YEAR: 1968
COUNTRY: USA DURATION: 96
mins
SYNOPSIS: Dead people inexplicably rise
up and begin devouring the living.
COMMENT: Avoid the crappy re-release version
with the new soundtrack.
RATING: The granddaddy of all zombie films.
Great script and acting.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: The brutal and shocking
ending.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray : US INSTANT
IMDb listing: Click
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Night
Of The Living Dead (1990)
DIRECTOR: Tom Savini YEAR: 1990
COUNTRY: USA DURATION: 88
mins
SYNOPSIS: A small group of people are trapped
by zombies inside a farmhouse.
COMMENT: Credible re-make of Romero's classic
by zombie expert Tom Savini.
RATING: Dark, gory and great entertainment.
A triple A horror title.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Extension at the end
- with rednecks hunting zombies.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US INSTANT
IMDb listing: Click
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Nightmare
City (1980)
DIRECTOR: Umberto Lenzi YEAR: 1980
COUNTRY: Italy DURATION: 92
mins
SYNOPSIS: A swarm of crazed zombies take
over a city and kill the population.
COMMENT: Over-zealous zombie mayhem. Fun,
though incredibly stupid.
RATING: Laugh-a-minute zombie cheese.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: It was all a dream...
Or was it?!
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD
IMDb listing: Click
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Oasis
Of The Zombies (1983)
DIRECTOR: Jesus Franco YEAR: 1983
COUNTRY: Spain DURATION: 88
mins
SYNOPSIS: Treasure hunters come up against
an army of Nazi zombies.
COMMENT: The 'great' Jess Franco's stab
at the zombie genre.
RATING: One of the worst zombie movies
ever made.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: The box cover.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Plague
Of The Zombies (1966)
DIRECTOR: John Gilling YEAR: 1966
COUNTRY: UK DURATION: 90
mins
SYNOPSIS: A voodoo priest is to blame when
the dead rise in an English village.
COMMENT: Hammer's zombies aren't quite
as intimidating as Romero's.
RATING: Zombies Lite - doesn't really count.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: The zombie make-up is
well done.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray
IMDb listing: Click
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