My ranking of the Living Dead movies
I rank the Living Dead series that started with George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968).
Because this is a huge movie series, I will add information to each movie to help tell the various timelines of this franchise. But I'm not sure if every movie from this big big series has been included because of a lot of rip-off living dead films.
The movies I like are rankings #1-#13. I dislike every movie that has been ranked below #13.
Omfg the bad movies are so awful!
This series is so weird.
Also, I know I took out all of those knock off Amityville films on my Amityville Horror ranking because they were not part of they Amityville Horror franchise. But I want to keep these films on this list, and based on Den of Geek's article, they can be connected.
Because this is a huge movie series, I will add information to each movie to help tell the various timelines of this franchise. But I'm not sure if every movie from this big big series has been included because of a lot of rip-off living dead films.
The movies I like are rankings #1-#13. I dislike every movie that has been ranked below #13.
Omfg the bad movies are so awful!
This series is so weird.
Also, I know I took out all of those knock off Amityville films on my Amityville Horror ranking because they were not part of they Amityville Horror franchise. But I want to keep these films on this list, and based on Den of Geek's article, they can be connected.
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- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDavid EmgeKen ForeeScott H. ReinigerDuring an escalating zombie epidemic, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter and his TV executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.Sequel to Night of the Living Dead (1968). Also titled "Zombie." 10/10.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsLori CardilleTerry AlexanderJoseph PilatoAs the world is overrun by zombies, a group of scientists and military personnel sheltering in an underground bunker in Florida must decide on how they should deal with the undead horde.Sequel to Dawn of the Dead (1978). 10/10.
- DirectorTom SaviniStarsTony ToddPatricia TallmanTom TowlesWhen the unburied dead return to life and seek human victims, seven refugees shelter in a house in the Pennsylvanian countryside.Remake of the original with stronger characters (especially Barbara), better effects, and a better ending in my opinion. 9/10.
- DirectorDan O'BannonStarsClu GulagerJames KarenDon CalfaWhen two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.Spin-off of Night of the Living Dead (1968). 8/10.
- DirectorZack SnyderStarsSarah PolleyVing RhamesMekhi PhiferA nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall.Remake of Dawn of the Dead (2004). 8/10.
- DirectorLucio FulciStarsTisa FarrowIan McCullochRichard JohnsonStrangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.Also titled "Zombie 2." Sequel (of a different timeline) to Dawn of the Dead (1978). 8/10.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl HardmanA ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.The original movie of this franchise. 7.5/10.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsJohn LeguizamoAsia ArgentoSimon BakerThe living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.Sequel to Day of the Dead (1985). 7.5/10.
- DirectorJoe D'AmatoStarsTisa FarrowSaverio ValloneSerena GrandiA group of friends and a hitchhiker become stranded on a tourist island where they are stalked by a disfigured cannibalistic killer who is prowling the island after killing its residents.Also titled "Zombie 7: The Grim Reaper." This movie either takes place before or after Absurd. It's also a loose sequel to the Zombie films, which are loose sequels to Dawn of the Dead, but I'm going to include it. 7.5/10.
- DirectorBrian YuznaStarsJ. Trevor EdmondMelinda ClarkeKent McCordHaving recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught youth performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.Sequel to Return of the Living Dead II. 7/10.
- DirectorJoe D'AmatoStarsGeorge EastmanAnnie BelleCharles BorromelA priest-doctor chasing a man with supernatural regenerative abilities, who has recently escaped from a medical lab, reaches a small town where the mutant goes on a killing spree.Also titled "Zombie 6: Monster Hunter." Sequel to Zombie 5: Killing Birds and Antropothagus. There's no zombies, but I thought it was an ok film still. 6/10.
- DirectorKen WiederhornStarsJames KarenThom MathewsMichael KenworthyCurious kids unearth the barrels that previously helped revive the dead, which proves the second time's an undead charm.Sequel to The Return of the Living Dead. 6/10.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsMichelle MorganJoshua CloseShawn RobertsA group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.Sequel to Night of the Living Dead. This actually takes place before Dawn, Day, and Land. It's also a found footage film. 5/10.
- DirectorLucio FulciClaudio FragassoBruno MatteiStarsDeran SarafianBeatrice RingOttaviano Dell'AcquaWhen a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is cremated by the US military, a virus is unintentionally released into the atmosphere over a small island.Sequel to Zombie (Zombie 2). 3.5/10.
- DirectorGeorge A. RomeroStarsAlan Van SprangKenneth WelshKathleen MunroeOn an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.Sequel to Diary of the Dead. 3.5/10.
- DirectorJohn A. RussoStarsDuane JonesJudith O'DeaKarl HardmanA re-edited version of Night of the Living Dead (1968) by a few members of its creative team, excluding director George Romero. It cuts 15 minutes from the original and replaces it with 15 minutes of newly-shot footage.The original movie with 15 minutes of new footage and new music added in. It's bad. 3/10.
- DirectorClaudio FragassoStarsJeff StrykerCandice DalyMassimo VanniA woman goes back to the island where her parents were killed. They had been working on a cure for cancer and accidentally raised the dead by angering a voodoo priest. With the woman is a group of mercenaries and they meet up with some other researchers. They raise the dead again and all hell breaks loose.Titled "Zombie 4: After Death." Sequel to Zombie 3. 3/10.
- DirectorClaudio LattanziJoe D'AmatoStarsLara WendelRobert VaughnTimothy W. WattsA group of college students go into the woods to study birds. They encounter a strange blind man who's connected to the killer zombies that prowl a dilapidated house deep in the forest.Sequel to Zombie 4: After Death. 2/10. Everything below this is also a 2/10.
- DirectorEllory ElkayemStarsPeter CoyoteAimee-Lynn ChadwickCory HardrictA college student creates a drug called "Z" and sells it on campus, inadvertently resurrecting the living dead, who wreak havoc at a Halloween rave.Sequel to Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis.
- DirectorEllory ElkayemStarsAimee-Lynn ChadwickCory HardrictJohn KeefeA group of teenagers, in an attempt to rescue their friend from an evil corporation, end up inadvertently releasing a horde of bloodthirsty zombies.Sequel to Return of the Living Dead III.
- DirectorTor RamseyStarsTom SaviniMarty SchiffDamien LuvaraIn a small Pennsylvanian town, Matthew has just taken over an old farm property in order to start his new car dealership. Unknown to him the farm is located on the site of a graveyard, which the local townsfolk claim should be left alone.Alternate sequel to the original and 30th anniversary edition.
- DirectorChad ZuverStarsCalhoun KoenigTessa HawkesKayla ElizabethDuring a visit to see their wife and mother's grave. Jerry and his daughters Melanie and Barbra are going to experience a night they will never forget.Remake of the original movie with different characters and different twists.
- DirectorSteve MinerStarsMena SuvariNick CannonMichael WelchWhen a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.Remake of Day of the Dead (1985).
- DirectorAna ClavellJames Glenn DudelsonStarsLaurie BaranyayStan KlimeckoJohn F. Henry IIAlternate “sequel/prequel” to Day of the Dead (1985). It sucks don't watch it
- DirectorHèctor Hernández VicensStarsSophie SkeltonJohnathon SchaechJeff GumA small group of military personnel and survivalists dwell in an underground bunker as they seek to find a cure in a world overrun by zombies.Another remake of Day of the Dead (1985).
