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Plot Summary:
When son, Billy, becomes a zombie the family chooses to take care of him in the home much to the chagrin of the neighbors and the local crime boss.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Ireland
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: sincere, rough, bleak, suspenseful, mockumentary, fake documentary
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One Cut of the Dead (2017)
Plot Summary:
After an epic 40-minute one-take zombie-movie we get to watch behind-the-scenes of how it came to be: a comedy of errors with overly dedicated actresses, clumsy crew, arrogant directors and a lots of trials and tribulations.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, mockumentary, tense, humorous, captivating, absurd, scary, psychological, funny, inspirational
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American Zombie (2007)
Plot Summary:
Documents the daily lives of a small community of the living deceased who make their home in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: satirical, humorous, captivating, disturbing, mockumentary, suspense, horror comedy, weird, fun
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I Survived a Zombie Holocaust (2014)
Plot Summary:
From the land of early Peter Jackson comes another Braindead movie in bad taste. It’s the third day of shooting the low budget horror ‘Tonight They Come’ on location in the wilds of New Zealand. Director SMP is already beside himself having to work with a self-obsessed leading man and a bimbo actress when into his line of fire comes a new runner, wannabe screenwriter Wesley Pennington. Clearly an accident-prone nerd, Wesley nevertheless tries his best to fit in with the crazed cast and demented crew while falling head over heels for Susan, the set caterer. But something nasty has entered the local water supply and suddenly the zombie extras start acting like genuine members of the living dead, gore stunts looks even more authentic and actual severed limbs fly. Reel life turns real as Wesley attempts to save the day while ensuring his latest script will get made.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, scary, tense, light, humorous, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, scenic, splatter
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Rise of the Zombie (2013)
Plot Summary:
Neil Parker is a passionate wildlife photographer who pays more attention to his wildlife than his human life. as a result his relationships with the real world suffer. When his girlfriend walks out on him he resigns himself to isolation and nature. But a chance occurrence changes all that. Changes that he can't seem to handle, changes that seem to take his humanity away... changes that seem unable to change back? The story follow his journey into a darkness that has to be seen to be believed. A monster that seems to be rising out of the depths of desolation and agony... soulless, depraved and out of control.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful
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Gangsters, Guns and Zombies (2012)
Plot Summary:
The whole "zombie thing" has been hyped up so much that everyone thinks it's the end of the world! Of course, where one man sees the dead rising from the grave, another sees opportunity. Q had a plan: drive the robbery getaway van, deliver everyone to the safe house and get paid - a nice, simple, plan. Unfortunately, life is never really that simple, and to top it all off, this is the first time Q has been a getaway driver. He's coping pretty well though, considering; TONY (the guy who is 'in charge' of the job) is a murderous nut case, DANNY was shot and is now bleeding all over the money in the back of the van, the Sat-Nav has a mind of its own, there's a guy in the back living up to his name "CRAZY STEVE", the safe-house already has police at it, and this whole "zombie thing" seems to be quickly becoming more of a "zombie apocalypse thing".
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 795
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, suspenseful, tense, captivating, exciting, rough, offbeat, witty, semi serious, horror comedy
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One Cut of the Dead Spin-Off: In Hollywood (2019)
Plot Summary:
This 59-minute feature was made for TV in Japan and is now being shopped around by Nikkatsu in advance of the film market in Cannes beginning in a few weeks. This feature was directed by Nakaizumi Yuya, supervised by original director Ueda and stars several of the key players from the original films including Hamatso Takayuki, Mao, Shuhama Harumi, and many more.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, humorous, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, funny, horror comedy
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Zomvideo (2011)
Plot Summary:
Aiko and Hashimoto discovere a VHS videotape called "A Guide to Surviving Zombies From". This is a video with a set of instructions that will help them cope with the invasion of the undead living in Japan.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 117
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful
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Zombiology: Enjoy Yourself Tonight (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two slackers put on their superhero suits to save Hong Kong from a zombie invasion. This hybrid directorial debut packs one hell of an emotional punch.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 419
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, apocalyptic, horror comedy
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Eaters (2011)
Plot Summary:
The world - devastated by the Great Epidemic - is governed by hordes of living dead. Three men - Igor and Alen, two hunters of dead and a scientist, Gyno - try to give an answer to what has happened to the human race. Alen and Igor leave for two days of hunting to find new "guinea-pigs" for Gyno and meet the most varied characters: a crazy painter, neo-Nazis and a mysterious girl, daughter of the feared Plague-Spreader, supposed craftsman of the epidemic.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, brutal, apocalyptic, psychological, enigmatic, bleak, suspenseful, suspense
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Plaga zombie: Zona mutante (2001)
Plot Summary:
A small town is the subject of some experiment with aliens where they were allowed to test some earth folks with some kind of disease, but of course it spread with disastrous results. And now, three oddballs have been dumped into the middle of this town as test subjects or something, and the race for survival is on. John West is a strongman, with a cowboy hat and leopard skin tights, Bill is a medical student, and Max is a mathematical genius, and it's them against the zombies.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 721
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, bloody, suspense
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Before Dawn (2013)
Plot Summary:
An estranged couple's vacation to save their troubled relationship goes awry when they find themselves under attack from the walking dead.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 860
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, apocalyptic, scary, independent film, interesting
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KL Zombie (2013)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of the FIXI novel "Zombijaya" by Adib Zaini. The novel itself is inspired by AMC's television drama series "The Walking Dead". The film tells the tale of slacker Nipis who becomes a reluctant hero when a zombie outbreak robs him of the only life he knows.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 327
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful
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Shed of the Dead (2019)
Plot Summary:
Trevor is 'between jobs'. He spends his days avoiding his nagging heifer of a wife by hiding out in his allotment shed and painting figurines for his wargames with his agoraphobic friend, Graham, and dreaming of his heroic alter-ego, the battle mage Casimir the Destroyer. When Mr Parsons, one of the other allotment tenants, petitions to have Trevor removed from his disgrace of a plot (he's not there to grow stuff!) an argument ensues that leaves Trevor with a corpse to hide. Unfortunately, this untimely accident coincides with the zombie apocalypse and Mr Parsons' return is just the beginnings of Trevor's problems. More pressing is whether or not he should try and save his wife and her beautiful best friend, who both he and Graham have a thing for.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: bleak, captivating, suspenseful, tense, horror comedy, retro, psychotronic
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Zombie Isle (2014)
Plot Summary:
Zombie Isle In the late 70's, a group of college students and their professor ventured onto an uninhabited island for a day of exploring flora, fauna and co-ed fun. The class field trip quickly becomes a grisly nightmare as the students and faculty soon discover they are stranded and the island is crawling with ravenous, flesh-eating ghouls, reanimated as Zombies by an insane Nazi scientist who can resurrect and control the dead. Just when the slaughter levels out, a three-headed abomination comes out of hiding that even its creator can't control. A head smashing, blood splattering, intestine eating throwback to the zombie films of the 70's and 80's. Welcome to ZOMBIE ISLE... A fieldtrip straight to Hell.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 260
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Me and My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three Australian telecom tradesman find themselves trapped in a telephone exchange during the onset of a zombie apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 660
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: humorous, scary, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, psychotronic, funny, feel good
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Zombie Mutation (2012)
Plot Summary:
Follows 6 people low life junkies & strippers as they battle for survival in the midst of a zombie outbreak in a run town on the outskirts of a city.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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Zombieworld (2015)
Plot Summary:
There is nowhere to hide...nowhere to run...the Zombie Apocalypse has come, and our world now belongs to the dead! From Ireland, Canada, Australia, Europe and all over the U.S., the bone-chilling news reports tell the same gruesome tale - walking corpses terrorize and devour the living. Only a few desperate humans find the courage to stand and fight for their last chance at survival. But the hordes of undead keep coming, and there's only one thing on the menu - us.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 944
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, anthology, humorous, psychotronic, scary, captivating, suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, dark fairy tale
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Zombie World 2 (2018)
Plot Summary:
Zombies are back in this highly anticipated sequel to 2015’s popular Zombieworld. In the wake of a terrible virus that claimed most of the human population, zombies have risen. As the undead take control of Earth and grow in numbers, the remaining survivors struggle to save themselves and their planet from total annihilation in this unique horror anthology produced by the twisted mind of DreadCentral’s Steve Barton and Miguel Rodriguez. Welcome to Zombieworld!.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, anthology, psychotronic
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Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection (2012)
Plot Summary:
The deceased have risen with the instinct to feed on the living as a family is trapped during a zombie apocalypse. Wales. Based on George A. Romero's classic "Night of the Living Dead".
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, remake of american film
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Atom the Amazing Zombie Killer (2012)
Plot Summary:
Atom is an amazing zombie killer, has a horny girlfriend...and is the best bowler in the league! But don't tell that to Dario and the Slashers, the evil bowling rivals who will stop at nothing to thwart Atom and his buddies. When all of his problems come to a head, Atom must battle his worst nightmare--ZOMBIES! May the bloodbath begin! let's ROCK and BOWL in this outrageous horror comedy!.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 186
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: humorous, scary, feel good, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher, bizarre
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The Walking Deceased (2015)
Plot Summary:
THE WALKING DECEASED is the Scary Movie of the zombie genre, ripping on the biggest and best of zombie pop-culture, arguably the most crazed genre in the world. The story follows a group of survivors from all walks of the apocalypse – an idiotic Sheriff with definite coma-induced brain damage, his hardass son and a hobo with only a crossbow to stave off the walking dead, four squabbling friends forced to survive this zombieland together, and a lonely zombie who just needs love to fully regain his warm body – who leave their once-safe mall hideout in search of the rumored Safe Haven Ranch, a refuge untouched by the zombie virus that has ravaged humanity. But despite the comforting name, they discover that this sanctuary may not be as welcoming as advertised.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, spoof, absurd, apocalyptic, tense, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Dead Meat (2004)
Plot Summary:
Helena and Martins vacation to Ireland quickly transforms into a nightmare as a virus which turns humans into flesh-eating zombies is starting to spread.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, semi serious, humorous, suspense, horror comedy, scary, slasher, cult film
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Evil (2005)
Plot Summary:
An evil force is awakened in downtown Athens transforming the unsuspecting citizens into raving zombies. The few survivors will have to fight hard for their lives. To the death.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Greece
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, humorous, tense, captivating, horror comedy, psychedelic, suspense, hilarious, scary, exciting
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Kill Zombie! (2012)
Plot Summary:
The bizarre story takes place in Amsterdam-West, where a virus turns people into bloodthirsty zombies. Although much blood is flowing and many limbs chopped off, there is a lot to laugh at in this bizarre horror comedy.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, captivating, tense, scary, offbeat, not serious, campy
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Zombieland (2013)
Plot Summary:
Zombieland follows four survivors outwitting zombies and searching for a place to call home.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: parody, absurd, humorous, horror comedy, road movie, scary, not serious, entertaining, campy
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Plan 9 (2015)
Plot Summary:
Plan 9 is the story of Nilbog, a small town with a big story. The beginning of an invasion! However, instead of lasers, space ships, and epic force, these aliens have a different plan for the inhabitants of Earth. To resurrect their dead as their own army set with but one goal… To wipe out all mankind! Only the townsfolk on this Halloween night stand in the way of total domination. From the police department, to those trapped in a convenient store, and even those trying to stay alive in the streets, this night will decide the fates of all who walk the planet and thought they were the top of the food chain.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, rough, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, independent film
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Humans vs Zombies (2011)
Plot Summary:
Dark Comedy and Horror unite in this satirical thriller based on the "Live Action Role-Playing" game of the same name. Students on summer break are exposed to a deadly virus that is spread rapidly through direct human contact. The infected become enslaved by the invading "swarm" intelligence and driven by an insatiable appetite to consume human flesh. Returning home, the students spread the infection to their fellow classmates and other unsuspecting townspeople.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, tense, satirical, romantic, slasher, scenic, horror comedy
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The Zombie Diaries 2 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Three months have passed since a viral outbreak wiped out 99.9% of the world's population, turning its victims into flesh-eating living dead. In the UK, a surviving band of soldiers and civilians have taken refuge at a rural military barracks. Life in this new world is tough and brutal, but hope appears when a high level communication is received from a military base on the coast, telling of sanctuary elsewhere in Europe... But just as salvation appears to be in reach, the base suffers an overwhelming defeat at the hands of the living dead! The surviving handful of troops and civilians must now make their way to the coast to uncover the truth behind the message. Their perilous journey takes them across a now treacherous, death-ravaged landscape, where the living dead are vast in number and wandering bandits impose their own malicious sense of law and order. What follows is a journey into hell and a desperate battle against all odds for the very survival of the human race.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, exciting, serious, mockumentary, rough, fast, apocalyptic, fake documentary
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Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2017)
Plot Summary:
In a world overrun by zombies, military personnel and survivalists live in an underground bunker while they seek a cure.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, apocalyptic, exciting, tense, rough, disturbing, retro, perverse, thrilling, psychotronic
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Survival of the Dead (2009)
Plot Summary:
On 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.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, rough, suspenseful, suspense, apocalyptic, atmospheric, retro, psychotronic, mockumentary