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Rabid
Grannies (1983)
DIRECTOR: Emmanuel Kervyn YEAR:
1989 COUNTRY: Belgium
DUR: 90 mins
SYNOPSIS: A family will-reading ceremony
turns into a bloodbath when two old dears open a demonic present
from their nephew.
COMMENT: The uncut version is good fun.
Avoid the cut Troma DVDs, they're shit!
RATING: Euro trash zombie splatter with
some gleeful gore and gags.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: It's always fun to see
children being eaten.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US INSTANT
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Re-Animator (1985)
DIRECTOR: Stuart Gordon YEAR: 1985
COUNTRY: USA DURATION: 86
mins
SYNOPSIS: A student invents a serum that
reanimates dead corpses and his rival steals it to create a zombie
army.
COMMENT: Top-drawer carnage. Serious, funny
and extremely gory.
RATING: Buy it now, if you don't own it
already.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Barbara Crampton groped
by a decapitated corpse.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Redneck
Zombies (1987)
DIRECTOR: Pericles Lewnes YEAR:
1987 COUNTRY: USA
DURATION: 90 mins
SYNOPSIS: Hicks inadvertently incorporate
a barrel radioactive waste into their still, turning the local populace
into zombies.
COMMENT: Shot on video, and extremely low
grade, though very gory.
RATING: For zombie completists only.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Chas Balun's cameo as
a zombie.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US INSTANT
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Resident
Evil (2002)
DIRECTOR: Paul Anderson YEAR: 2002
COUNTRY: UK DURATION: 100
mins
SYNOPSIS: A group of soldiers take on zombies
after a laboratory accident.
COMMENT: Based on the infamous Capcom computer
game series.
RATING: All style over content, but fun
non-the-less.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Sliced to pieces by lasers
in corridor - truly sick!
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray : US UMD : UK UMD : US INSTANT
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Resident
Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
DIRECTOR: Alexander Witt YEAR: 2004
COUNTRY: Germany DURATION: 98
mins
SYNOPSIS: A killer ghoul tries to kill
a group of soldiers to hide a conspiracy.
COMMENT: Based on a computer game series.
Again: a big missed opportunity.
RATING: Worse than the original, which
is saying something.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Erasing it from our minds
with mind rubbers.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray : US UMD : UK UMD : US INSTANT
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Return
Of The Living Dead (1985)
DIRECTOR: Dan O'Bannon YEAR: 1985
COUNTRY: USA DURATION: 91
mins
SYNOPSIS: An accidental chemical spill
raises the dead in a cemetery.
COMMENT: Great FX, characters, acting &
music in this timeless zombie classic.
RATING: Tongue-in-cheek and shocking, with
a superb punk rock soundtrack.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Sticking the zombie's
head to the floor, then hacking it off.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Return
Of The Living Dead Part II (1988)
DIRECTOR: Ken Wiederhorn YEAR: 1988
COUNTRY: USA DURATION: 89
mins
SYNOPSIS: A gang of twats unleash zombie
mayhem when they release the contents of a storage drum.
COMMENT: Comedy re-run of the previous
movie.
RATING: More like Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'
than Return Of The Living Dead.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Suzanne Snyder's pendulous
gazungas.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US INSTANT
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Return
Of The Living Dead 3 (1993)
DIRECTOR: Brian Yuzna YEAR: 1993
COUNTRY: USA DURATION: 97
mins
SYNOPSIS: A boy brings his dead girlfriend
back to life after an accident.
COMMENT: Moribund zombie flick let down
by a duff script and some poor FX.
RATING: Better than the second part in
this series, but still seriously lacking.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Body piercing.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Shaun
Of The Dead (2003)
DIRECTOR: Edgar Wright YEAR: 2003
COUNTRY: UK DURATION: 99
mins
SYNOPSIS: Suburban England is overrun by
flesh-eating zombies.
COMMENT: Comedy love story with zombies.
And gore. And wise cracks.
RATING: Superb spoof of the whole zombie
film genre. A must see.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: "Any of you cunts
want a drink?"
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray : US UMD : UK UMD : US INSTANT
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Shock
Waves (1977)
DIRECTOR: Ken Wiederhorn YEAR: 1977
COUNTRY: USA DURATION: 90
mins
SYNOPSIS: Visitors to a remote island discover
a reclusive Nazi scientist who has created an army of underwater
zombie soldiers.
COMMENT: Grainy and creepy. Strange soundtrack.
Impressive cast.
RATING: A watchable and interesting take
on the zombie movie idea.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: The eerie way in which
the zombies rise out of the water.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Tombs
Of The Blind Dead (1971)
DIRECTOR: Amando de Ossorio YEAR:
1971 COUNTRY: Spain
DUR: 86 mins
SYNOPSIS: A bunch of 13th Century Templars
return from the dead to wreak revenge on the living.
COMMENT: Atmospheric but showing it's age.
Cheesy dialogue doesn't help.
RATING: Paper-thin plot, but worth the
admission for the gritty atmosphere alone.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Arm chopped off. Throat
torn out. Lesbian scenes.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Zombi
3 (1988)
DIRECTOR: Lucio Fulci & Bruno Mattei
YEAR: 1988 COUNTRY: Italy
DUR: 96 mins
SYNOPSIS: A group of terrorists try to
steal a deadly virus, which escapes, causing the local population
to die and return to feed on the living.
COMMENT: Fulci packed-in half way through,
so Mattei finished the film off.
RATING: Real low grade zombie nonsense.
AKA Zombie Flesh Eaters 2 in the UK.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Beatrice Ring's nipples.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Zombie
4: After Death (1988)
DIRECTOR: Claudio Fragasso YEAR:
1988 COUNTRY: Italy
DURATION: 85 mins
SYNOPSIS: A scientist working on a cure
for cancer angers a local voodoo priest who raises the dead in retribution.
COMMENT: Stars porn legend Jeff Stryker!
RATING: Very bad, but energetic, (unintentionally)
hilarious and gory.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Bad continuity. Zombie
underwear.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Zombie
90: Extreme Pestilence (1981)
DIRECTOR: Andreas Schnaas YEAR:
1991 COUNTRY: Germany
DUR: 80 mins
SYNOPSIS: A chemical spill triggers a zombie
epidemic and two doctors are ordered to find a cure.
COMMENT: Shot-on-video shit-heap. Though
extremely sick and violent.
RATING: This kind of splatter looks so
unconvincing shot on video. Next.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Umpteen disgusting disembowelments.
AVAILABILITY: US VHS
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Zombie
Flesh Eaters (1979)
DIRECTOR: Lucio Fulci YEAR: 1979
COUNTRY: Italy DURATION: 91
mins
SYNOPSIS: Couple go to island in search
of relative and are attacked by zombies.
COMMENT: Cult movie with extreme gore,
though cheesy direction and dialogue.
RATING: Dumb but fun. Some great splatter
set pieces and zombie make-up.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Splinter in the eye scene.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray : US INSTANT
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Zombie
Holocaust (1979)
DIRECTOR: Marino Girolami YEAR:
1979 COUNTRY: Italy
DURATION: 90 mins
SYNOPSIS: A mad scientist on a tropical
island reanimates cannibal victims.
COMMENT: Z-grade zombie muck, with little
going for it but the (badly done) gore.
RATING: So bad it's funny.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: A dummy's leg comically
flies off when it falls.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD : US Blu-Ray : UK Blu-Ray
IMDb listing: Click
here
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Zombie
Lake (1980)
DIRECTOR: Jean Rollin YEAR: 1980
COUNTRY: France DURATION: 90
mins
SYNOPSIS: Dead German soldiers, thrown
into a lake during WWII, come back to life to seek revenge.
COMMENT: Good idea let down by rambling
story and meaningless Euro dialogue.
RATING: Not a good zombie film. The French
can do better than this.
STAND-OUT MOMENT: Blatant nudity.
AVAILABILITY: US DVD : UK DVD
IMDb listing: Click
here
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