What is the scariest Zombie film?

[goesaround]

I still think Night of the Living Dead 68 hands down. I've said a million times but I cant tell you how surprising and over the top scary was seeing Night in a movie theater in 1969 when I was 19 and stoned. You have to understand the only thing close was Psycho. Now Psycho seems tame but it was not back then fresh out of the box. The same for Night You never saw people eating peoples organs. There was no comedy..at all. George has forgotten how terrifying that is..no explanation..no safety..Not even the safety of color. Nobody in the Sixties made b/w that was yesterday..There has been nothing like it since...Nothing..Not even by George

[zombie surfer]

Hard to say cause i really don't find them scary as such but i can understand that in 1969 that must have been the coolest & scariest thing anybody had seen. Zombie films that to me are tense & have scares in them are Night of the Living Dead '90 & Dawn of the Dead '04 which was cool as on the big screen.:)

[Victor Clark]

I would say the scariest I've seen was the remake Dawn of the Dead. The first 10 minutes were the the freakiest and most terrifying parts of the movie. Plus the suburban takeover sequence looked like it actually happened, which added another element of fear to the scene of Ana driving around.

[LMOE]

I agree with Victor, DotD 04 is really frightening. The opening montage using real stock footage. Fast zombies, thousands of them. The city in quiet chaos at the end. My favorte zombie movie.

[fast1]

yea dawn of the dean 04... some scary shit therehttp://photosnag.com/img/3322/n09x0302vnsn/clear.gif

[RIP]

Hard to say cause i really don't find them scary

I don't find zombie films to be scary either. I guess I would say Lucio Fulci's Zombie would be somewhat in that category just cause of the eye gouging scene in it cause that scene was pretty gross lol.

[The Voice Of Desperation]

The DOTD '04 was the scariest one I've ever saw. It was the first time I've been introduced with the chilling prospect of FAST zombies.(I don't count the 28 days/weeks later infected as zombies they are what I like to call "Ragers")

[UNDEAD FRED]

Dawn of the Dead 2004, I allways watch Andy's Tape, and the fake news broadcast first before watching the movie.

[GamingMaiden]

DotD Remake. That was freaky. I loved it though. Just...freaky.

[MaxVeers]

I strongly dislike that so many think the remake is so great.

[zombie surfer]

I strongly dislike that so many think the remake is so great.

The remake is great but that doesn't take anything away from the original.

[DarthJoe8]

The remake is great but that doesn't take anything away from the original.

For younger zombie fans it totally takes away from DotD78....many have never seen it (DotD78)and when they do they laugh at the blue zombies...:roll:

[Creeping Death]

For younger zombie fans it totally takes away from DotD78....many have never seen it (DotD78)and when they do they laugh at the blue zombies...:roll:

I don't laugh at the blue, slow zombies. :drool:
I think they're kinda cooler in a way.
Even though I'm only 16, I respect the way realism in Romero's movies.
Its retarded when people go: "Running zombies are so much better."
It might be more actionate, but definitely not better. :roll:

[dead and loving it]

I think that most zombie films are shocking, but not really scary . However NOTLD68, DOTD78 and DOTD04 were very frightening.:scare:

[UNDEAD FRED]

For younger zombie fans it totally takes away from DotD78....many have never seen it (DotD78)and when they do they laugh at the blue zombies...:roll:

Its sad isnt it. Dawn of the Dead 78 is the greatest horror movie ever made in my opinion.

[UNDEAD FRED]

I don't laugh at the blue, slow zombies. :drool:
I think they're kinda cooler in a way.
Even though I'm only 16, I respect the way realism in Romero's movies.
Its retarded when people go: "Running zombies are so much better."
It might be more actionate, but definitely not better. :roll:

Your only 16, damn dude your pretty smart for a dude your age. 8 **California Talk**

[zombie surfer]

For younger zombie fans it totally takes away from DotD78....many have never seen it (DotD78)and when they do they laugh at the blue zombies...:roll:

Yeah maybe that but not for the people who have seen both. The original is pure class but the remake is a very exciting film.

[Creeping Death]

Your only 16, damn dude your pretty smart for a dude your age. 8 **California Talk**

Surpising, isn't it? ;-)

what does 8 **california talk** mean? :drool:

[AlaskanGoreHound]

[REC] was the "scariest" for me. It was overall a very claustrophobic setting.

[MaxVeers]

The remake is great but that doesn't take anything away from the original.

I agree with Joe. I think that people, especially younger people, who didn't watch many of the classic horror films as a kid and have just come to understand the more straight-forward, action-packed, little-to-no-story-arch horror movies made in the past 10-15 years as "horror" have little respect for the classics because the newer films belittle them in a way. People who understand the Dawn of the Dead remake to be what zombies "are" are the same people who laugh at classic zombie films because they (both in story and in the zombie characters) aren't as fast or random, and the effects are more basic and, maybe by comparison, seem corny.

I have "filmmaker" friends who I show iconic shots from classic horror films and they laugh because they don't get it. Tension, suspense, subtly, these things almost seem beyond the current audience because they've grown up watching movies that are cut like high-budget music videos. It's sad.

[UNDEAD FRED]

Surpising, isn't it? ;-)

what does 8 **california talk** mean? :drool:

Just Dude, 8 was a typo

I hope people dont compare them, just enjoy them both, they are both great zombie movies.

[Jack the Ripper]

I don't find Zombie films actually "scary", though I do find Night of the Living Dead to be the creepiest. Only if it's in black and white though, the colourised version doesn't have the same effect.

[Zombie Slayer]

I thought Quarantine was the scariest, in that trapped in a relatively small space sort of way...even though they weren't zombies, I'll still go with this film :lol: If actual zombies, then NOTLD 90. :)

[Morbidfilm]

I would have to say [REC] was the scariest. Dawn of the Dead 04 and Night of the Living Dead would be next.

[IRMachine20XX]

I got the best scare from Night. Woman at the top of the stairs! Holy shit did that make me jump, lol. I was still just getting into horror movies back then and was just not ready for that. Watched it back in highschool? Freshmen year iirc.

On the topic of DotD, it's my favorite zombie flick. Don't look at the remake as a remake. It's just a different kind of zombie movie that happens to take place at a mall. It's also a very good one.

[ZombieGore]

I find zombie movies more exciting then I do scary...so quarantine is the winner:clap:

[Darius]

For younger zombie fans it totally takes away from DotD78....many have never seen it (DotD78)and when they do they laugh at the blue zombies...:roll:

i dont laugh i find it even creepier i mean im only 16 and the scenes in the apartment were pretty sary when i first saw them.

[RIP]

For younger zombie fans it totally takes away from DotD78....many have never seen it (DotD78)and when they do they laugh at the blue zombies...:roll:


I'm as old as you and I like the Dawn remake better than the original lol cause of the blue zombies.:lol:

Don't get me wrong.....the 1979 film Dawn was my all time fave zombie film ever and I have it on vhs, the single edition dvd, and the bad ass Ultimate Edition(4 disc set)....BUT imho I love the 2004 remake cause it had great gore kills, great looking zombies, good actors, etc......I love everything about it!!!!:drinking:

To each his own but Dawn 1979 is my 2nd fave zombie film of all time now lol........are we still friends?:evil::drinking:

[sk8rmichael]

id have to agree with u guys on the origional dawn of the dead O.o

[zombie surfer]

A creepy zombie film is The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue.:clap::scare:

[Darkness]

"I'm still waiting for one, to be made, that really scares me." :lol:

[OVERKILL]

Yeah, me too. Night of the Living Dead was ridiculous because the zombies were so slow and they had a good Winchester rifle. Dawn '04 was ridiculous because it was so unbelievable. Believing the dead have returned to life is bad enough, but it's a little too tough to swallow that they all became Olympic level sprinters as a result of the trauma. The zombies really never scared me so much as the other survivors, Flyboy shooting at a zombie and not following the "Be sure of your target and what's behind it", Mr. Cooper trying to snatch my rifle and supplies and lock himself in the cellar. The worst for me would have been Day of the Dead (original). The world has already let the situation get too far out of control (what was it Frankenstein said, that by his calculations they outnumber us 10 million to 1, someone correct me if they know the exact quote). You have to worry about Rhodes or one of the men shooting you, one of the scientist's specimens that are kept in the same building you sleep in getting loose and eating you, or the pilot taking off with the only woman left and leaving you to rot in a hole in the ground.

[consti2tion]

I don't really see Zombie movies scary so much as intense. My personal favorite is the '04 Dawn of the Dead, then the '78 Version.

[thanos0341]

I'd have to go with Lucio Fulci's "Zombie", the title on the poster said it all, "We are going to eat you". The theme song alone was scary, but the makeup, though crude, made some of those zombies pretty scary/gruesome. Especially the worm eyed zombie & quite a few others throughout the movie.

"Children shouldn't play with dead things" scared the crap outta me as well, when I 1st saw it as an 8yr old & even now, I don't watch either of them alone or in the dark.:)

[Zombie Dad]

The remake is great but that doesn't take anything away from the original.

Right. I like them both. Nothing compares to the real one.
I personally thought Return of the Living Dead was scary. (I saw it when I was 11) Now it is campy and one of my favorites.

[undeadeddie]

The worst for me would have been Day of the Dead (original). The world has already let the situation get too far out of control (what was it Frankenstein said, that by his calculations they outnumber us 10 million to 1, someone correct me if they know the exact quote). You have to worry about Rhodes or one of the men shooting you, one of the scientist's specimens that are kept in the same building you sleep in getting loose and eating you, or the pilot taking off with the only woman left and leaving you to rot in a hole in the ground.

I think Dr. Frankenstein's figure on zombie-overrunning-us-ness was "something like 400,000 to one, by my calculations" (I offer this from memory, based on my toddler's repeated viewings of the film, not on any special research), which is still a mind-numbingly overwhelming number. Yeah, Day was scary. The opposition on every level between the military and the scientists seemed poised to explode (as it did, of course), but Rhodes's willingness to have the only known remaining woman shot, and indeed to kill any of the few verifiably remaining people at all, makes for an especially creepy scenario (especially since the specimens were close enough to where they slept that their moans could be heard). Same deal as was presented in Night (though it was perhaps less hopelessly apocalyptic at that early stage): why would you choose to fight other living people when the dead are knocking? Of course, that is at the heart of these films, and the best ones always remain topical by reminding us we are our own worst enemies, etc., etc. But Day did this especially well. I remember leaving the theater, in '85, rather depressed.

[galactic92129]

Glad someone posted about Children shouldnt play with dead Things. That movie freaked me out as a young child. I bought the dvd but havent popped it in yet.

Dawn of the Dead remake is really good but I prefer Night and the original because I prefer the dread of being surrounded by slow moving zombies. All my contigency plans of survival are based on the slow moving ones. I never understand how so many zombies end up surrounding the farmhouse in the original Night. Seems like it would take forever for that many to randomly end up there. Any way I have to watch it every time I see it on. I love that there is no soundtrack as it keeps the tension high.

[undeadeddie]

I'd have to go with Lucio Fulci's "Zombie", the title on the poster said it all, "We are going to eat you"....
"Children shouldn't play with dead things" scared the crap outta me as well, when I 1st saw it as an 8yr old & even now, I don't watch either of them alone or in the dark.:)

I have to agree - those two have truly scared me the most, in that visceral, childhood, pull-the-covers-over-your-head way.

I, too, saw "Children" when I was 8. My friends and I heard a "tonight at 7, Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" promo during our Saturday afternoon wrestling show, and we tuned in expecting to see a special news report about how we shouldn't touch dead rats or something. What a shock. Our first zombies, and the inspiration for years of playing "dead things" by boarding up windows in our basements and taking turns shuffling about outside and trying to break in.

I saw "Zombie" with one of those same friends via rented VHS around 1981 (only $5 a night back then, after my dad's initial $100 deposit). We started the film, and after the beginning boat zombie scene, I ran out to the corner to get snacks. When I got back, my friend had turned every light in the house on. We stopped talking, and snacking, after the eye gouge.

[thanos0341]

Alright, someone else agrees that "Zombie" & "CSPWDT" are 2 of the scariest zombie movies ever. To this day, the high pitched, creepy music that plays as the dead start to rise from their graves in "Children" still makes me shudder.

Same for "Zombie", when they start to rise in the spanish conquistadore graveyard near the end of the movie. Scary a$% music!

[Dark Gale]

I haven't really seena zombie movie that has scared me very much.

But, my mom has. She watched Night Of The Living Dead when she was 7 years old, now shes 51 and even the mention of the name scares the crap out of her.

[DeAdLY SiNZz]

I found DotD '04 to be scary as hell but i the orginial NotLD '68 freaked me out since i watched it when i was like first getting into zombies, thanks dad lol.

[undeadeddie]

I haven't really seena zombie movie that has scared me very much.

But, my mom has. She watched Night Of The Living Dead when she was 7 years old, now shes 51 and even the mention of the name scares the crap out of her.

Dark Gale,

I think your mom might be lying about her age. ;-)

Seriously, she is right. Night is very scary, especially if you saw it back when black and white tvs were around (and scarier still if the network broadcasting it superimposed 'A Dramatization' on the screen during the scenes showing the news broadcasts, as when I was a kid - I guess some old folks must have tuned in and gotten scared it was real, or maybe the TV stations were worried they would). These kids today, at least the ones I know who've seen Night, tend not to be as freaked out by it, what with their XBox zombie-killing games and such. But I remember reading about Roger Ebert's scathing Night review, which he wrote just after it came out, describing how the film was shown at saturday matinees to children who recoiled in horror at the gut munching. I still think Night maintains a creepiness and truly suspenseful horrific feeling. When I was 10 and saw Night on the late movie, I found it pretty damn scary, and very cool (although I still preferred Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things for a few more years...).

[Dark Gale]

Dark Gale,

I think your mom might be lying about her age. ;-)


I don't remember what age she said she sen it at... I thought it was 7, I'm probly wrong though.

[Noc]

I don't really find them that scary, but DotD 04 had some spooky parts, i liked the beggining best.

This will probably get me flamed but i don't see what is so great about the original dawn of the dead, it is amazingly boring...

[toe_tag]

I was unsettled most by Dellamorte Dellamore (Cemetery Man) - Eee! Imagine sitting around at home and have the 'returners' knocking at your door at any moment. I couldn't be as composed as he was... especially when all those coffins rolled in in succession after the bus/scout mass death. Considering they return at random points over a 7-day period... *shivers*

[Kennedy]

im surprised so many people said DOTD04... honestly when it comes to horror movies, any type of semi-scary ones scares the piss out of me, im an insane va-jay-jay when it comes to movies like that.

including zombie movies (which i actually happen to love more than any other genre of movies).

but DOTD04 was not scary at all, a few scared the hell out of me tho.
plane dead had its points, although wasnt that good. automation transfusion had its moments. but what really scared the crap out of me was dead snow. arghhh that movie had me freaked the hell out. maybe cuz thats cuz i go up to the mountains a lot and its recluse as hell. iono.
theres a few other points i can make, but if anyone hasnt seen it, i dont wanna ruin it.

planet terror even got under my skin a few times. however some, even most. dont consider that a TRUE zombie movie.

[OVERKILL]

I think Dr. Frankenstein's figure on zombie-overrunning-us-ness was "something like 400,000 to one, by my calculations" (I offer this from memory, based on my toddler's repeated viewings of the film, not on any special research), which is still a mind-numbingly overwhelming number. Yeah, Day was scary. The opposition on every level between the military and the scientists seemed poised to explode (as it did, of course), but Rhodes's willingness to have the only known remaining woman shot, and indeed to kill any of the few verifiably remaining people at all, makes for an especially creepy scenario (especially since the specimens were close enough to where they slept that their moans could be heard). Same deal as was presented in Night (though it was perhaps less hopelessly apocalyptic at that early stage): why would you choose to fight other living people when the dead are knocking? Of course, that is at the heart of these films, and the best ones always remain topical by reminding us we are our own worst enemies, etc., etc. But Day did this especially well. I remember leaving the theater, in '85, rather depressed.

Thanks for the correction. I think 400,000 to one is it, my mind kinda clicked when I read that.
I've actually saw the names of a few movies I've not saw, I'll have to check those out and see if they scare me (or at least entertain me).
Although there is argument whether or not it's a zombie movie (I'm in the not zombies camp on this one), 28 Days Later had a pretty scary premise. I didn't find the movie scary, but if I wee to wake up from a coma in an abandoned hospital and walk out to be greeted by an abandoned city THAT would scare me, considering I'd only have a hospital gown and a beard as supplies, although the sight of me in an open backed gown may even scare off infected or zombies:)

[Spaggo]

Zombie movies aren't really made for scare factor. more of a shock factor. and since the original NOTLD is the most shocking, I'll go with that.

[XposedGuts]

Im going to have to say Lucio Flucis City of the Living Dead, and The Beyond....those are some creepy ass movies.

[Zombob]

[Rec] did it for me!

[S Y S T E M]

Quarantine. I loved Cloverfield, so a zombie film done in the same style was a real treat. Only zombie movie i have found to be scary. What is odd though is i really dislike the original ([REC]) the lighting ruined it..i mean zombie attacks in the day with the lights on? Some argue the low budget makes it more realistic, but it just looks cheesy in some parts.
(Though putting the ending in the preview for Quarantine..was quite stupid)

I have seen both Dawn Of The Dead's and i just found the original enjoyable and cheesy fun. Lines like "Shoot him man..shoot him in the head" and the outdated gore effects were quite funny. I didn't mind the remake, but apart from the credit sequence, nothing jumped out at me.

[Morbidfilm]

I'll add Pontypool to my list. Some scenes where witness' call in to the radio show and describe what they are seeing is pretty scary. What you hear in this movie is actually scarier than what you see in most zombie films.

[CityOfChicago]

NOTLD90.

Of course I love the original, and it was scary, but I wasn't really scared becuase it was dated. The acting and the characters did not resonate for me becuase I could not relate to them or how they behaved. Especially Barbara just sitting there. I wanted to slap here and say "Move ass woman!"

NOTLD90 stayed faithful to the spirit of the original, but the characters were so much more believable, at least more relevant to the time and people I grew up with. It was scary like the original, but I was actually scared. The idea of the two movies is scary - trapped in a strange house with a bunch of strangers under the most extraordinary circumstances that are completely unexplainable. The remake raises the tension even higher with more believable diologue. The FX were top-freaking notch. They looked freaking dead, and the milky eyes were brilliant. Toward the end of the movie, before they make a break for the pumps, whe Judy Rose is screaming and Cooper is yelling at his wife, and the zombies are groaning, and Judy keeps screaming...that's freaky. And then when the lights go out and everything is lit by the fire in the fireplace. The confusion and tension are first rate. And the score was creepy as hell.

[Dr GonZo]

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

- depressive movie with thrill end

[LMOE]

I have to agree, Pontypool was pretty scary. It was sort of like listening to radio station that is reporting on ongoing horrible breaking news. They didn't know what was going on. as they were trying to warn the people of the danger.

[Zombie_215]

Zombie Lake, if only because it was so bad, it was scary!

[Eknytz]

Its sad isnt it. Dawn of the Dead 78 is the greatest horror movie ever made in my opinion.

I showed it to some of my cousins (who are teenagers) and they thought it was really slow and boring and wanted me to put a different movie in.

[Eknytz]

Night of the Living Dead (1990)

- depressive movie with thrill end

It would be so epic if they remade NOTLD with a twist ending of Ben being the only survivor.

[ZombieTux]

I think REC is the scariest Zombiemovie ive ever seen.... :)
this dark Set and the Sounds, the end etc :)^^

[DarthJoe8]

I'd have to go with Lucio Fulci's "Zombie", the title on the poster said it all, "We are going to eat you". The theme song alone was scary, but the makeup, though crude, made some of those zombies pretty scary/gruesome. Especially the worm eyed zombie & quite a few others throughout the movie.

I have to disagree with you here, Fulci's zombie movies are utter crap!!Some of his FX are cool but other than that I can't stand to watch his films...:puke:terrible acting and shit story telling make for stupid movies... :2cents:

"Children shouldn't play with dead things" scared the crap outta me as well, when I 1st saw it as an 8yr old & even now, I don't watch either of them alone or in the dark.:)

I have to agree with you here!! :drinking:I saw this movie before Dawn otD and I was about the same age as you and this was hella scary!! :scare: Bringing Oliver back to the cottage was a WTF moment...:loon:

[Amish]

I'm going to say Dawn remake because of one thing. Andy's zombification/trying to communicate scene gave me nightmares for the next few nights after I saw it. I've never had that happen to me before or since with a zombie movie. :scare::scare::scare:

[Odd Rob]

White Zombie with Bela Lugosi. There are two scenes in this movie that ensure I will never go to sleep on a Carribbean island.

[Dagnammit]

Scariest by far:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235686/





...mainly thanks to the lead actors genuinely warty balls, or so I've heard :scare: