5. Dawn of the Dead (Remake, 2004, Directed by Zack Snyder)
"Hell is overflowing. And Satan is sending his dead to us. Why? Because you have sex out of wedlock. You kill unborn children. You have man-on-man relations. Same-sex marriage. How do you think your god will judge you? Well, friends, now we know. When there is no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth." I saw this movie at the drive-in. Yeah, a drive-in! Back in Indiana there was one right on the way to Plymouth. I had a lot of childhood memories there. It was good times. This movie I put at 5 because it really paid homage to the original Dawn of the Dead by Romero. It had cameos from the actors in the original, and used certain lines (example... the quote from above) from the series. It showed the the isolation of a zombie apocalypse. I especially like the scene right before the black out when they are all sitting down and having dinner and talking about what the used to do, what they were good at, what they were bad at. It was brought into perspective that there was life before zombies and you never really realize that.
4. Planet Terror (2007, Directed by Robert Rodriguez)
"Give him the gun. Give him all the guns." I was super excited to see this. It came out around my birthday. Besdies it being apart of a double feature Grindehouse (Even though I really did not care for Tarentino's movie... Boring!),I really also wanted to see it because I love the director. His work on Sin City was beautiful, and to see this was even better. (And along came Machete.... Brilliant!) I do have a few gripes about this movie though.... They aren't totally zombies. It's just a plague. And you can kill them besides shooting them in the head, and they talk. And, why doesn't she ever have to reload her leg? But, what brings it back to the top of this list is the cinematography, the gore, and the special effects work by the gore master Greg Nicotero (my second hero). And who doesn't love a hot, badass chick?
3. Zombieland (2009, Directed by Ruben Fleischer)
"Oh, America. I wish I could tell you that this was still America, but I've come to realize that you can't have a country without people. And there are no people here. No, my friends. This is now the United States of Zombieland." Words cannot describe my love of this movie. Literally. I'm sitting here trying to think of something to say, but I can't. The actors were brilliants. Special effects perfect. All the rules, Awesome. Although, I do want a list of ALL the rules. Aren't you a little curious? I just love this movie. And Bill, Fucking, Murray! Cherry on the sundae. "My mama always told me someday I'd be good at something. Who'd a guessed that something'd be zombie-killing?" (That'll be me someday...."
2. Day of the Dead (1985, Directed by the King)
"You want to put some kind of explanation on all this? Here's one as good as any other. We're bein' punished by the Creator. He visited a curse on us. Maybe He didn't want to see us blow ourselves up, put a big hole in the sky. Maybe He just wanted to show us He's still the Boss Man. Maybe He figure, we gettin' too big for our britches, tryin' to figure His shit out." As I'm coming to the last of the list, reasons why these movies are great are eluding me. This was a underrated movie by Romero, But I think it's up there with his top work. The use of racism, and egotism, desperation, isolation are what bring this movie together, as with all of his movies. He wants you to feel the human aspect of zombies. What makes a zombie a zombie? Are we better than zombies? Do we really want to save mankind if they are no better than zombies? When the zombie apocalypse does happen, that should be the first question you ask yourself.
Drumroll please..............
1. Resident Evil (2002, Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson)
"You're all going to die down here." I will refer you to my first Zombie blog. This was the first zombie movie I saw in theater, and created the zombie obsessed person I am today. And I include all the movies in this series in the number one spot. they evolve and grow. And the best part about this movie... the end scene. Alice leaves the hospital. the streets are empty except for destruction and death. The emotions on her face. Loss. Anger. Vengeance. Determination. She finds a shotgun in an abandoned police car. the ominous music in the background. And she cocks the shotgun. The wonderful, beautiful, music to my ears sound. And then the camera pans up and out slowly, revealing a city of ruin. Blood stained windows on high rises. Fires in the distant, and Alice just standing there ready to kick some zombie ass.
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