British zombie films
by Mighty_Emperor | created - 18 Sep 2012 | updated - 3 weeks ago | PublicFilms that generally fall into the "zombie" category, which for this list I'm keeping pretty loose, so as well as your classic zombie movies, it includes what I'm calling contagious violence, like the 28 X Later films, and the vengeful dead.
The British zombie movie is important in the history of the genre because they helped keep the flame alive and would, in turn, influence George Romero who was inspired by them (and many others movies) when coming up with Night of the Living Dead, as explained by Jennnifer Dotson in her Ma thesis:
In the fifties, science fiction had surpassed horror in popularity in Hollywood, and Gothic monsters such as vampire, werewolves, and mummies were traded in for giant insects, killer vegetables, and alien invaders. After the influx of poorly constructed zombie-themed films in the 1950s failed at the box office, most Hollywood producers abandoned the zombie altogether. When it seemed the living dead were indeed a dying breed in Hollywood, the zombie film was given a new life abroad. As a result of Hollywood's cold shoulder, the zombie was relocated and began to flourish in other countries, particularly in Great Britain and Mexico. British films like Doctor Blood's Coffin (1960) and The Earth Dies Screaming (196), although low budget, helped the zombie genre gain popularity in Great Britain during a horror revival there in the 1960s. Hammer Studios, the leading producer of horror films in Great Britain, released a zombie film in 1966 called Plague of the Zombies. Although the film is not well know, having been overshadowed by more successful Hammer endeavours, it is notable for giving the zombie an international stage.
Given the fact that there was a small homegrown tradition of such films before NotLD, it is odd that it took so long for we Brits to get in on the trend, once the game changed and the sub-genre too off, as outlined by British horror historian MJ Simpson:
it took a long time for zombie films to take hold in the UK. If we skip over the 'walking dead' in the Terence Fisher sci-fi opus The Earth Dies Screaming and those in Hammer's pre-Romero The Plague of the Zombies, we find (unless we're prepared to really bend the definition) a complete dearth of the living dead in British film-making until Andrew Parkinson's I, Zombie: The Chronicles of Pain in 1998. Throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s there were zombie films made in the USA and Europe but the closest we got to British zombies was Jorg Grau and his Manchester Morgue, which was shot in the UK but is, in real terms, a Spanish film. It just never occurred to anyone making British horror features - at any level - to try to put Romero-esque zombies into British genre culture.
He then goes on to touch on the two key British "zombie" movies:
after that brace of indie undead, it was two much bigger studio productions which really established the UK as a suitable home for zombies. 28 Days Later was released in 2002; Shaun of the Dead two years later - yet even at this short remove they seem to have appeared together, solidly establishing the United Kingdom as a place where the dead walk.
They weren't just locally important but would help revitalise the whole sub-genre and are a vital part of the push that helped make zombies mainstream and now almost ubiquitous.
Links: UK films at the Zombie Movie List
See also: The British horror renaissance - there were zombie films before this but the recent upsurge in Brit horror has seen an explosion in the number of zombie movies. Asian zombie films is another regional breakdown of these kinds of movies.
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1. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Horror
The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis
Votes: 594,270 | Gross: $13.54M
Here to provide a thumbnail graphic, the list proper begins below:
2. The Woman Eater (1958)
Not Rated | 70 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that helps bring the dead back to life.
Director: Charles Saunders | Stars: George Coulouris, Vera Day, Peter Forbes-Robertson, Joyce Gregg
Votes: 666
3. Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961)
Unrated | 92 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
People are mysteriously disappearing near a remote Cornish village, where a scientist is experimenting; reviving the dead.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Kieron Moore, Hazel Court, Ian Hunter, Kenneth J. Warren
Votes: 1,064
4. The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
Approved | 62 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In Britain, a group of survivors fights off a deadly alien invasion that uses robots and a poisonous gas to take over the Earth.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Willard Parker, Virginia Field, Dennis Price, Thorley Walters
Votes: 2,403
Although I'm pretty sure they weren't zombies by any of my definitions above I am including it here because American Zombie Gothic says "Such films as Cahn's Invisible Invaders and Fisher's The Earth Does Screaming depict hoards of reanimated human corpses used as armies by alien forces to invade and subjugate the human race,, and they present obvious sources of visual inspiration for Romero[19]" Unless I missed something in TEDS, then "reanimated human corpses" only refers to Invisible Invaders, but the mind-enslaved "zombies" here do definitely look like a the undead from Night of the Living Dead and, as explained above, it is a key stage in the evolution of the sub-genre.
5. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Approved | 90 min | Horror
During a mysterious epidemic in a small Cornish village, the local doctor summons his professor friend for help.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: André Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams, Jacqueline Pearce
Votes: 5,650
Intriguing pre-Romero zombie outing, it does draw on the voodoo zombie ideas, but visually they are definitely corpses returned from the grave.
6. The Frozen Dead (1966)
Unrated | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A crazed scientist (Dana Andrews) keeps the heads of Nazi war criminals alive until he can find appropriate bodies on which to attach them so he can revive the Third Reich.
Director: Herbert J. Leder | Stars: Dana Andrews, Anna Palk, Philip Gilbert, Kathleen Breck
Votes: 1,064
7. The Oblong Box (1969)
R | 96 min | Horror
Aristocrat Julian Markham keeps his disfigured brother, Sir Edward, locked in a tower of his house. Sir Edward occasionally escapes and causes havoc around the town.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Vincent Price, Alister Williamson, Christopher Lee, Rupert Davies
Votes: 3,931
An interesting mix of voodoo zombies and Romero zombies, showing the sub-genre was still in flux so soon after NotLD.
8. Tales from the Crypt (1972)
PG | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Five strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Ralph Richardson, Geoffrey Bayldon
Votes: 13,023 | Gross: $1.70M
9. Horror Express (1972)
R | 88 min | Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
While on the Trans-Siberian Express, an anthropologist and his rival must contain the threat posed by the former's cargo: a prehistoric ape which is the host for a parasitic life-form.
Director: Eugenio Martín | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alberto de Mendoza, Telly Savalas
Votes: 12,770
The film is public domain. Get it from the Internet Archive
10. Dead of Night (1974)
PG | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young soldier killed in the Vietnam War inexplicably shows up at his family home on the night of his death.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: John Marley, Lynn Carlin, Richard Backus, Henderson Forsythe
Votes: 6,003 | Gross: $0.03M
11. The Death Wheelers (1973)
PG | 85 min | Adventure, Horror
An amiable, psychopathic leader of a violent teen motorbike gang is spurred by his mother, a Satan-worshiping spiritual medium, into committing suicide and returning to life as an "undead".
Director: Don Sharp | Stars: George Sanders, Beryl Reid, Nicky Henson, Mary Larkin
Votes: 3,149
Undead bikers back from the grave to cause mayhem. Fits more with the vengeful dead than classic zombies. Still it is a nice slice of period British horror.
12. Horror Hospital (1973)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Two British companions who met on a train heading to the rural countryside stay with a bizarre host of characters in a secluded, curious mansion. Unknown to them, there is a sinister secret behind closed doors.
Director: Antony Balch | Stars: Michael Gough, Robin Askwith, Vanessa Shaw, Ellen Pollock
Votes: 1,836
Possibly a stretch as they are lobotomised patients.
13. The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
R | 89 min | Action, Horror
In China, Professor Van Helsing helps eight kung fu-trained siblings reclaim their ancestral mountain village, now the domain of seven powerful vampires and their army of undead slaves.
Directors: Roy Ward Baker, Cheh Chang | Stars: Peter Cushing, David Chiang, Julie Ege, Han-Chen Wang
Votes: 4,940
A Hammer/Shaw Brothers co-production but, despite being co-directed by Chang Cheh (one of the leading kung-fu directors of the time) it was rather a clunky, but watchable, effort. It didn't have much impact on British horror movies (which is a pity as this could have been made to work) but did give a big boost to the home-grown Hong Kong horror films, which led to some classic films.
14. From Beyond the Grave (1974)
PG | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
An anthology of four short horror stories revolving around a mysterious antique shop owner and his antique pieces, each of which hides a deadly secret.
Director: Kevin Connor | Stars: Peter Cushing, Ian Bannen, Ian Carmichael, Diana Dors
Votes: 5,298
15. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
R | 95 min | Horror
A cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a hunger for human flesh by ultrasonic radiation being used for pest control.
Director: Jorge Grau | Stars: Cristina Galbó, Ray Lovelock, Arthur Kennedy, Aldo Massasso
Votes: 9,322
aka The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue and Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
A Spanish/Italian co-production largely filmed in the UK (mainly the NW), which is why it is in here especially as it is one of the first where we get to see recognisable living dead in the British countryside (although Plague of the Zombies got there first, this post-dates NotLD).
16. Satan's Slave (1976)
R | 86 min | Drama, Horror
A woman traveling with her parents to her uncle's house crash near his house. Her parents die but she survives. She stays with her uncle, but it becomes clear that he and his son are planning something sinister for her.
Director: Norman J. Warren | Stars: Michael Gough, Martin Potter, Candace Glendenning, Barbara Kellerman
Votes: 2,139
17. Lifeforce (1985)
R | 101 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
Director: Tobe Hooper | Stars: Steve Railsback, Mathilda May, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay
Votes: 29,490 | Gross: $11.60M
Space vampires arrive in orbit, but there are zombies thrown into the mix too.
18. Nightmare Weekend (1986)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A female scientist performs experiments on three college girls that turn them into drooling, murderous mutants.
Director: Henri Sala | Stars: Debbie Laster, Dale Midkiff, Debra Hunter, Lori Lewis
Votes: 1,227
19. Death Run (1987)
70 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist places her son and his girlfriend into a cryogenic sleep so they can survive the coming apocalypse. They wake 25 years later in a world dominated by neo-Nazi like ruler, called the Messiah who holds the "Death Run".
Director: Michael J. Murphy | Stars: Rob Bartlett, Debbi Stevens, Eddie Kirby, Wendy Parsons
Votes: 235
A post-apocalyptic dystopia in a wasteland full of mutant cannibals.
20. Twisted Souls (1992)
75 min | Comedy, Horror
In England in 1992, there is recession under the Conservative Government. Mr. Cooper runs a coffin factory, and times are tough. With only two staff, who conveniently also work as ... See full summary »
Director: R.N. Millward | Stars: David Clarke, Michael Dexter, Nathan Fawke, Mike Flight
21. Three Tickets to Hell (1997 Video)
121 min | Action, Horror
Director: Darren Ward | Stars: Chris Barfoot, Mick Brunskell, Jelena Cheshire, Louise Cruse
Votes: 13
22. I Zombie: The Chronicles of Pain (1998)
79 min | Drama, Horror
A young man gets infected and gradually starts turning into a zombie.
Director: Andrew Parkinson | Stars: Giles Aspen, Ellen Softley, Dean Sipling, Claire Griffin
Votes: 792
23. Nightmare of the Living Dead (1998)
78 min | Horror
At the end of the 20th Century, a deadly virus is set loose in England, it reanimates the dead after the hosted dies, can anyone survive.
Director: Jonathon Ash | Stars: Jonathon Ash, Steven Ash, Bob Note, Tracey Robinson
Votes: 17
24. Zombie Toxin (1996 Video)
68 min | Comedy, Horror
Set in England, a man and his servant unwittingly release a zombie-producing toxin into the countryside. A roller coaster of mishaps and adventures ensue, ultimately resulting in a fantastic showdown between good and evil.
Director: Thomas J. Moose | Stars: Thomas J. Moose, Adrian Ottiwell, Lee Simpson, Robert Taylor
Votes: 57
25. AWOL to Horror (1998)
30 min | Short, Action, Horror
1969 Vietnam, a soldier separated from his platoon deep within the dangerous terrain of the Vietnamese jungle. After running the gauntlet with numerous enemy soldiers he discovers a deserted building. What horrors lurk within the walls?
Director: Shaun Robert Smith | Stars: James Cook, Mark Davies, Daniel Dolby, Shaun Robert Smith
This student short would lead to "The Soldier" and eventually the concept would be reworked into The 4th Reich - all listed below. All falling into the general war/horror field.
26. The Twitching Dead (2000)
Action, Horror
Director: Shaun Robert Smith | Stars: Anthony Duckmanton, Charlotte Duckmanton, Shaun Robert Smith, Adrian Heathershaw
This seems never to have been released but is connected with other films on this list, according to the production company:
In 1998 Shaun Robert Smith directed a short film called ’AWOL to horror’ a story of zombies in Vietnam. The year later Shaun penned the sequel, ’The Twitching Dead’, a feature film. The film was 75% complete before some of the film stock was destroyed! This closed the film down completely and all that remains is an extended trailer. In 2005 Shaun and fellow Smudge company director Simon Rippin decided to pick the project up and re-write the whole thing. The re-write will include scenes from ’AWOL to horror’, and will be very dark. ... We decided to give the world a taster of whats to come, so we produced the idea as a 10 minute short called ’The Soldier’.
It is unclear if this rewritten film ever appeared or if it morphed into The 4th Reich.
27. Dead Creatures (2001 Video)
R | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A group of women afflicted with a horrible disease (which forces them to cannibalism) try to support one another.
Director: Andrew Parkinson | Stars: Beverley Wilson, Antonia Beamish, Brendan Gregory, Anna Swift
Votes: 354
A sequel of sorts to I, Zombie.
It follows the story of some seemingly normal young woman and their day-to-day existence as the cannibalistically contaminated: trying to secure fresh man-meat, dodging zombie hunters and slowly transforming into something less easy on the eye. It is an unsettling portrayal as they more sympathetic than the raging infected we'd come to know very well the following year, almost like a social realist take on drug-addicted prostitutes interspersed with gory cannibalism.
28. 28 Days Later (2002)
R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Eccleston, Alex Palmer
Votes: 446,124 | Gross: $45.06M
29. Resident Evil (2002)
R | 100 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A special military unit fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Ryan McCluskey, Oscar Pearce
Votes: 288,592 | Gross: $40.12M
I know, a bit of a surprise but it is a UK co-production.
30. Until Death (2002)
R | 80 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Young artist is torn between her male best friend, who's secretly obsessed with her, and her jealous abusive ex who died in a car crash and now apparently haunts her.
Director: Charles Buchanan | Stars: Clemency Burton-Hill, Jamie Bower, Gyuri Sarossy, Margaret Tyzack
Votes: 64
31. The Forgotten Ground (2002)
50 min | Horror
In 1878 a whole township were murdered by a neighboring town. Their bodies were buried in what's known as 'The Forgotten Ground'. Only the spilt blood of a virgin could bring them back to seek revenge on those who took their lives.
Director: Shaun Robert Smith | Stars: Daniel Dolby, Nicola Creasey, Shaun Robert Smith, Andy Monaghan
Vengeful dead
32. Zombie Ferox Zero (2002)
61 min | Horror
After escaping from the police, Doctor Fogger finds a new building belonging to the Toliman Corps and returns to bring the dead back to life.
Director: Jonathon Ash | Stars: Kimberly Kensington, Steven Ash, Jonathon Ash
33. Zombie Ferox (2002 Video)
70 min | Horror
From deep inside Hell house, Doctor Fogger Medical Deviate has his staff on the look out for fresh corpses for his new zombie army.
Director: Jonathon Ash | Stars: Jimmy Alder, Gavin Ash, Jonathon Ash, Steven Ash
36. Zombie Harvest (2003)
11 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Quirky Zom-Com, set on an English farm, where an unfortunate accident leads to the beginning of the end of civilization.
Directors: Sat Johal, Tony Jopia, John Payne | Stars: Bert Audubert, Matt Brennan, Bob Booth, Gary Martin
Votes: 9
In The Ultimate Zombie Feast collection, along with others listed below.
Watch on the official site
37. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Horror
The uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis
Votes: 594,270 | Gross: $13.54M
It doesn't need me to tell you how good this is - it really raised by bar for horror comedy and British zombie films.
38. Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
R | 94 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Alice wakes up in the Raccoon City hospital after the area has been overrun by zombies, and must now make it out of the city before a nuclear bomb is dropped.
Director: Alexander Witt | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Eric Mabius, Oded Fehr
Votes: 210,024 | Gross: $51.20M
39. Zombie Graveyard (2004)
90 min | Horror
Campers run into nut-case killers and zombies, Two convicts help stranded kids fend off the Living Dead.
Director: Jonathon Ash | Stars: Jonathon Ash, Paul Fletcher, Bob Note
40. Angry and Moist: An Undead Chronicle (2004)
23 min | Horror, Short, Comedy
Herbert West's half brother continues his bid to conquer brain death.
Director: James Raynor | Stars: Scarlett Victoria Carson, Alex Eamonson, Nick Thompson, Nicola Ford
Votes: 60
41. Fun Dead (2004 Video)
1 min | Short, Comedy, Game-Show
An excerpt from a fictional television series titled "Fun Dead" set in the world of Shaun Of The Dead.
Director: Edgar Wright | Star: Keith Chegwin
Votes: 207
42. Zombies in the Wood (2004)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short, Horror
A deal has gone wrong which leads to a hitman on the hunt for a conrad who heads deep into the woods only to discover a zombie out break in which he must stand his ground and fight the living dead to the death.
Director: Jason Impey | Stars: Ken Dirke, Peter Watson, Jason Impey
Votes: 26
Later part of the Tales of Terror compilation (the first one).
Watch Tales of Terror on YouTube
43. Danger! 50,000 Zombies! (2004)
25 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Nick Frost presents a special spoof edition of his documentary "Danger! 50,000 Volts!" purely on the subject of the living dead.
Director: Jon Riley | Stars: Tony Bowden, Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Peter Rnic
Votes: 688
Nick Frost and Simon Pegg's zombie-hunting short.
44. Zombie Village (2004)
40 min | Short, Horror
Zombie Village tells the story of a crazy person who has to stop the living dead from devouring his precious little village, but is he worse than the zombies.
Director: Jason Impey | Stars: Ken Dirke, Colette Green, Peter Watson, Daniel Mitchell
Votes: 21
45. Boy Eats Girl (2005)
R | 80 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A boy declares his love for his girlfriend, only to die the same night. He is brought back to life by his mother as a flesh-craving zombie, who sires more teen undead while trying to control his, er, appetite for his beloved.
Director: Stephen Bradley | Stars: Samantha Mumba, David Leon, Tadhg Murphy, Laurence Kinlan
Votes: 4,009
46. TrashHouse (2005)
82 min | Comedy, Horror
Monsters. Zombies. Chainsaws. Somebody Doesn't Love Lucy...
Director: Pat Higgins | Stars: Amber Moelter, Tom Wontner, Hannah Speller, Richard Collins
Votes: 375
47. Cold and Dark (2005)
R | 94 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
When Detective Mortimer Shade is somehow killed in a freezer, a parasite called a grail possesses his body, revives him, but he needs blood to stay alive. His partner John Dark accepts the ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Goth | Stars: Luke Goss, Kevin Howarth, Matt Lucas, Carly Turnbull
Votes: 1,018
48. The Veil (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 150 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
A small town is infected by a virus and a frantic cover up is taking place. Three days later, several special forces teams are sent in on a reconnaissance mission. Their objective - to measure the effect of the virus and locate survivors.
Director: Richard Chance | Stars: Russell Allen, Jonathan Chance, Pauline Chance, Richard Chance
Votes: 67
49. Infestation (2005 Video)
89 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
The not too distant future. A deadly virus has swept across the Earth. Billions perished. The survivors moved underground . . . 30 years on and plagued with self-blame following a ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Evers-Swindell | Stars: Ross Evison, Susan Riley, Paul Sutherland, William Evers-Swindell
Votes: 239
50.
Derren Brown: Trick of the Mind (2004– )
Episode:
Episode #2.4
(2005)
23 min | Mystery, Documentary
Derren weaves his magic on the locals in Canterbury. Childhood memories get the spooky treatment, with DJ Jo Whiley the latest celebrity to succumb to Derren's mind control...
Director: Stefan Stuckert | Stars: Derren Brown, Jo Whiley
Votes: 21
The Devil Wizard manages to convince a man that he is inside a zombie shooting video game (and presumably had a spare pair of undercrackers waiting).
51. The Graveyard of Death (2005 Video)
96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
With the police about to re-open the woods again, reports about toxic waste brings a mirror reporter to investigate a army cover-up, little knowing the toxic waste is bringing back the dead.
Director: Jonathon Ash | Stars: Jonathon Ash, Bartek Czekaj, Evel, Michael Fiddes
Votes: 24
52. Zombies in the Wood 2 (2005)
6 min | Short, Horror
When a man goes looking for his brother, the dead awake and he has to fight along with a redneck the undead. This will be a battle to the death.
Director: Jason Impey | Stars: Mark Lewis, Jason Impey, Peter Watson, Elliot O'Reilly
Votes: 22
53. Soccer of the Dead (2005)
Not Rated | 1 min | Short, Comedy
A zombie and human go head to head in a football match to the death.
Director: Jason Impey | Stars: Jason Impey, Peter Watson
Votes: 19
54. Finding Harry (2005)
Short, Horror
A weekend break with a group of friends goes wrong, when slowly one by one they are all either infected, killed or maimed by the zombie. Can Christine find Harry in time?
Director: John Sellings | Stars: Marie Brock, Kerry Finlayson, Miranda Keeling
55. Zombie Diaries (2006)
R | 85 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An unknown virus begins spreading and within weeks it engulfs the entire planet. Upon the death of its host, the virus would reanimate the corpse until it was no longer able to support itself. Soon, the planet was infested with the undead.
Directors: Michael G. Bartlett, Kevin Gates | Stars: Scott Ainslie, Toby Bowman, Victoria Summer, Juliet Forester
Votes: 4,855
56. Somnium Illis (2006)
5 min | Short, Fantasy
Gordon sits in Dr Hallstrom's office, woken horrified by a dream.
Director: Paul Anderton | Stars: Emily Johnston, Steve Murphy, Samuel Hey, Gary Alexander
Votes: 14
Zombie short film, shot in Bolton.
Watch on YouTube and get from The Internet Archive
57. Gasoline Blood (2006)
Not Rated | 9 min | Short, Horror
Summer 1979, a young girl, her boyfriend and her younger brother arrive in the middle of nowhere finding a disused warehouse, ideal as a location for a horror film that one of them is ... See full summary »
Director: David Pope | Stars: Neil Linpow, Helen Oakleigh, Joe Strange, Damian Morter
Votes: 74
58. How to Survive a Zombie Attack (2006)
5 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A man, alone in a barren wasteland, encounters another survivor...as well as a zombie.
Director: Christopher Downie | Stars: David Elliot, Ian Vaughan Jones, Adam Troup
Votes: 12
59. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
R | 100 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.
Director: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Rose Byrne, Robert Carlyle, Harold Perrineau
Votes: 293,983 | Gross: $28.64M
60. Outpost (2008)
R | 90 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
In war-torn Eastern Europe, a mysterious businessman hires a group of mercenaries on a routine mission to protect him not knowing of the long-hidden secret that lies there.
Director: Steve Barker | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Julian Wadham, Richard Brake, Paul Blair
Votes: 17,923
Great new zombie Nazi film, although they are less of the raging cannibals and more like solid ghosts.
61. Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
R | 94 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Survivors of the Raccoon City catastrophe travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against the evil Umbrella Corp.
Director: Russell Mulcahy | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Oded Fehr, Iain Glen
Votes: 205,562 | Gross: $50.65M
62. Zibahkhana (2007)
Unrated | 77 min | Horror, Thriller
On their way to a concert, a group of teens are diverted by a political protest, only to encounter a family of flesh-hungry psychopaths.
Director: Omar Khan | Stars: Kunwar Ali Roshan, Rooshanie Ejaz, Rubya Chaudhry, Haider Raza
Votes: 908
A co-production filmed in Pakistan.
63. Dead City (2007)
90 min | Horror
Set in a doomed city cut off from the outside world we follow 3 groups of survivors inside the zombie infested city.
Director: James Kennedy | Stars: Colin Alltree, Rusty Apper, Daniel Bush, Anna Cade
Votes: 31
64. 28 Days Later: The Aftermath (Chapter 1) (2007 Video)
8 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A prequel to 28 Days Later (2002) in the form of an animated comic strip.
Directors: Jeff Shuter, Daniel Viney | Stars: Andrew Graves, Rowly Jerry, Michelle Lang, Daniel Viney
Votes: 208
Motion comic written by horror comic supremo Steve Niles based on his graphic novel of the same name which filled the gap between the two films. These were added as extras on the 28WL home media releases and there was, apparently, no Chapter 2 and 4 - you'll need to read the graphic novel for the full story.
Watch on YouTube
65. 28 Days Later: The Aftermath (Chapter 3) - Decimation (2007 Video)
5 min | Animation, Short, Horror
A short story set in London during the time period of the film 28 Days Later (2002), told in the form of an animated comic strip.
Director: Jamieson Fry | Stars: Resmine Atis, Mitchell Barnett, Kirstin Eggers, Mack Greenlaw
Votes: 700
66. 28 Weeks Later: Jealous Rage (2007)
Short, Horror
Directors: Phil Stoole, Damien Sung | Stars: Dylan Barnes, David Judge, William Meredith, Carmel O'Sullivan
Votes: 38
Official short filmed on the 28WL set and released on 28 Weeks Later home media (although it might have been shown somewhere else first) - it is a bit cheap looking but is an effective story.
Watch on YouTube
As well as the ones listed below, there is another 28WL short by the same people not currently listed here (as it doesn't have any credits - I'm going to dig out my DVD and see if there are any on there): Let Go of the Rage.
67. 28 Weeks Later: The End Is Extremely F*cking Nigh (2007)
Short, Horror
Directors: Phil Stoole, Damien Sung | Stars: Luke Wasylkiw, Danny Worters
Votes: 22
What else can you do while the world burns down around your ears?
Watch on YouTube
68. 28 Weeks Later: 28 Seconds Later (2007)
3 min | Short, Horror
Official short film supporting the release of 28 Weeks Later, produced by Damien Wasylkiw and Phil Stoole.
Directors: Phil Stoole, Damien Sung | Stars: Danielle Brown, Jason Curle, Derek Elroy, Elisa Gallo Rosso
Votes: 30
69. 28 Weeks Later: 77 Days Later (2007)
5 min | Short, Horror
Directors: Phil Stoole, Damien Sung | Star: Josef Lloyd
Votes: 29
70. 28 Weeks Later: Saturday Afternoon (2007)
2 min | Short, Horror
Director: Kaethe Fine | Stars: Don Campbell, Owen Campbell, Tobias Campbell
Votes: 19
71. 28 Weeks Later: Welcome to London (2007)
3 min | Short, Horror
Directors: Phil Stoole, Damien Sung | Star: Daniel Sung
Votes: 14
72. The Soldier (2007)
10 min | Short, Horror, War
Set 13 days after the D-day landings, this film explores the consequences of the Third Reich's disease testing experiments.
Director: Shaun Robert Smith | Stars: Clayton Fussell, Timothy Wood, Andy Monaghan, Gary Toomer
Votes: 81
Atmospheric Nazi zombie short but it seems to end rather abruptly. This is a reworking of the concept behind "AWOL to Horror" and would go on to get worked up into the feature length The 4th Reich (both listed here).
Watch here on IMDB, YouTube and Vimeo
73. The Survivor (II) (2007)
5 min | Short, Horror
A shot gun wielding lone survivor of an undead infested town. He hides out in an old outhouse with one shell left and not much else.
Director: Adam A. Park | Stars: Robert Kitson, Andrew Collins, Adam A. Park
Simple little zombie film about a survivor and his last shotgun cartridge, I'd have liked to have seen... more though.
Watch on YouTube
74. Just One More Bite (2007)
11 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
Prince Osnovski, a vampire, is interviewed in his castle by the 'Good Night' show. He reveals himself both through words and song. Sometimes charming, sometimes funny, he is always ... See full summary »
Director: Pat Garrett | Stars: Nigel Osner, Linda King, Nick Pilson, Jasmin Aked
Vampire with a zombie butler.
Watch on YouTube and Dailymotion
75. I Am Zombie Man (2007)
Unrated | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
A day in the life of the worlds only zombie. Here he discusses what life is like living as a member of the undead, and which zombies he prefers in the world of zombie horror films.
Director: Nick Thomson | Star: Gareth Knox
Votes: 26
Watch on YouTube as well as the other two films in the trilogy which aren't listed on IMDB: I Am Zombie Man 2 and The Inevitable Decomposition of Zombie Man
76. Poetry of the Dead (2007 Video)
7 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
From the darkness of an old Graveyard a Zombie reads poetry from the dead about the living humans.
Director: Jonathon Ash | Star: Jonathon Ash
77. Ministry of Secrets: Dealing with Zombies (2007 Video)
5 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
In 1982 the Library Film Unit attempted to make an instructional film about zombies. The attempt was never repeated. This is the only surviving footage.
Director: Chris Pinches | Stars: Tony Holmes, Nick Marshall, Tom Mchugh, Tim Robottom
78. The Deadening (II) (2007)
9 min | Short, Horror
Director: Dillan Nicholls | Stars: Mark Jones, David Kay, Claire Rigby, Gregory Halpen
79. Afternoon of the Rat-Faced Zombies (2007)
20 min | Short, Horror
Staines brewery have just un-leashed their newest ale. The Seamans Gold is a pint to die for - literally! With the streets of Swindon alive with the un-dead, sales executive Sarah Bennett ... See full summary »
Director: Vinson Pike | Stars: Clint Bell, Natasha Black, Jo Burgon, Gemma Harlow Dean
Votes: 13
80. Colin (2008)
Not Rated | 97 min | Action, Drama, Horror
Our hero Colin is bitten by a Zombie; he dies and returns from the dead. We follow him as he wanders through suburbia during the throes of a cadaverous apocalypse.
Director: Marc Price | Stars: Alastair Kirton, Daisy Aitkens, Leanne Pammen, Kate Alderman
Votes: 1,646
Nano-budget film got a lot of press at the time.
81. The Dead Outside (2008)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A neurological pandemic has consumed the population. April, a secretive young girl, and Daniel, a man desperate and bereaved, come together on an isolated farm. When a mysterious stranger ... See full summary »
Director: Kerry Anne Mullaney | Stars: Alton Milne, Sandra Louise Douglas, Vivienne Harvey, Robin Morris
Votes: 1,330
82. Flick (2008)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
Memphis cop Lieutenant McKenzie is called in to investigate a series of strange deaths and weird sightings following the resurrection of a murder victim from the 1950s.
Director: David Howard | Stars: Hugh O'Conor, Ricci Harnett, Esme Coles, Hayley Angel Holt
Votes: 386
More vengeful dead, as an undead teddy boy returns to get his own back on all those who did him wrong. Stylishly done and with an impressive cast, it didn't set my pants on fire but is worth a watch.
83. The Vanguard (2008)
Not Rated | 89 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
The year is 2015 and overpopulation and famine have plunged our planet into chaos and one desperate survivor finds himself being hunted and pursued by hordes of rage-crazed zombies.
Director: Matthew Hope | Stars: Karen Admiraal, Jack Bailey, Emma Choy, Terry Cole
Votes: 1,554
84. Battle of the Bone (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Action, Horror
The divided communities in Northern Ireland come together to create peace against an army of drug crazed zombies.
Director: George Clarke | Stars: Phil Barnhill, Andrew Brown, Logan Bruce, George Clarke
Votes: 98
85. Graveyard of the Living Dead (2008 Video)
89 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
The scientists of a medical laboratory in Germany, Paul (Alexander Reckert) and his colleague Henry (Lars Rohnstock) are researching on their own risk for a secret project. They try to ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Rohnstock | Stars: Stefan Rüdel, Alexander Reckert, Lars Rohnstock, Ramon Kaltenbach
Votes: 47
86. Dead Set (2008)
TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
During a fictional series of Big Brother, a zombie outbreak occurs, but the house-mates are unaware of the impending doom outside of the Big Brother House.
Stars: Paul 'Bubble' Ferguson, Jaime Winstone, Andy Nyman, Riz Ahmed
Votes: 20,923
Superb mash-up of Big Brother and zombies from Charlie Brooker - it is a must-see.
87. Zomblogalypse (2008– )
Comedy, Horror
Hannah, Tony and Miles are the only-ish survivors of a pesky zombie apocalypse in their hometown of York, England. And they've run out of stuff, so they have to go shopping. Same old same old.
Stars: Tony Hipwell, Miles Watts, Hannah Bungard, Charlotte Gee
Votes: 75
88. Bitten (2008)
6 min | Short, Horror
A woman returns home in a panic - She has been bitten by one of the Undead and knows it is only a matter of time until she becomes one of them.
Director: Duncan Laing | Stars: Martin Walker, Claire Wilson
Votes: 24
In The Ultimate Zombie Feast collection.
Watch on Vimeo
89. Don't Lose Heart (2008)
10 min | Short, Horror
It's the end of the world and Lucy, alone and afraid, must make the final decision; fight or flight.
Director: Matt Mitchell | Stars: Beth Fuller, Carl Dennett, Alex Fuller, Jonny Robinson
Votes: 28
Very effective film that gets over the grinding boredom of a zombie apocalypse interspersed with outbreaks of violence.
Watch here on IMDB and a different cut of the film on Vimeo
90. LV 16 (2008)
2 min | Short, Horror
A man is thrown into a plastic blood splattered room, his head tied tight with a plastic bag, escaping suffocation he soon realises the nightmare has only begun.
Director: Ryan Haysom | Stars: Hayley Coleman, Jason Croot, Heather Gatley, Mark Vincent
Votes: 56
Swift, brutal and bloody contagious violence short.
Watch on YouTube
91. Alone with the Dead (2008 Video)
24 min | Short, Horror
An unknown biological phenomenon has enabled the dead to re-animate with a hunger for human flesh. In the day people gather supplies and get ready to defend themselves from the night time ... See full summary »
Director: James Morrissey | Stars: Megan Arroll, Kevin Jones
92. The Living Dead Chronicles (2008)
Short, Action, Horror
When a government research facility explodes on the outskirts of a small UK town.....the result? a zombie outbreak!!....Armed with weapons & video cameras a group of indy filmmakers take ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Outbreak | Stars: Marc Outbreak, Danielle Allen, Shannon Eaglestone, Beverley Elborn
Votes: 6
93. The San-Gwyn City Trilogy (2008 Video)
27 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
'San Gwyn City' : A parrallel world where strange goings-on are an everyday occurance. Disused warehoues plagued with zombies. Murderous vampire dens disguised as London flats. Local cinema... See full summary »
Director: David Pope
Anthology of three short films, only one of which was a zombie movie: Gasoline Blood.
94. I Am Legend (2008 Video)
1 min | Short, Action, Comedy
Directors: James Raynor, Nick Thompson | Stars: Nick Thompson, Nicola Ford, James Day, Richard Thompson
Votes: 19
95. Grievestone (2008)
15 min | Short, Fantasy
A grieving man must find his strength in order to escape a graveyard populated by fantasy creatures.
Director: Christopher Downie | Stars: Christopher Downie, Anna Druka, Danny Forrest, Adam Troup
Votes: 10
Watch on YouTube and Dailymotion
96. Poetry of the Dead Part II (2008 Video)
15 min | Short, Horror
The zombie poetry returns from the graveyard to read more zombies poetry about the living dead killing humans.
Director: Jonathon Ash | Star: Jonathon Ash
97. Poetry of the Dead Part III (2008 Video)
17 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
The Living dead poetry reader from the darkness of the graveyard return to read more living dead poetry with the zombie cat.
Director: Jonathon Ash | Stars: Jonathon Ash, Evel
98. Doghouse (2009)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of men, heading to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce, soon discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.
Director: Jake West | Stars: Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke, Emil Marwa, Lee Ingleby
Votes: 22,861
Painfully misogynistic film, and that is before all the women in the village turn into crazed cannibals out for a chunk of man flesh. If you can get passed that, then you might be able to enjoy a recent stab at the contagious violence sub-genre.
99. Salvage (I) (2009)
79 min | Horror
When a container washes ashore the residents of a sleepy cul-de-sac are plunged into violence, terror and paranoia. Ring fenced by the military a single mother must overcome all the odds to save her daughter.
Director: Lawrence Gough | Stars: Neve McIntosh, Shaun Dooley, Dean Andrews, Linzey Cocker
Votes: 2,213
A surprise hit for me amongst the flood of "zombie" films, it involves an outbreak of contagious violence on the Brookside set (which means they can be a bit more ambitious with the houses and exteriors rather than relying on a few snatched early morning shots) and it focuses strongly on the characters, which is always a good sign.
100. Zombie Women of Satan (2009)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
A travelling group of freaks, headed up by Pervo the Clown, go to a rural farm to take part in a webcast interview to help them gain more followers and make the public aware of their ... See full summary »
Directors: Steve O'Brien, Warren Speed | Stars: Victoria Hopkins, Warren Speed, Christian Steel, Seymour Leon Mace
Votes: 929
I suppose if you knew a dozen goth girls prepared to get their knockers out on film and a handful of actors up for pretending to be a freakshow and some cardboard-thin baddies, then why not get them together in the woods, throw in some bad taste scenes and plenty of claret? Unfortunately, the too much of the acting was ropey and when you get the feeling it is friends messing around in the woods it can make suspending disbelief tricky and you do need it suspended from a great height. It is also a problem with an apparent horror comedy, as it can make jokes fall flat and it really need more of them to work.
Now it might sound odd, because this is a film with a very long sequence involving a dwarf crapping in the woods, a topless, female zombie in a wheelchair and a father taping his son having sex with a zombie, but it also needed to be more outrageous and not rely on another meat-muncher turning up clad in just her knickers to raise an eyebrow (or anything else). Hopefully, the sequel I see listed here will take the formula and raise the bar a couple of notches (or attach it to a rocket and send it into orbit) - watching Peter Jackson's early films would seem like good homework for them, as he managed to produce quite a few memorable moments on a small budget.
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