Best Slasher Movies

Although Day of the Dead is technically a remake of George A. Romero’s 1985 classic of the same name, it shares little with the original and that’s likely this movie’s biggest problem.

Day of the Dead shouldn’t be called a remake at all. It’s more of a re-imagining. The zombies aren’t your typical zombie. They move faster, the climb walls and scale buildings, they can listen and understand radio broadcasts and some of them are even vegetarian – okay, there’s only one vegetarian, but its inclusion allows the film to answer the age old question, what do vegetarian zombies eat.

My best advice for anyone preparing to watch Day of the Dead, is this: forget the original completely. While there are a few throwbacks, this is a completely separate movie. If you go into this expecting the original you will be disappointed. On the other hand, if you go into this looking for a fun, zombie, bloodbath, you’ll get exactly what you’re looking for.

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Nothing beats a good zombie movie and this is a good zombie movie. Dawn of the Dead is exactly what a zombie movie should be – blood, guts, brains and everything that goes with it. From the first scene to the very last, there is no shortage of blood splatter.

Dawn of the Dead is full of zombie slaying fun and loaded with sharp wit and memorable, repeatable lines. Among my favorite is the exchange between Kenneth and Steve when discussing the zombie situation. Kenneth: “Is everyone there dead?” Steve: “Well, dead-ish.” I’m not sure I’ve ever heard a more accurate description of zombies.

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Shaun of the Dead is what zombie movies are meant to be and, in my humble opinion, one of the best slasher movies ever made. It may not typically be classified as a slasher movie, but as far as I’m concerned, the blood, guts and carnage throughout the entire film entitle it to a spot on this site.

Shaun of the Dead had two of the things I love most in a movie – gore and dry British humor. The fact that these two factors are combined so perfectly in this movie make it one of my all time favorite movies. Simon Pegg (Shaun) is my hero. He makes battling zombies while being hysterical look easy – and even a little fun.

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Here we have possible one of the best slasher movies ever made centering around zombies, Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror. I’m not sure this movie could be better. If you’ve seen it, you understand. If you haven’t, what the hell are you waiting for?

All the elements of a perfect zombie movies are in place in Planet Terror. Hot girls in skimpy outfits, comedy, action and buckets of blood and brains. Throw in a few gratuitous shots of herpes riddled genitals and you have a masterpiece.

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