Top 10 zombie movies from Alan's blog

Projects that will tell you how to act when the living dead take over the world.

A dull look, decomposing flesh, a slurred hum instead of speech. Zombies are now as important characters in modern media as politicians, detectives and brilliant detectives. Since George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, reanimated corpses have been considered a relevant social metaphor, but this, of course, is far from the only possible interpretation. Zombies can tell us about the fear of death, terribly scare and even cheer. They could be the characters in an Edgar Wright film's swashbuckling spoof of the genre, or just another monster from a cheap B-horror.

In this compilation you will find the Best Zombie Series. If you want to know what kind of life the dead found on the small screen, then you can't do without watching these shows.

Even before it became mainstream, zombies were already in full swing on TV screens. The British "Dead End" tells how the walking dead filled the streets of London and at the same time came to the shooting of the reality show "Big Brother". Pampered participants take firearms, fire extinguishers and other improvised means in their hands - both the dead and the living will be killed here. The very idea to cross a plot about a mind-numbing reality format (there is a cameo of real Big Brother participants here!) And a meaty horror belongs to Charlie Brooker, the future author of Black Mirror. The mini-series unexpectedly became a hit and was even nominated for a BAFTU.

Perhaps the most important zombie series of our time is a 100% AMC hit. The showrunner of the first seasons was the famous Frank Darabont, and the plot was based on the cult comic book of the same name by Robert Kirkman. However, all this quickly changed: Darabont left the show due to financial and creative differences, and the script for the television version of The Walking Dead quickly separated from the original source and took on a life of its own. The main claim of horror geeks to the series is that too little attention is paid to zombies. However, this can also be seen as a plus: The Walking Dead turned into a treatise on political regimes and became actively interested in moral issues. The series became so popular that it spawned the well-known meme with Carl (the son of the protagonist), received a Fear the Walking Dead spin-off, and paved the way for similar shows like Z Nation to the small screen.

For those who like to laugh at horror characters. The MTV series is in the style of a mockumentary film: a shaky camera, an awkward cameraman and breaking the fourth wall. Its main characters are  fighters of the new special forces who fight vampires, zombies and werewolves on the streets of a small California town. The competence of law enforcement officers is questionable. Sometimes they can't tell the difference between the walking dead and street junkies or nursing home residents. The Death Valley format itself parodies reality series about cops popular in America and does it with fervor and black humor.

"Twin Peaks "  from the world of zombie series. In a small town located in the French Alps, long-dead residents suddenly return, looking the same as they did at the time of death. Among them are a little girl, a serial killer, a nurse and many others. What should their relatives do, who have long mourned the dead and continued to live on? The series fundamentally does not give a clear answer, but it creates an atmosphere of hopeless existential longing - this is helped by the melancholy soundtrack of the post-rock band Mogwai. The Call of Grief received a direct American adaptation of The Returned and inspired a number of other shows with a similar concept.

Another European series about the risen from the graves, this time British. The protagonist Kieran committed suicide, and after a while he turned into a bloodthirsty flesh-eater, one of many such unfortunates. The government has pacified the epidemic, and the doctors have come up with a cure  -  and now the former zombies are returning back to society. It is not difficult to guess that it hardly accepts those who killed people yesterday. Kieran will have to endure not only the hostility of others, but also to fight the guilt for what he has done. "In the Flesh" continues the tradition of British social cinema, turning the former dead into a repressed minority.

Free adaptation of the surreal comic book of the same name. The main character  is  a young medical student Olivia, who turned into a zombie. She does not want to kill innocent people at all, so she gets a job in the morgue, where she can eat orphaned brains with impunity. The trick is that Olivia gains access to the corpse's memories during the eating process. She decides to use her newfound abilities for a good cause and becomes an assistant to a local detective, who at first takes the girl for a psychic. “I am  a  Zombie” can be watched without tension  -  the series has a special comedic charm and a light detective-romantic flair.

Fans of the iconic Evil Dead trilogy have been begging Sam Raimi for years to release a sequel, and it finally arrived, albeit on the small screen. The main character Ash is no longer so cool (age and belly interfere), he works in a supermarket and does not want to hear anything about saving the world. However, the world needs to be saved by someone  -  and therefore the hero, battered by life, will again put the famous chainsaw prosthesis on his hand, and will hold a faithful shotgun in the other. Ash vs Evil Dead continues the glorious traditions of the film trilogy: black humor, a sea of ​​blood and mocking pathos. A rare case of self-ironic spectacle, which banter category "B" films and at the same time confesses his love for them. Watching Bruce Campbell as Ash is perhaps even more enjoyable than it was 30 years ago.

Husband and wife Sheila and Joel live in a glorious suburb with a teenage daughter and work as realtors. The trouble comes unexpectedly  -  Sheila dies and almost immediately returns from the next world back to this one. The character and behavior of an ordinary middle-aged woman change dramatically  -  libido and courage reach unprecedented heights, and she eats raw meat for food. Together with a stopped heart, this quickly leads family members to a simple conclusion. The Santa Clarita Diet is full of guts, gore, and dark humor, but it turns out to be a very upbeat love story. The couple are played by Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant  -  and this is a dream duo. As Sheila kills someone again, Joel tries to cover his tracks without their cop neighbors finding out.

A post-apocalyptic future in which the government has imposed a curfew  -  in the dark it is easy to stumble upon monsters, victims of a mysterious virus. Not everyone is happy with this state of affairs, so the teams of street racers compete with each other in a deadly race from London to Scotland. The winner is promised freedom. Meanwhile, people are talking about some kind of mystical "island" that is free from both the zombie virus and totalitarianism. "Curfew" coolly mixes the ideas and style of "Mad Max", "Fast and the Furious" and "The Walking Dead". One of the main roles  is  the stern Sean Bean, so it's already possible to bet whether he will live to see the end of the first season.

A new favorite of critics and viewers among zombie series. The action of the "Kingdom" takes place in medieval Korea, which was overwhelmed by an epidemic of bloodthirsty dead. The young prince tries to get an audience with the king, but soon realizes that his father has become a monster. The struggle for power here becomes the same full-fledged part of the plot, as well as battles with hordes of zombies. All six episodes were directed by Kim Sung-hoon, director of the festival detective film Hard Day. "Kingdom" boasts spectacular battle scenes, luxurious scenery and decent camera work. At the same time, the series proves that South Korea is now making a small revolution in the genre. Of the full-length examples  -  a medieval "Breakthrough" similar in plot or insanely driving "Train to Busan".