We all know the classics like Night Of the Living Dead, the new style flicks with fast running Zombies like 28 Days Later and the Dawn of The Dead Remake, and the funny flicks like Shaun of The Dead. But there are thousands of Zombie flicks made all over the world So I figured I would take us on a little trip to a few countries and find some Zombie entertainment you may or may not have known existed.... Does it make them great films? No Not necessarily, let's be honest I am no film snob, I like the good the bad and the ugly, I don't care as long as it is entertaining. If you are into flicks about the undead, sometimes even the bad ones are worth a look. After a shitfest garbage movie you might wish you had that 90 minutes of your life back, but on the same token you sometimes have to suffer through the bad ones to truly appreciate the great ones. I went and found some films you may know others you may not. But if you are looking to get yourself out of the normal Zombie box, even out of the country without a passport here are a few to get you started.
How about we begin our journey in Italy?
Dellamorte Dellamore Or Cemetery Man
There is a possibility you know this one as Cemetery Man, originally Dellamorte Dellamore a 1994 film by Michele Soavi. This Horror comedy out of Italy stars Rupert Everett as a Cemetery caretaker, who is trying to get together with Anna Falchi, at the same time trying to fight a Zombie invasion. It is a great flick with a bit of a surprise.
Now let's head East to Japan
Next what do you get if you add some Japanese Mobsters, a little Zombie Apocalypse, a touch of Evil Dead influence and top it off with Kung Fu Theatre? You Get the Japanese Versus a film by Ryuhei Kitamura made in 2000
I know I should have gone straight to Greece from Italy but hey shit happens in the planning and you are not paying for a flight here so relax!!
Evil aka Το Κακό By Director Yorgos Noussias. I think this may be the first Zombie flick out of Greece.
An evil force is awakened in downtown Athens transforming the unsuspecting citizens into raving zombies. The few survivors will have to fight hard for their lives. To the death.
Okay please place your seats and trays in the upright position like it matters...We are landing in Germany.
Virus Undead (aka The Beast Within) This one takes us to Germany a film by
Wolf Wolff and Ohmuthi. And brings together a Zombie flick with an antagonist right out of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds.
Virus Undead combines our fear of nature with our dread of disease to tell the story of a terrible zombie plague. An infection transmitted by diseased birds is causing corpses to reanimate in search of human flesh. As the army of the undead grows, a medical student and his friends find themselves surrounded by zombies, with nowhere to run. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
[Rec] I have covered this film in an earlier entry as RevDead's Top Five Creepy Scenes but I have to include this one since the concentration there was on the U.S. made remake Quarantine.
[Rec] Takes us into Spain and follows a reporter and her Cameraman into a house where the Zombie shit hits the fan and then they are locked inside.Shaky reality cam type work but it works great. Awesome Flick!!!
Since we are in Spain let's take a look at one more Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Two hippie types are being followed by a
cop who believes they have committed some
local murders. But since you are on this site we
know they did not do it...That's right Zombies brought back to life through Farm pestisides are the real killers here.
Okay travel is great but nothing like coming home, I guess as long as a Zombie outbreak hasn't happened in your hometown...
Like in ZMD Zombies of Mass Destruction Directed by Kevin Hamedani
Watch the Trailer you'll get the idea...
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