Robert Kirkman has said that The Walking Dead is a zombie film that doesn’t end. And speaking of zombie movies, how about a top 5 list?

My Top 5 Zombie Movies
1. Dawn of Dead: I was about 12 or 13 when I first saw this movie and dude,
when that zombie took a bite out of that woman’s neck! I had never seen
anything like it. Holy Shit! I mean I was a big fan of horror movies and
loved the Christopher Lee Hammer films and whatnot, but this was gore on a
level that was LIGHTYEARS away from anything I had seen up to that point. I
watch the movie today and yeah, the gore isn’t as shocking as it once was
and the color of the blood is a bit on the florescent side, but it is still
an awesome zombie movie and set the bar high enough that few movies since
could top.

2. Day of the Dead: I hated this movie the first time I watched it. The
whole film takes place underground. There isn’t really any zombie gore
until the last act. Over half the cast of the movie I hated. But over time
I have grown to appreciate Day as one of the best zombie films ever made,
and comes pretty damn close to overtaking Dawn of the Dead as my favorite.
This film is so somber and dreadful and claustrophobic that after watching
it you have immediately run outside and soak up the sunshine and remind
yourself that there is such a thing as LIGHT! This is not a Hollywood
production. This is not a Zombie movie with “Fresh Young Stars” and
goodlooking flavor of the month actors. Romero casts average looking and
sometimes kinda fucked up looking actors in these roles. This movie
showcases the microcosm of our society and how it ceases to function when
the shit hits the fan. Oh, and Savini’s gore this time? Fantastic!

3. Return of the Living Dead: This movie is a total blast! Sure it’s completely dated as an “80’s” movie but the writing here is so great and tounge in cheek. A little bit of trivia for you – George Romero and John Russo made Night of the Living Dead. But they had a falling out over the rights. In a court of law it was decided that Romero would have the rights to the word “DEAD” and Russo the rights to the word “LIVING”. yeah I know, weird. Anyway, this is why Romero didn’t name the sequel to Night of the Living Dead “Dawn of the Living Dead”. Well Russo wanted to capitalize on his rights and made Return of the Living Dead, whihc really sounds more like a proper sequel title. Romero tried to sue Russo over using this title but failed.

4. Zombie (or Zombie 2 for you purists): Zombie v.s shark. Nuff said. Well, okay, one more thing said – the zombie pulling the womans head into the wooden stake and showing it going right into her eyeball. FUCK

5. Night of the Living Dead: The one that started it all. There had never been a zombie film like this before. They had all been tame, voodoo type stories with zombies that just lumbered around doing their evil masters bidding. No eating of human flesh. But then NOTLD came out and showed zombies fighing over intestines and eating freshly gorged out livers. At first regulated to midnight showings and drive-in’s, this movie slowly became a classic and then people started to read between the lines of what Romero was saying about America and race relations. And now this film is perserved forever in the national film archives. A true work of art.