British zombie films
Films 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:
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:
He then goes on to touch on the two key British "zombie" movies:
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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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.
Comments: As I don't have a Facebook account I cannot interact with the new comments system, so have switched it off and replaced it with a thread on the message board.
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- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostKate AshfieldThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.Here to provide a thumbnail graphic, the list proper begins below:
- DirectorCharles SaundersStarsGeorge CoulourisVera DayPeter Forbes-RobertsonA 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.
- DirectorSidney J. FurieStarsKieron MooreHazel CourtIan HunterPeople are mysteriously disappearing near a remote Cornish village, where a scientist is experimenting; reviving the dead.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsWillard ParkerVirginia FieldDennis PriceIn Britain, a group of survivors fights off a deadly alien invasion that uses robots and a poisonous gas to take over the Earth.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.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsAndré MorellDiane ClareBrook WilliamsDuring a mysterious epidemic in a small Cornish village, the local doctor summons his professor friend for help.Intriguing pre-Romero zombie outing, it does draw on the voodoo zombie ideas, but visually they are definitely corpses returned from the grave.
- DirectorHerbert J. LederStarsDana AndrewsAnna PalkPhilip GilbertA 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.
- DirectorGordon HesslerStarsVincent PriceAlister WilliamsonChristopher LeeAristocrat 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.An interesting mix of voodoo zombies and Romero zombies, showing the sub-genre was still in flux so soon after NotLD.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsJoan CollinsPeter CushingRalph RichardsonFive strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.
- DirectorEugenio MartínStarsChristopher LeePeter CushingAlberto de MendozaWhile 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.The film is public domain. Get it from the Internet Archive
- DirectorBob ClarkStarsJohn MarleyLynn CarlinRichard BackusA young soldier killed in the Vietnam War inexplicably shows up at his family home on the night of his death.
- DirectorDon SharpStarsGeorge SandersBeryl ReidNicky HensonAn 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".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.
- DirectorAntony BalchStarsMichael GoughRobin AskwithVanessa ShawTwo 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.Possibly a stretch as they are lobotomised patients.
- DirectorRoy Ward BakerCheh ChangStarsPeter CushingDavid ChiangJulie EgeIn 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.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.
- DirectorKevin ConnorStarsPeter CushingIan BannenIan CarmichaelAn anthology of four short horror stories revolving around a mysterious antique shop owner and his antique pieces, each of which hides a deadly secret.
- DirectorJorge GrauStarsCristina GalbóRay LovelockArthur KennedyA 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.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). - DirectorNorman J. WarrenStarsMichael GoughMartin PotterCandace GlendenningA 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.
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsSteve RailsbackMathilda MayPeter FirthA race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.Space vampires arrive in orbit, but there are zombies thrown into the mix too.
- DirectorHenri SalaStarsDebbie LasterDale MidkiffDebra HunterA female scientist performs experiments on three college girls that turn them into drooling, murderous mutants.
- DirectorMichael J. MurphyStarsRob BartlettDebbi StevensEddie KirbyA 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".A post-apocalyptic dystopia in a wasteland full of mutant cannibals.
- DirectorR.N. MillwardStarsDavid ClarkeMichael DexterNathan FawkeIn 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 gravediggers at the Cemetery across the road, he comes up with a plan. But their unpleasant deeds soon attract the attention of the local priest after two teens go missing during a tress-pass into the Cemetery one night. And that's far from the worst of it.
- DirectorAndrew ParkinsonStarsGiles AspenEllen SoftleyDean SiplingA young man gets infected and gradually starts turning into a zombie.
- DirectorJonathon AshStarsJonathon AshSteven AshBob NoteAt 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.
- DirectorThomas J. MooseStarsThomas J. MooseAdrian OttiwellLee SimpsonSet 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.
- DirectorShaun Robert SmithStarsJames CookMark DaviesDaniel Dolby1969 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?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.
- DirectorShaun Robert SmithStarsAnthony DuckmantonCharlotte DuckmantonShaun Robert SmithThis 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. - DirectorAndrew ParkinsonStarsBeverley WilsonAntonia BeamishBrendan GregoryA group of women afflicted with a horrible disease (which forces them to cannibalism) try to support one another.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. - DirectorDanny BoyleStarsCillian MurphyNaomie HarrisChristopher EcclestonFour weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsMilla JovovichMichelle RodriguezRyan McCluskeyA 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.I know, a bit of a surprise but it is a UK co-production.
- DirectorCharles BuchananStarsClemency Burton-HillJamie BowerGyuri SarossyYoung 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.
- DirectorShaun Robert SmithStarsDaniel DolbyNicola CreaseyShaun Robert SmithIn 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.Vengeful dead
- DirectorJonathon AshStarsKimberly KensingtonSteven AshJonathon AshAfter escaping from the police, Doctor Fogger finds a new building belonging to the Toliman Corps and returns to bring the dead back to life.
- DirectorJonathon AshStarsJimmy AlderGavin AshJonathon AshFrom deep inside Hell house, Doctor Fogger Medical Deviate has his staff on the look out for fresh corpses for his new zombie army.
- DirectorJonathon AshStarsJonathon AshBob Note
- DirectorJonathon AshStarsJonathon AshBob Note
- DirectorSat JohalTony JopiaJohn PayneStarsBert AudubertMatt BrennanBob BoothQuirky Zom-Com, set on an English farm, where an unfortunate accident leads to the beginning of the end of civilization.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsSimon PeggNick FrostKate AshfieldThe uneventful, aimless lives of a London electronics salesman and his layabout roommate are disrupted by the zombie apocalypse.It doesn't need me to tell you how good this is - it really raised by bar for horror comedy and British zombie films.
- DirectorAlexander WittStarsMilla JovovichSienna GuilloryEric MabiusAlice 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.
- DirectorJonathon AshStarsJonathon AshPaul FletcherBob NoteCampers run into nut-case killers and zombies, Two convicts help stranded kids fend off the Living Dead.
- DirectorJames RaynorStarsScarlett Victoria CarsonAlex EamonsonNick ThompsonHerbert West's half brother continues his bid to conquer brain death.
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsKeith ChegwinAn excerpt from a fictional television series titled "Fun Dead" set in the world of Shaun Of The Dead.
- DirectorJason ImpeyStarsKen DirkePeter WatsonJason ImpeyA 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.
- DirectorJon RileyStarsTony BowdenNick FrostSimon PeggNick Frost presents a special spoof edition of his documentary "Danger! 50,000 Volts!" purely on the subject of the living dead.Nick Frost and Simon Pegg's zombie-hunting short.
- DirectorJason ImpeyStarsKen DirkeColette GreenPeter WatsonZombie 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.
- DirectorStephen BradleyStarsSamantha MumbaDavid LeonTadhg MurphyA 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.
- DirectorPat HigginsStarsAmber MoelterTom WontnerHannah SpellerMonsters. Zombies. Chainsaws. Somebody Doesn't Love Lucy...
- DirectorAndrew GothStarsLuke GossKevin HowarthMatt LucasWhen 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 new situation and together they become vigilantes, judging and killing the bad guys, with Shade sucking their blood with his claw. However, Dark notes that Shade is losing the rest of his humanity and becoming a monster, being aware and afraid of the danger Shade represents to mankind and trying to stop him.
- DirectorRichard ChanceStarsRussell AllenJonathan ChancePauline ChanceA 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.
- DirectorEdward Evers-SwindellStarsRoss EvisonSusan RileyPaul SutherlandThe 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 devastating crash, pilot Loki is coaxed back from the edge by his partner Sash. Together they must take on a new mission: Go Topside. Retrieve missing recon team. Hostility unknown. After a thunderous journey through the Earth's crust they discover the planet surface is not what it once was, only death survives. As they quickly uncover the fate that befell the first team, they are forced to make a choice, either stay and die or stay and fight. But what will kill them first, the mutants or the virus?
- DirectorStefan StuckertStarsDerren BrownJo WhileyDerren 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...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).
- DirectorJonathon AshStarsJonathon AshBartek CzekajEvelWith 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.
- DirectorJason ImpeyStarsMark LewisJason ImpeyPeter WatsonWhen 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.
- DirectorJason ImpeyStarsJason ImpeyPeter WatsonA zombie and human go head to head in a football match to the death.
- DirectorJohn SellingsStarsMarie BrockKerry FinlaysonMiranda KeelingA 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?
- DirectorMichael G. BartlettKevin GatesStarsScott AinslieToby BowmanVictoria SummerAn 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.
- DirectorPaul AndertonStarsEmily JohnstonSteve MurphySamuel HeyGordon sits in Dr Hallstrom's office, woken horrified by a dream.
- DirectorDavid PopeStarsNeil LinpowHelen OakleighJoe StrangeSummer 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 shooting. However they find themselves dealing with more than they bargained for....in the shape of a gang of mad zombie in-breds.
- DirectorChristopher DownieStarsDavid ElliotIan Vaughan JonesAdam TroupA man, alone in a barren wasteland, encounters another survivor...as well as a zombie.
- DirectorJuan Carlos FresnadilloStarsJeremy RennerRose ByrneRobert CarlyleSix 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.
- DirectorSteve BarkerStarsRay StevensonJulian WadhamRichard BrakeIn 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.Great new zombie Nazi film, although they are less of the raging cannibals and more like solid ghosts.
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsMilla JovovichAli LarterOded FehrSurvivors 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.
- DirectorOmar KhanStarsKunwar Ali RoshanRooshanie EjazRubya ChaudhryOn their way to a concert, a group of teens are diverted by a political protest, only to encounter a family of flesh-hungry psychopaths.A co-production filmed in Pakistan.
- DirectorJames KennedyStarsColin AlltreeRusty ApperDaniel BushSet in a doomed city cut off from the outside world we follow 3 groups of survivors inside the zombie infested city.
- DirectorJeff ShuterDaniel VineyStarsAndrew GravesRowly JerryMichelle LangA prequel to 28 Days Later (2002) in the form of an animated comic strip.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 - DirectorJamieson FryStarsResmine AtisMitchell BarnettKirstin EggersA 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.
- DirectorPhil StooleDamien SungStarsDylan BarnesDavid JudgeWilliam MeredithOfficial 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.
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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. - DirectorPhil StooleDamien SungStarsLuke WasylkiwDanny Worters
- DirectorPhil StooleDamien SungStarsDanielle BrownJason CurleDerek ElroyOfficial short film supporting the release of 28 Weeks Later, produced by Damien Wasylkiw and Phil Stoole.
- DirectorPhil StooleDamien SungStarsJosef Lloyd
- DirectorPhil StooleDamien SungStarsDaniel Sung
- DirectorShaun Robert SmithStarsClayton FussellTimothy WoodAndy MonaghanSet 13 days after the D-day landings, this film explores the consequences of the Third Reich's disease testing experiments.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 - DirectorAdam A. ParkStarsRobert KitsonAndrew CollinsAdam A. ParkA 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.Simple little zombie film about a survivor and his last shotgun cartridge, I'd have liked to have seen... more though.
Watch on YouTube - DirectorPat GarrettStarsNigel OsnerLinda KingNick PilsonPrince 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 dangerous. His household consists of a child, a zombie butler, a ghoul groom and a strange animatronic horse. The Prince leads the almost unseen TV crew deeper and deeper into his lair -----
- DirectorNick ThomsonStarsGareth KnoxA 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.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
- DirectorJonathon AshStarsJonathon AshFrom the darkness of an old Graveyard a Zombie reads poetry from the dead about the living humans.
- DirectorChris PinchesStarsTony HolmesNick MarshallTom MchughIn 1982 the Library Film Unit attempted to make an instructional film about zombies. The attempt was never repeated. This is the only surviving footage.
- DirectorDillan NichollsStarsMark JonesDavid KayClaire Rigby
- DirectorVinson PikeStarsClint BellNatasha BlackJo BurgonStaines 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 is looking for ways to maximize profit, whilst Mark Anderson is desperately searching for an antidote. Yes, indeed, a simple beer creates legions of zombies. And all hell soon breaks loose.
- DirectorMarc PriceStarsAlastair KirtonDaisy AitkensLeanne PammenOur 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.Nano-budget film got a lot of press at the time.
- DirectorKerry Anne MullaneyStarsAlton MilneSandra Louise DouglasVivienne HarveyA 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 turns up, they are confronted with a new enemy even deadlier than the one beyond the perimeter.
- DirectorDavid HowardStarsHugh O'ConorRicci HarnettEsme ColesMemphis 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.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.
- DirectorMatthew HopeStarsKaren AdmiraalJack BaileyEmma ChoyThe 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.
- DirectorGeorge ClarkeStarsPhil BarnhillAndrew BrownLogan BruceThe divided communities in Northern Ireland come together to create peace against an army of drug crazed zombies.
- DirectorMarc RohnstockStarsStefan RüdelAlexander ReckertLars RohnstockThe 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 reactivate the brain waves of a recently died human to collect information about the function of the human brain after its death. They are successful but with fatal results. The death body returns to live as an undead... The situation escalates after the infected blood of the zombies contaminates the soil of a graveyard where a whole school class was recently buried after an awful accident with their school bus. For a group of Gothic-Fans a fight for their lives begins.
- StarsPaul 'Bubble' FergusonJaime WinstoneAndy NymanDuring 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.Superb mash-up of Big Brother and zombies from Charlie Brooker - it is a must-see.
- StarsTony HipwellMiles WattsHannah BungardHannah, 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.
- DirectorDuncan LaingStarsMartin WalkerClaire WilsonA 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.
- DirectorMatt MitchellStarsBeth FullerCarl DennettAlex FullerIt's the end of the world and Lucy, alone and afraid, must make the final decision; fight or flight.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 - DirectorRyan HaysomStarsHayley ColemanJason CrootHeather GatleyA 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.
- DirectorJames MorrisseyStarsMegan ArrollKevin JonesAn 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 attacks. Seeking safety from the horror that has taken over the city, Richard finds a secluded cottage in the quiet hills of the Welsh country side. After surviving his first night at the cottage Richard is joined by another Helen who has also fled to safety. At night fear is at a high when the dead walk the earth seeking human flesh, Richard and Helen must keep hidden away as they find themselves 'Alone With The Dead'.
- DirectorMarc OutbreakStarsMarc OutbreakDanielle AllenShannon EaglestoneWhen 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 advantage of the situation to get that next viral video but have they bitten off more than they can chew?
- DirectorDavid Pope'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 screens overrun by werewolves. And you thought your neighbourhood was rough....Anthology of three short films, only one of which was a zombie movie: Gasoline Blood.
- DirectorChristopher DownieStarsChristopher DownieAnna DrukaDanny ForrestA grieving man must find his strength in order to escape a graveyard populated by fantasy creatures.Watch on YouTube and Dailymotion
- DirectorJonathon AshStarsJonathon AshThe zombie poetry returns from the graveyard to read more zombies poetry about the living dead killing humans.
- DirectorJonathon AshStarsJonathon AshEvelThe Living dead poetry reader from the darkness of the graveyard return to read more living dead poetry with the zombie cat.
- DirectorJake WestStarsDanny DyerNoel ClarkeEmil MarwaA 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.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.
- DirectorLawrence GoughStarsNeve McIntoshShaun DooleyDean AndrewsWhen 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.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.
- DirectorSteve O'BrienWarren SpeedStarsVictoria HopkinsWarren SpeedChristian SteelA 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 awesome freakishness. Unbeknownest to our little group, however, this same rural farm is also home to a combined cult for women / zombie research laboratory. When the zombie virus is mistakenly added to a bowl of punch women, with breasts flying, are sent on a murderous, cannibalistic rampage that only this little band of circus freaks can stop.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.