I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
This classic voodoo style zombie produced by Val Lewton was one of the greats, right up there with the likes of Cat People and The Body Snatcher.
Though there isn’t a whole lot of action and cheap thrills, the movie does have a nice story and provides an almost eerily quite atmosphere. If I had to pick between this and White Zombie, I take this any day.
Night of the Comet (1984)
When a rare comet fly’s by the earth, the people of the world are turned into red dust leaving a small group of survivors, mainly teenage girls with big hair. The problem with the survivors is that some of them have been turned into zombies, a problematic issue for those who inherit the earth and all it’s shopping malls as their personal playground.
It’s about what one could expect from a cheesy 80s horror movie. It’s like a high school girl version of I am Legend or Omega Man. The movie clearly doesn’t take itself too seriously and is actually amusing in some spots, but overall could probably be compressed into 20 minutes of solid film.
My official rating on this is: Meh…
Zombi 2, aka Zombie, aka Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
This is one of the first Italian Zombie movies by Lucio Fulci and it kind of kick started the whole weird Italian horror genre.
Also, there’s some notable scenes such as the Zombie vs. Shark and the infamous eye gouging scene. Not to mention that the Fulci style zombies are quite gory compared to earlier Romero zombies. Fulci’s heavy use of live worms in the eye sockets of his living dead seem to be one his signature effects.
Overall, the movie is pretty visual and not that scary in a suspenseful kind of way, it’s more in a creepy gross way. It’s solid stuff and definitely worth seeing if you’re a hardcore zombiephile.
