14. 28 Days Later (2003)

"Your days are numbered."

28 Days Later marks the horror debut for the now famous Danny Boyle. The film opens with British animal rights activists breaking into the Cambridge Primate Research Facility. While there, they run into a scientist who warns them that the chimpanzees there are infected with a virus called 'Rage'. They ignore the scientist and free one of the chimps there, which immediately attacks the activists and the scientist, turning them into bloodthirsty freaks. Exactly 28 days later, a man named Jim (Cillian Murphy) awakens from a coma, and finds the city of London to be completely deserted, abandoned, and what looks like the aftermath of serious rampage. After scouting around the city some more, he runs into humans with the 'Rage' virus, and is nearly killed, but is saved by 2 more survivors that stumble upon him, and what follows is one of the greatest zombie films in recent history. The 'Rage' virus is brought out so well, and really doesn't feel like the typical zombie films that the movie community is used to nowadays. The virus is carried from the blood of the infected and can be transferred from one to another by having contact with the blood in any way, shape, or form. The characters were all played out brilliantly, and since there are only a few main protagonists, besides the few that appear later on, you grow so close to them, and it feels as if you are among the last remaining surivors of this Rage apocalypse. The atmosphere is amazing, and is definitely among the best I've experienced in a film. Overall, 28 Days Later is one of the better horror films of the 2000's, and quite possibly the best zombie film to date.

15. Day of the Dead (1985)

"The darkest day of horror the world has ever known."

George Romero's 1985 cl@ssic is actually the third installment in 'The Dead' series. It stars a group of survivors taking refuge in an underground Military bunker, soon after the zombie outbreak that took place in 'Night' and in 'Dawn'. While staying in the bunker, the government assigns the residents there into 3 groups. The scientists, the people trying to find a cure for the outbreak, the military who protect the rest, and the civilians, the other survivors. Along the course of the movie, the outside zombies try to find ways to make their way inside of the bunker, while some of the survivors on the inside start to turn against each other. This was a great zombie film. The performances were good, especially from the character of Captain Rhodes. The atmosphere felt great and real, and you felt like you were one of the survivors the entire way through. Overall, this was a great horror film that each fan will enjoy.

16. Pet Sematary (1989)

"Sometimes dead is better."

This 80's cl@ssic takes place around the 80's in the film as well. It stars Louis Creed (Dale Midkiff), a Doctor from Chicago, as he and his family have just arrived in the small city of Ludlow, Maine. On the day on their arrival, they meet a nice old widowed neighbor across the road, named Jud Crandall. After the Creed's family cat is run over on the road by a Semi, Jud informs of a strange burying ground that's has the power to resurrect the dead called 'The Mic-Mac Burying Ground'. After burying the cat, Church, it comes back to life the next day but in a strange and strange form. Sooner or later, a tragic and depressing event comes into play which forces a heartbroken father to literally take part in the unthinkable, and perform something so horrifying, it may prove life or death. In my opinion, this was a great horror film. It stayed intact to the book incredibly well, although it did occasionally leave out a few parts and characters like Norma Crandall, the wife of Jud, which made the movie seem like it was missing something. The acing of Jud and Gage Creed were literally spot on with those in the novel, and it felt as if I was revisiting the book and all of its inhabitants again. Overall, Pet Sematary is a great film, although the novel was of course better, this didn't do bad at all.