Day of the Dead(1985)

 In this third film of George A Romero's "Dead" series, survivors of zombie apocalypse are taking shelter in the underground missile base.  Tension mounts between the soldiers, and researchers who are studying, trying to understand the living dead.

Acting is lacking, level of production value pales in comparison by today's standards.  Zombie fans should still check this one out, because 1) Survivors are riding out the zombie apocalypse in a missile base! and 2) It's a landmark zombie movie by the Godfather of zombie flicks.

•  Acting - 2 out of 5
• Story - 5 out of 5
• Production - 4 out of 5
• Realism - 2 out of 5

Netflix Series: Kingdom(2019)

This Netflix zombie series takes place in ancient Korea, where Prince travels to investigate mysterious  disease outbreak threatening faraway provinces, all the while his enemies plot against him for the throne at home.

This South Korean Netflix series can seem like a epic foreign film at times.  Great storytelling, masterful cinematography & acting.  Season Two just became available.  Let us hope they don't milk this series & ruin it like ABC's Lost.  Rating based on Season One: 

• Acting - 5 out of 5
• Story - 5 out of 5
• Production - 5 out of 5
• Realism - 5 out of 5

Dawn of the Dead(2004)

In this remake of George A Romero classic, survivors of the zombie apocalypse takes shelter inside the local mall.  

 

This was the first time many of us had heard of Zach Snyder, or seen Jake Weber, Ty Burrell & Michael Kelly, etc.(there's more)  Perfect cast, perfect story, perfect production, perfect action, perfect SFX, perfect.... you get the point.  It's perfect.

• Acting - 5 out of 5
• Story - 5 out of 5
• Production - 5 out of 5
• Realism - 5 out of 5