What can we learn from the most successful zombie movies?

While George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968) is widely regarded as the seminal "zombie" picture, this does not necessarily make it the finest.

Bela Lugosi plays a witch doctor in White Zombie, the first feature-length zombie horror film and the first popularization of the Hollywood theme of Haitian voodoo zombies.

Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead is a Troma film that promises to be offensive, violent, and devoid of any sense of decency or propriety. It is also rather brilliant in its critique of consumer society.

A group of shipwrecked mariners find the undead crew of an SS submarine on a deserted island. Insane SS Commander, played by Peter Cushing.

Students get together in a Norwegian cabin to resurrect Nazi zombies for the purpose of stealing their fortune. The horror-comedy elements are decent, but the magnificent special effects and exciting action are excellent.

Jeff Barnaby's zombie thriller Blood Quantum is a parody that looks at the daily tragedies of colonialism.

Slither was James Gunn's first B-movie zombie/aliens tribute. It's not as unique as Night of the Creeps, but it's still a great flick.

In this blend of American zombie clichés and a foreign environment, killing insects leads to unforeseen repercussions.

Juan of the Dead, directed by Alejandro Brugués, is Cuba's first zombie film.

Juan of the Dead injects a dash of politics into the zombie genre, with Juan attempting to capitalize on the fear and uncertainty by launching a small company that finally spirals out of hand.

A comet flies by Earth at such a close range that it vaporizes practically everyone living there and turns them into dust. Those few who were exposed to some of the virus instead become zombies, despite the fact that this movie is famous for being one of the least zombie-heavy on a list of zombie movies.

Rammbock is an indie German "feature film" that is only 63 minutes long. It revolves around a deluded sad-sack named Michael who visits his girlfriend's apartment just as a zombie outbreak occurs.

In Rammbock, infection does not always result in turning into a zombie, and strong emotions will initiate the whole zombie transition. The film is also remarkably devoid of gore.

In order to apprehend the drug traffickers who were responsible for the death of one of their own cops, a gang of law enforcement agents conduct a search warrant in an empty apartment building, where they find... zombies.

For zombie/horror genre fans, 28 Weeks Later is an often intriguing, terrifying, dramatic, and infuriating picture, but it breaks one of the unwritten laws of zombie filmmaking by having a'main zombie' who escapes, robbing the other infected of their status as serious threats.

The version of Night of the Living Dead that Tom Savini made in 1990 is a good copy. It would be a classic if not for the name.

A lot of individuals die in a seaside town in New England, and the locals look like the ones who perished. These zombies can accomplish things on their own.

Robert Englund portrays a villager who could have turned into a zombie, while Jack Albertson is the mortician.

Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead is a post-apocalyptic zombie movie with style. It is terrifying without being sad, creative without being pretentious, and brutal without being like Peter Jackson's Dead Alive or Bad Taste.

One Cut of the Dead is a cute zombie movie about performers making a zombie short film live.

George Romero's low-budget ingenuity and willingness to experiment are on full display in One Cut of the Dead.

A former baseball pitcher and catcher hit the road together after the zombie apocalypse. The zombies are both an obstruction and a continual reminder of what these troops have lost.

Invading extraterrestrial slugs convert their victims into super-powered zombies. This risqué, tawdry horror picture set at a college seems like a zombified Animal House.

The lawnmower in Peter Jackson's horror comedy Dead Alive continues running despite being drenched in a thousand gallons of blood.

Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead is a leaner, action-packed, grisly modern zombie tale that is extremely indebted to 28 Days Later. It features one of the best opening sequences in zombie film history.

Zombieland shifts the action to the United States and brings strangers together instead of friends. It combines terrifying zombies with comedic violence and story-driven entertainment.

Train to Busan is a South Korean zombie film that combines both exciting popcorn entertainment and heartfelt family drama. It culminates with multiple never-before-seen action sequences and outstanding makeup FX.

The year 2007 was a watershed year for found-footage horror, with notable releases such as the original Paranormal Activity and Romero's very own Diary of the Dead. The Spanish film REC, which combines the folklore of conventional zombies with religious mysticism, is still likely the finest of all the found-footage zombie films that have been made.

A mystery plan orchestrates the screening of a horror film and the ensuing zombification and demonization of the crowd, resulting in a meat grinder of practical effects brutality and survival.

Zombi 2 is the best of its kind, with more madness and blood. It has scary scenes that have become famous.

Night of the Living Dead, directed by George A. Romero, is the seminal zombie film.

Every zombie movie that followed after Romero's has something to do with it. If you want to speak about zombies, you have to talk about Romero's movie.

One of the best horror comedies ever (zombie film list) made is Evil Dead 2. It shows how the movie industry's ideas about zombies are changing.

Day of the Dead redefines the attributes of the classic Romero ghoul, and introduces "Bub", maybe the single most iconic zombie in Romero's oeuvre, who displays a unique level of personality and even humor.