List of zombie short films and undead-related projects
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The following is a list of zombie short films and other zombie- and undead-related projects, such as television series.
Zombies are creatures usually portrayed as either reanimated corpses or mindless human beings, in both cases cannibalistic or more widely as undead bodies, ghouls, mummies, reanimated corpses, vampires and so on. While zombie films generally fall into the horror genre, some cross over into other genres, such as comedy, science fiction, thriller, or romance. Distinct subgenres have evolved, such as the "zombie comedy" or the "zombie apocalypse". Zombies in this article are not distinct from other types of undead like ghouls, ghosts, mummies, or vampires.[1]
TV series
| Title | Director/creator | Year | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All of Us Are Dead | Chun Sung-il / Lee Jae-kyoo / Kim Nam-su | 2022 | Netflix TV series | [2] |
| Black Summer | Karl Schaefer / John Hyams | 2019-2021 | TV series | [3] |
| Community | Dan Harmon | 2010 | TV series, zombie only in Epidemiology season 02 episode 06 | [4] |
| Creepshow | 2019-present | TV series, zombie only in s01e05 and s02e05 | [5][6] | |
| Day of the Dead | Jed Elinoff / Scott Thomas | 2021 | TV series | [7] |
| Dead Set | Charlie Brooker / Yann Demange | 2008 | TV series | [8] |
| Death Valley | 2011 | [9] | ||
| Fear the Walking Dead | 2015–2023 | [10] | ||
| Fight of the Living Dead | Tony Valenzuela | 2015 | web-series | [11] |
| Highschool of the Dead | Tetsurō Araki | 2010 | TV series | [12][13][14] |
| In the Flesh | Dominic Mitchell | 2013-2014 | [15] | |
| Is This a Zombie? | Takaomi Kanasaki | 2011 | [16] | |
| iZombie | Rob Thomas / Diane Ruggiero-Wright | 2015–2019 | [17] | |
| Kingdom | Kim Seong-hun | 2019-present | Netflix TV series | [18] |
| Love, Death & Robots | Robert Bisi / Andy Lyon | 2019-present | Netflix TV series, zombie only in s03e04 | [19] |
| Love You as the World Ends | Sugawara Shintaro | 2021-2024 | TV series | [20] |
| Monsters | Richard P. Rubinstein | 1988-1991 | TV series, zombie in s03e05 | [21] |
| Pushing Daisies | Bryan Fuller | 2007-2009 | TV series | [22] |
| Sankarea | Shinichi Omata | 2012 | [23] | |
| The Santa Clarita Diet | Victor Fresco | 2017-2019 | Netflix TV series | [24] |
| The Last of Us (TV series) | Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann | 2023- | United States. HBO Original series | [25] |
| The Walking Dead | Frank Darabont | 2010–2022 | TV series | [26][27][28] |
| The Walking Dead in the Hood | Alex Gonzalez | 2016 | web-series | |
| The Walking Dead: World Beyond | Scott M. Gimple / Matthew Negrete | 2020–2021 | TV series | [29] |
| What If...? | Bryan Andrews | 2021–present | Disney+ TV series, animated | [30] |
| Woke Up Dead | Jon Heder | 2009 | web-series | [31][32] |
| Xombie (a.k.a. Xombie: Dead on Arrival) | James Farr | 2003 | flash cartoons-series | [33][34] |
| Z Nation | Karl Schaefer / Craig Engler | 2014–2018 | TV series | [35] |
| Zombie Hunters: City of the Dead | 2007-2014 | [36] | ||
| Zombie Roadkill | David Green | 2010 | shorts TV series, broadcast on Fearnet | [37] |
| Zomboat! | William Hartley / Adam Miller | 2019 | TV series | [citation needed] |
Miscellaneous
This list considers "quasi-zombie" films and films where zombies exist in the title only. The films in this category satisfy the following requirements:
- zombies or zombie-like undead do not exist in the storyline but are mentioned in the title;
- the film has been released (otherwise the titles may be found at List of zombie short films and undead-related projects#Abandoned, in progress, and rumored projects).
| Title | Director | Year | Type | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100,000 Zombie Heads | Jose Figueora | 2012 | film | Postapocalyptic film with zombie in finale. | [38] |
| A Zombie Movie | Glenn Payne | 2009 | film | Movie crew try to film zombie-comedy. | [39] |
| The Aftermath (Zombie Aftermath) | Steve Barkett | 1982 | film | Zombie exist in alternate titles only. Mutants look like zombies. | [40] |
| Cadaverella | Timothy Friend | 2007 | film | No zombie in this film. Cinder is a revenant. | [41] |
| The Crazies | George A. Romero | 1973 | film | Infected humans. | [42] [43] |
| The Crazies | Breck Eisner | 2010 | film | Infected humans. | [44][45] |
| Electric Zombies | John Specht | 2006 | film | No zombies. Brainwashing. | [46][47] |
| Germ Z | J.T. Boone | 2013 | film | Humans infected by alien bacteria who consume other humans. | [48] |
| Ghosts of Mars | John Carpenter | 2001 | film | Alien spirits possess humans and make them attack like zombies. | [49] |
| It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To | Tony Wash | 2007 | film | No zombies in this film. Ghosts look like zombies. | [50][51] |
| Legion of the Dead | Paul Bales | 2005 | film | Mummies. | [52][53] |
| Mausoleum | Michael Dugan | 1983 | film | No zombies. Demon possession of existing girl. | [54] |
| Mimesis: Night of the Living Dead | Douglas Schulze | 2011 | film | Murderers act like zombies. | [55] |
| Nightmare Circus (Barn of the Naked Dead) | Alan Rudolph | 1974 | film | No zombies. Mutated human imprisons women. | [56] |
| Plague Town | David Gregory | 2008 | film | No zombies. Crazy people. | [57] |
| Porno Holocaust (Orgasmo nero II – Insel der Zombies) | Joe D'Amato | 1981 | featured movie | Zombie exist in alternate titles only. Mutant looks like a zombie. | [58][59][60] |
| Rabid | David Cronenberg | 1977 | film | Infected humans. | [61] |
| Rise of the Dead | William Wedig | 2007 | film | No zombies in this movie, even though the tagline says "a terrifying zombie thriller", spirit possession causes people to act like zombies. | [62][63] |
| Sella Turcica | Fred Vogel | 2010 | feature film | No zombie in this film. The main character is sick man infected by parasitic worm. He looks like a zombie at very end of movie. | [64][65][66] |
| The Signal | David Bruckner, Dan Bush & Jacob Gentry | 2007 | anthology film | No zombies. Signal causes people to go crazy and act like zombies. | [67][68] |
| They Must Eat | Tommy Brunswick | 2006 | film | Ghouls, not zombies. | [69] |
| Unhuman | Marcus Dunstan | 2022 | film | Drugged people act like zombie. | [70] |
| Zombie and the Ghost Train (Zombie ja Kummitusjuna) | Mika Kaurismäki | 1991 | feature film | No zombie in this film. The character's name is Zombie, but he is not a zombie. | [71] |
| Zombie Hamlet | John Murlowski | 2012 | film | Filmmakers try make a zombie movie. | [72] |
| Zombie Island Massacre | John N. Carter | 1984 | film | No zombies. Characters are killed by voodoo practitioners with regular slasher methods. | [73] |
| Zombie: Regulators | Holger Breiner | 1998 | commercial | Commercial of Zombie: The Resurrection which is shown on ProSieben. | [74][75] |
| Zombie Snake (Kaidan Hebi Onna, Snake Woman) | Atsushi Shimizu | 2000 | film | Undead snake woman creature, called a ghoul or ghost, but not a zombie except by title of movie. | [76] |
| Zombie Vampire (Robo Vampire) | Godfrey Ho | 1988 | film | No zombies. Has vampires and a cyborg ninja. | [77] |
| The Zombie Walks (Im Banne des Unheimlichen) | Alfred Vohrer | 1968 | film | No zombies. The murderer calls himself The Laughing Corpse and is revealed to be a man who dresses in a skeleton outfit. | [78] |
| Zombies of the Stratosphere | Fred C. Brannon | 1952 | serial / film | No zombies. Characters are Martians. | [79] |
| Zombiethon | Ken Dixon | 1986 | film | Most scenes are compilation from other zombie and gore films. | [80] |
Abandoned, in progress, and rumored projects
This list considers an announced zombie-ish films. The films in this category satisfy the following requirement:
- announced as zombie or zombie-ish undead film.
| Title | Director | Date of initial communication | Status | Filmmaking stage | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 4th Reich | Shaun Robert Smith | 2009.08.20[81][82] | abandoned | announced[83] | News (2012).[84] IMDb |
| A.D. | Ben Hibon | 2010.01.29[85] | abandoned | planned | Trailer (January 2010).[86] |
| The Bloodfest Club | Oscar Madrid | 2009.08.26[87][88] | not yet released | announced as film,[89] announced as short film[90] | Trailer (2011).[91][92] News (2012).[90] |
| Breathers: A Zombie's Lament | 2009.02.23[93] | abandoned | planned | No news after early ones. IMDb | |
| Condition Dead | Patrick Lussier | 2011.02.23[94] | in development | announced[95] | IMDb |
| The Corporate Zombie Killers | Danny Leiner | 2008.11.08[96][97] | abandoned | planned | No news after early ones. |
| Day of the Dead 3: Epidemic | Ana Clavell & James Glenn Dudelson | 2009.08.26[98][99] | abandoned | planned | No news after early ones. |
| Dead by Dawn | 2009.XX.XX[100] | abandoned | planned | No news after early ones. IMDb | |
| Dead Dogs (original: Perros Muertos) | Koldo Serra | 2010.02.12[101] | abandoned | planned | Trailer (April 2011).[102] |
| Deadtention (a.k.a. Dead Detention) | Chris Cartusciello | 2011.07.10[103] | abandoned | planned | Trailer (September 2011).[104] |
| The Drought | Lawrence Gough | 2009.11.09[105] | abandoned | planned | No news after early ones. IMDb |
| Erdora, Chapter 1: The Death District (original: Erdora – Kapitel 1: Der Todeskreis) | Philip Polcar | 2009.01.08[106] | abandoned | planned | Trailer (June 2009).[107] |
| Fragile | Eduardo Rodríguez | 2007.10.04[108][109] | abandoned | planned | No news after early ones. |
| The Harvard Zombie Massacre | Warren Zide | 2008.06.28[110] | in development | pre-production[111][better source needed] | IMDb |
| Haunting Kira | Teresa Fahs | 2009.07.14[112] | abandoned | planned | Teaser/Trailer (October 2009).[113] |
| Hell on Earth | Ted A. Bohus | 2005.04.05[114][115] | abandoned | post-production[116] | No news after early ones. |
| Home Delivery | Ryuhei Kitamura | 2009.09.10[117][118] | abandoned | planned | No news after early ones. IMDb |
| House of Re-Animator | Stuart Gordon | 2001.XX.XX[119][120] | abandoned | planned | Latest news (March 2008).[121][122] |
| I Spit on Your Rave | Chris Boyle | 2009.05.01[123] | abandoned | filming[124][125][126][127] | Latest news (October 2012).[128] |
| Invasion of the Not Quite Dead (initial: Attack of the Not Quite Dead) | Antony D. Lane | 2006.10.12[129] 2006.11.XX[130][131][132] 2007.01.XX[133][134] 2007.06.XX[135] | in development | filming — 2009;[136] – 2010;[137] – 2011;[138][139] – 2012.[140][141] | Teaser (2011).[142] New announce (2012).[143] News (2013).[144] IMDb |
| Joshua Breed (initial: Zombie Island) | Phil Claydon | 2007.11.19[citation needed] (as Zombie Island) 2008.08.05[145] (as Joshua Breed) | abandoned | announced[146] | No news after early ones. |
| Living Dead Girl | Éric Tessier | 2006.08.25[147][148] | abandoned | planned | No news after early ones. |
| Night of the Living Dorks | Michael Showalter | 2007.03.18[149] | abandoned | planned | No news after early ones. Was attempted remake of Die Nacht der lebenden Loser. |
| Plaga Zombie: American Invasion | Garry Mederios | 2013.04.08[150] | in development | filming[151][152] | Fourth entry in the Plaga Zombie series. |
| Plan 9 | John Johnson | 2010.02.12[153] | not yet released | private screening[154][155] | IMDb |
| School of the Dead | Seth Slick | 2011.07.15[156][157][158] | not yet released | completed[159][160][161][162] | Latest news (2011).[162] IMDb |
| Three Strikes, You're Dead | Corbin Bernsen | 2009.10.27[163] | abandoned | planned | Latest news (March 2010).[164] |
| The Uglies 3D (initial: The Legend of Zombie Road) | Howard Smith and Ethan Terra | June 2009[165] | abandoned | pre-production | No news after renaming on 2010-04-20 [166] |
| Victim of the Living Dead | Anthony Porrey | 2011.10.31[167][168] | abandoned | planned | No news after early ones. |
| Virulents | John Moore | August 2008[169][170] | abandoned | in production[171] | no news since 2010 |
| Xombie | 2009.09.23[172] | abandoned | planned | No news after early ones. IMDb | |
| Xombie: Reanimated | 2009.09.23[172] | abandoned | planned | No news after early ones. IMDb | |
| Zero Dark Thirty | Eli Roth (from 2003)[173] John Stalberg (from 2006)[174] Paul Solet(from 2010)[175][176] | 2003.08.01[173] | abandoned | planned | Followed by rumors only.[177][178][179] |
| Zombie Attack from Outer Space | Jean-Anne Hawse | 2010.03.29[180][181] | abandoned | planned | Latest news (June 2010).[182] |
| Zombie Outbreak | Sarah N. Stennett | 2006[183] | unknown | completed[184] | no date available |
| Zombies of the Night | Stuart Brennan | December 2007[185] | abandoned | post-production[186] | remains unreleased according to Brennan[187] |
Short films and anthology segments
| Title | Director | Year | Notes | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Hours | Michael Ballif | 2012 | [188][189] | |
| 28 Weeks Later: Jealous Rage | Phil Stoole, Damien Sung | 2007 | [190] | |
| The ABCs of Death, segment "W is for WTF?" | Jon Schnepp | 2012 | [191] | |
| ABCs of Death 2, segment "O is for Ochlocracy (Mob Rule)" | Hajime Ohata | 2014 | zombie | [192] |
| Aces & Eights | Matt Allen | 2008 | zombie | [193][194][195] |
| Afternoon of the Rat-Faced Zombies (aka 28 Beers Later) | Vinson Pike | 2012 | [196][197][198] | |
| Alice Jacobs Is Dead | Alex Horwitz | 2009 | [193][199] | |
| All of the Dead | Tony Mines & Tim Drage | 2000 | Lego-zombie | [193][200][201] |
| Ash vs. Lovo and the DC Dead | Brian K. Rosenthal | 2016 | continuation of Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness | [202] |
| Best Friends | Ruwan Heggelman | 2016 | Short zombie comedy | [203] |
| Boot Hill Blind Dead | Chris Mackey & Alana Smithe | 2003 | zombie | [204][205] |
| Bubba's Chili Parlor | Joey Evans | 2005 | [206][207][208] | |
| The Dead Have Risen | Mitch Csanadi | 2006 | [209][210] | |
| Deadtona | Scott Mena | 2015 | [211] | |
| Dead Things, segment "The Wish" | D.T. Carney | 2005 | short story in anthology film | |
| Dinner Party of the Damned | Brian Wimer | 2008 | zombie | [212] |
| Dong of the Dead | Joanna Angel | 2009 | Pornographic spoof of zombie-based films | [213][214] |
| Drag | Mark Pavia | 1993 | [215] | |
| Gay By Dawn | Jonathan London | 2004 | zombie | |
| Goregoyles: First Cut, segment "Berserkers" | Kevin J. Lindenmuth | 2003 | second short film in direct-to-video Goregoyles volume 1 series | [216][217] |
| Heavy Metal, segment "B-17" | Gerald Potterton | 1981 | short story within anthology feature film | |
| Hood of Horror (Gang of Horror, Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror) | Stacy Title | 2006 | third short story within anthology feature film | [218] |
| I Love Sarah Jane | Spencer Susser | 2008 | short film | |
| Fist of Jesus | David Muñoz, Adrián Cardona | 2012 | Spanish short film | [219] |
| The Living Dead Chronicles | Webby | 2008 | [220] | |
| I'll See You in My Dreams | Miguel Ángel Vivas | 2003 | short film | [221] |
| Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout | Kenneth J. Hall | 1990 | [222] | |
| Living Dead Girl | Jon Springer | 2003 | zombie | [223][224][225][226] |
| Living Dead Lock Up 3: Siege of the Dead | Mario Xavier | 2008 | continuation of Living Dead Lock Up 2 | [227][228] |
| The Lost Tape: Andy's Terrifying Last Days Revealed | Zack Snyder | 2004 | Mockumentary short and addition to Dawn of the Dead (2004) | [229][230][231][232] |
| M is for Macho | José Pedro Lopes | 2013 | zombie | [233] |
| Marvel Zombies vs. Army of Darkness | Brian K. Rosenthal | 2013 | [234] | |
| Maybe.... | Christopher Kahler | 2008 | [235] | |
| Misery Bear - Dawn of the Ted | -- | 2010 | Teddy bear animation zombie short film | [236] |
| Mulva: Zombie Ass Kicker! | Chris Seaver | 2001 | [227] [237] | |
| Night of the Living Bread | Kevin S. O'Brien | 1990 | Comedic parody of Night of the Living Dead (1968) | [238][239] |
| Night of the Living Carrots | Robert Porter | 2011 | [240][241][242][243][244] | |
| Night of the Living Jews | Oliver Noble | 2008 | [245][246][247][248] | |
| Night of the Not So Living Dead Guy | Michael Kesler | 2002 | [249] | |
| The Night Shift | Thomas Smith | 2009 | "Trigger" is a name of a female demon-zombie. Featured movie based on this short is The Night Shift (2011). | [250][251][252][253] |
| Night Shift | Rob Chinery, Scott Chinery & Tommy Chinery | 2010 | zombie | [254] |
| Nightmare Alley, segment "A Fistful of Innards" | Laurence Holloway & Scarlet Fry | 2010 | first short story in anthology film | [255] |
| Paris by Night of the Living Dead | Grégory Morin | 2009 | zombie | [256][257][258] |
| Re-Penetrator | Doug Sakmann | 2004 | A pornographic spoof of Re-Animator. In 2006, the film was edited and added to the anthology LovecraCked! The Movie. | [259][260][261][262][263] |
| Rising Up: The Story of the Zombie Rights Movement | Laura Moss | 2009 | BIFF 2009 Award Winner — Laura Moss (Indie Soul Best Director Award) | [264][265][266][267] |
| Scary or Die, segments "The Crossing", "Clowned" | Michael Emanuel | 2012 | anthology film with segment on zombies, infected clowns | [268] |
| School of the Dead | Sam Horsley | 2010 | zombie | [269][270][271][272][273] |
| School of the Dead (a.k.a. Liam Hooper's School of the Dead) | Liam Hooper | 2012 | [274][275] | |
| Slices of Life, segment "W.O.R.M." | Anthony G. Sumner | 2010 | first segment of anthology film, software hack turns people into "corporate zombies", although they do not really die first | [276][277] |
| Song of the Dead | Chip Gubera | 2004 | Featured movie based on this short is Song of the Dead (2005). | [278][279][280] |
| Special Report: Zombie Invasion | Scott Devine, Constantine Nasr | 2004 | short | [281] |
| Still | Carl Timms | 2016 | A living statue entertainer is caught up in the middle of a zombie outbreak. Surrounded on all sides with only his ability to stay very still to save him, he must work out a way to survive. | [282][283][284][285] |
| Stitched | Garth Ennis | 2011 | Necromanced "war zombies"[286] | [287] |
| Street of the Dead | Joe Pontillo | 2008 | zombie | [288][289] |
| They Shall Pay with Rivers of Blood | Buck Anderson | 2009 | [290] | |
| Undead Ted | Daniel Knight | 2007 | 7-minute short film | [291] |
| V/H/S, segment "Tape 56" | Adam Wingard | 2012 | short story within anthology feature film | |
| V/H/S/2, segment "A Ride in the Park" | Eduardo Sánchez and Gregg Hale | 2013 | [292] | |
| The Walken Dead | Ryan Hunter | 2011 | Parody spoofs The Walking Dead TV series combining its theme with actor Christopher Walken movie quotes | [293][294][295] |
| Winter of the Dead | Markus Heiskanen | 2005 | Finnish short film | [296] |
| Worst Case Scenario (Woensdag Gehaktdag) | Richard Raaphorst | 2004 | DVD released in 2008 | [297][298] |
| The Zombeatles: All You Need Is Brains | Doug Gordon | 2009 | Timeline: autumn 2008 – shot;[299][300][301] 23 January 2009 – premiere;[302] 1 April 2009 – DVD on demand.[303][304] | [303][305][306][307] |
| Zombie Movie | Michael J. Asquith, Ben Stenbeck | 2005 | zombie | [308] |
| Zombie Hunter | Geoff Hamby | 2005 | zombie | [309] |
| Zombie in a Penguin Suit | Chris Russell | 2011 | follows the path of an aquarium worker-turned zombie | [310] |
| Zombie Run | Damian Morter | 2013 | [311] | |
| Zombie Valley | Darin Beckstead | 2003 | zombie | [312] |
| Zombie Vegetarians | Mad Martian | 2004 | [313] | |
| Zombie Warrior | Daniel Flügger | 2007 | [314][315] | |
| Zombieworld | (multiple)[SF 1] | 2014 | anthology of shorts | [316] |
| Zomblies | David M. Reynolds | 2010 | zombie | [258][317] |
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