01
Best Zombie Movies
9 never push past 2 for jump scares.
11 of them are films most horror lists never mention. Mr. Vampire rates 1.3 higher on Douban than IMDb — Chinese audiences consistently read this kind of horror differently, and the gap is often the most interesting signal on the page. 4 are currently streaming on Tubi.
02
One Cut of the Dead 2017
Jumps2 Gore4 Dread2 8.5/10
03
Mr. Vampire 1985
Jumps4 Gore4 Dread2 8.3/10
04
05
Dawn of the Dead 1978
Jumps6 Gore10 Dread6 8.3/10
06
Braindead 1992
Jumps4 Gore10 Dread2 8.2/10
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08
28 Days Later 2002
Jumps8 Gore8 Dread8 8.0/10
09
Re-Animator 1985
Jumps4 Gore10 Dread4 7.9/10
10
The Cabin in the Woods 2011
Jumps6 Gore8 Dread2 7.8/10
11
I Walked with a Zombie 1943
Jumps4 Gore2 Dread6 7.5/10
12
Dawn of the Dead 2004
Jumps8 Gore8 Dread4 7.5/10
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14
15
The Happiness of the Katakuris 2001
Jumps2 Gore4 Dread2 7.3/10
16
Cemetery Man 1994
Jumps4 Gore8 Dread6 7.2/10
17
Virus-32 2022
Jumps6 Gore6 Dread4 7.0/10
18
Day of the Dead 1985
Jumps6 Gore10 Dread6 6.9/10
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The Night Eats the World 2018
Jumps4 Gore4 Dread8 6.6/10
21
Ravenous 2017
Jumps6 Gore6 Dread8 6.5/10
22
Seoul Station 2016
Jumps6 Gore6 Dread6 6.5/10
How these are scored
Every film carries three separate 1–5 ratings — jump scares, gore and dread — because they measure different things. A film can be a 5 for dread and a 1 for gore. Scores are editorial, not aggregated from other platforms, which is the point: review aggregates tell you whether a film is good, not what it will do to you.
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