Flesh Eating Zombie Films. 'Braaaaaiiinnsss'

Often very similar to zombie movies (http://www.imdb.com/list/Zu0aA0_BPKI/) but the dead aren't reanimated, instead some kind of "infection" turns the population into raging cannibals.

Despite not ticking all the boxes for a zombie film there is plenty of crossover (especially as The Last Man on Earth inspired Romero's zombies) and a fan of the undead should be just fine with these too, especially as classifying them separately from zombies means any extra abilities (like running fast, and even free running) won't be too jarring. Most are worth a rental although some, like almost all the I Am Legend adaptations, 28 X Later, The Crazies, Quarantine and Pontypool are good enough to seek out.

See also: The vengeful dead (http://www.imdb.com/list/67lPneQhai8/) (another group of films often grouped with zombie films) and contagion (http://www.imdb.com/list/ELTDHqx-wfs/) (for films where a lot of people get sick and just die). There is also they walk amongst us (http://www.imdb.com/list/p4BRqw7m178/) for more subtle takeovers (as some of the films on this list involve infection by an alien virus or parasite in order to violently take over the world  - see Slither as a good example)

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Lane Carroll, Bonnie Hinzman, and Will MacMillan in The Crazies (1973)

Zombie films (http://www.imdb.com/list/Zu0aA0_BPKI/) with a title using the format "X of the Dead" (as well as "X of the Living Dead").

There is also a Porn of the Dead, which I can't add here, because it'd reduce list visibility, but it is on my zombie porn (http://www.imdb.com/list/_8FnqW5Txl4/) list.

Although most of the later films are riffs on Romero's first two films (Dorm of the Dead, Night of the Little Dead, etc.) this form of film name predates them, first appearing with 1965's Orgy of the Dead.

See also: vs Zombies (http://www.imdb.com/list/mQCd6PZ6XO4/) and Night of the Living (http://www.imdb.com/list/JhhDik-nDgg/) two more lists of mine that deal with other popular forms of zombie movie title. Someone else has an X Zombies (http://www.imdb.com/list/kp1l-6E1xp0/) list where X = ninjas, cowboys, etc.

Comments: As I don't have a Facebook account I cannot interact with the new comments system, so have switched it off. I will start a thread on the message board and link it in here shortly.

Marilyn Eastman, Duane Jones, and Judith Ridley in Night of the Living Dead (1968)

A comprehensive collection of zombie/walker movies & shows from 2k to now.  Excluded are zombie comedies which I pooled in Dead Rotten Comedia. No shame border. List in progress.

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