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Zombie Films You Never Heard Of (but Need to See)—Part 3
Night of the Comet
(1984): Not a great flick, but with Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov on hand to overact and Catherine Mary Stewart to look cute, this is definitely a good flick for a slow Saturday afternoon.- Versus
(2000): Ultraviolent gangsters versus zombies versus time-traveling samurai ghosts. Better than it sounds. - Night of the Living Dead
(1990): A lot of folks dissed the Tom Savini–helmed remake, but I’m not one of them. Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman turn in excellent, layered performances that turn the roles around so that it emerges as a tale of male bravado and obsession and female empowerment. Give it another shot. - The Night of the Seagulls
(1975): The last of the Blind Dead series, with some of the best character development and emotional content to come out of the Italian zombie horror genre. - Premutos: Lord of the Living Dead
(1997): A fallen angel raises an army of the dead and wages a very, very bloody war against mankind. The humans don’t have an angel on their side…but they do have tanks. That, apparently, is enough. - The Resurrection Game
(2001): An ultrarare shot on 16 mm, backyard zombie flick. It has lots of plot flaws and no budget, but it’s earnest, and it was shot in Pittsburgh, which earns it some points right there. - Return of the Living Dead Part III
(1993): I know a lot of zombie film buffs hate this movie, but I thought it has the makings, and almost has the performances. Melinda Clarke does a surprisingly good job of eliciting sympathy as she fights the change from girlfriend to ghoul. - Sex, Chocolate & Zombie Republicans
(1998): One of the rare “wacky title” horror comedies that is both funny and a decent flick. - Stacy
(2001): A weird and disturbing little film about a disease that causes teenage girls to become murderous zombies. Funny, absurd, sad, and violent. - They Came Back
(2004): A French social commentary zombie film that’s truly about trying to be part of a society that is no longer your own. Disturbing more than frightening. - Veerana
(1985): A song-filled Bollywood zombie film. Absolutely worth watching even if the plot makes no sense.
“Perimeter Containment: This third level is where manpower and vehicles come in to play. Perimeter containment is done at most scenes to varying levels. This perimeter is created with barricades and police vehicles set up around the secondary tape. Roads are blocked to keep unauthorized vehicles away from the crime scene and foot traffic routed elsewhere. This level may be tighter if you have media trucks trying to get as close as possible and civilians trying to get right up to the crime scene tape. Manpower needs vary depending on how much foot traffic and unauthorized vehicles you are trying to keep out and how many access points that you have for authorized vehicles. The point of perimeter containment is that you keep your first and second level of containment more secure by insuring that unauthorized personnel will not be close enough to intrude on your crime scene.”