Poetic re-imagining of Jane Eyre, set on a Caribbean island with added zombies. “There is no beauty here, only death and decay.” But it’s hauntingly beautiful, all the same Photograph: Ronald Grant Archive
The film that launched a million flesh-eating zombies. If you don’t find it terrifying, you’re almost certainly already dead Photograph: PR
Zombies go on the rampage in a shopping mall. Good splattery fun, with added metaphors. “This isn’t the Republicans versus the Democrats . . . There can be no more divisions among the living!” Photograph: Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
Photograph: Ronald Grant
Horror author HP Lovecraft gets a splatter makeover: yucks aplenty as dead tissue gets reanimated and a severed head goes on the rampage Photograph: Everett Collection / Rex Feature/Everett Collection / Rex Feature
Before Lord of the Rings, Peter Jackson directed this wacky gore-fest in which zillions of zombies get mangled by the hero wielding a rotary lawn mower Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Polygram/Allstar/Cinetext/Polygram
Bonkers low-budget Japanese splatter action-comedy, complete with barking mad camera angles and zombie-fu Photograph: Allstar/Miramax/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost star in this north London rom-zom-com packed with references to Romero’s work. The perfect balance of laughs and gore Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/Universal/Allstar/Cinetext/UNIVERSAL
Sequel to 28 Days Later and arguably even more intense than its predecessor. Survivors of the “rage” virus try to make a fresh start with the help of the American military. But things go horribly, horribly wrong. Of course they do Photograph: Allstar/Fox Searchlight/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
