Zombie Short Film Ranking
My rankings for the zombie short films that I have seen.
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- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonOla RayForrest J. AckermanA night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.Great song, great film.
- DirectorMichael BallifStarsJosh MerrillBrooke HemsathJoel ManwaringA nameless survivor is ambushed and infected with the virus, a beautiful gift to the world.I really enjoyed this one.
- DirectorBen HowlingYolanda RamkeStarsAndy RodoredaAlison GallagherRuth VennStranded in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, a man sets in motion an unlikely plan to protect his infant daughter.Interesting idea.
- DirectorYfke van BerckelaerStarsBrad CulverEsme AllenChris PayneThe musical Zombie Love tells the story of Dante, a 200 year old zombie, who falls in love with Claudia, a mortal girl, after he saves her from an attack by two grave robbers. Thinking that a zombie could never win her love, he changes his flesh-eating ways in order to win the girl of his dreams. The closer Dante gets to his desired love, the harder he finds it to maintain the facade, especially when his zombie friends encourage him to eat a teenage girl they have captured. What Dante doesn't know, however, is that Claudia is already in love with the zombie that saved her from the robbers and desperately tries to find him. This musical extravaganza, filled with singing, dancing, blood and gore, will have you laughing all the way to your grave!Zombie musical. There should be more.
- DirectorBen StenbeckStarsJason DochertyChris GuiseFreya BlackwoodNew Zealand, 1986. The zombie apocalypse is here and three mates are stranded. The trusty Holden is out of gas. With only fast food scraps and a few cigarettes for sustenance, surviving each other may prove harder than facing the undead outside.The first short zombie film I watched apart from Thriller.
- DirectorJon RileyStarsTony BowdenNick FrostSimon PeggNick Frost presents a special spoof edition of his documentary "Danger! 50,000 Volts!" purely on the subject of the living dead.Nick Frost's & Simon Pegg's other zombie film.
- DirectorDavid FreyneStarsJane McGrathFrank McCuskerAmy DunneFollowing the outbreak of an aggressive virus, a young woman awakes in a hospital bed. As the horrifying events that led her there are revealed, it becomes clear that the cure is just the beginning.I liked it.
- DirectorChris RussellStarsMichael WetherbeeChris RussellJared SternLike a much shorter and much better version of 'Colin'.
- DirectorSpencer SusserStarsBrad AshbyMia WasikowskaVladimir MatovicJimbo is 13 and can think of only one girl -- Sarah Jane. And no matter what stands in his way-bullies, violence, chaos, or zombies-nothing will stop him from finding a way into her world.Nice.
- DirectorDusty RhodesStarsTrevor CuthbertsonStuart EllisonRow Z is a psychological drama is set in England following a biological epidemic that resulted in a mass evacuation of the population. Michael is barricaded inside his home along with his father George. Having been locked away together for over a year, Michael builds up the strength to venture out for one last trip with his father to go to a place where he can remember what once was and reminisce. They go on a form of pilgrimage, with the structure representative of their football match day experience. They stop at the bookmakers and the pub before entering the stadium of their local football team to take their place in row z to reminisce together.Well made.
- DirectorFrank IppolitoTellerEzekiel ZabrowskiStarsCorneleusCathe JonesMike Jonesy JonesTeller decides to keep a video diary when an epidemic infects the populace of Las Vegas.Teller from Penn & Teller discusses his experience of the zombie apocalypse.
- DirectorLuchina FisherStarsNicki BarnesFrankie FaisonMichael PowerA 13-year-old girl and her grandfather, hiding out in a wooded cabin after a plague, meet the challenge of their lives when her birthday trip to a trading post goes horribly awry.The 20 minutes fly by. Good film.
- DirectorAlex HorwitzStarsJohn LazarAdrienne BarbeauPeter CamborDr. Ben Jacobs saved the world. The drug he created allowed mankind to fight back against the Z-virus, which nearly destroyed civilization entirely. Now, in the aftermath of the crisis, he's trying to cure the last victims of the virus. But what will happen when he brings his mysterious work home?Pretty good.
- DirectorDaniel ThronStarsLuke AlbrightMargaret Bright-RyanDavid C. BryantThe job of coroner has changed since the worldwide infection. Tommy Rossman isn't just a collector of the dead anymore. Now he comes to make sure you're actually dead. Or to help you get there.Good.
- DirectorSimon EdwardsEben BolterDanny CottonStarsEarl LingAnnaliese Rose ThielJames Callàs BallAlone in the aftermath of the apocalypse, a man and his daughter fight to stay alive. As the dead walk the ruined streets, closing in on the last two souls on Earth, Grace and her father are forced to flee their home in search of a safe haven. But in doing so they must confront the shocking truth about the end of their world.Nice idea.
- DirectorReza GhassemiStarsNicole ZyanaJon ArandaLeo AmanseAfter being kidnapped, Audrey awakens and discovers her terrifying post-apocalyptic reality.Interesting take on things.
A bit like a video game. - DirectorPeter HornJared MarshallStarsJeff NewmanZack PriceJennifer Lane OakleyIt's Christmas time in Tallahassee, and the employees of the Blue Skies Nuclear Power plant are gearing up for the best holiday party ever. However, after a reactor meltdown, and total evacuation, they'll soon find out that the woods this year aren't exactly filled with Holiday Cheer.Strange, but fun.
- DirectorÓmar Örn HaukssonStarsHilmir JenssonLára Jóhanna JónsdóttirThora Bjorg HelgaWhat lengths does a man go to hold on to love.AKA Undying Love.
- DirectorConnor BottsStarsRachel BlakisleyConnor BottsTJ DevineThree survivors making there way to a believed safe zone when they learn that it was just another place infected with the dead. Fighting to survive with each other against the dead and limited supplies.It seemed like a group of friends just decided to make a zombie film one day and came up with this.
The characters did some things that were so silly it was funny, so it scored points for that. - DirectorJack De La MareStarsChris JehanGrace HodgkinsonMatthew JudgeA group of zombie apocalypse survivors seek shelter in a school, only to find it overrun with the dead.44 minutes long, so it's the longest film on this list and not far off being feature length.
Silly zombie comedy. I laughed a few times, so I guess it succeeded. - DirectorCal O'ConnellStarsJames BedfordAmy BishopHannah CheethamA small group of people attempt to survive in a world overrun by the infected remains of the human race.Nice look at what might happen to some survivors in a zombie apocalypse.
- DirectorNicolai Belce-KennedyStarsSebastien BourlardEmilien FabrizioAn isolated underground parking security guard finds trouble when he tries to rescue a young woman stuck in a car trunk.French zombie short.
Pretty tense, good makeup. I liked it. - DirectorAndres Meza-ValdesDiego Meza-ValdesStarsHeather Ashley ChaseAndrew Jeffrey BrownEric AndersonA zombie apocalypse unites a ragtag pack of dogs in the ruined streets of Miami. Immune to the epidemic, they must stick together to survive in the midst of ferocious undead and human survivors. Sit. Stay. Play dead.Dogs do stuff during a zombie apocalypse.
- DirectorBenjamin HowdeshellStarsJulia VothDennis KeifferVictor WebsterA young woman wakes up in an abandoned warehouse as armed soldiers torture her father with an experimental biological weapon.Seems to be a pilot of sorts for a television show of the same name.
I might check that out at some point. - DirectorClinton JonesStarsJim E. ChandlerCoty GallowayTommy GrilloCould have done with being a bit longer.
- DirectorKial NataleStarsTyler NicolJenean L. SkappakJ.J. WebbIn a world where the dead walk the earth and feast on the flesh of the living, there is only one thing to fear, and that's NERDS.Nice idea.
- DirectorFrancesco PiconeStarsBeatrice BaldacciniAlessio BarzocchiniEmanuele BattiniAlice and Nicholas survived an epidemic that ravaged the world, now only inhabited by the undead. But the nightmare is not over; the rumbling of a motorcycle approaches, breaking the silence. Maybe it's another survivor that will bring them to safety, or perhaps it is the most dangerous predator from which they have no chance of escaping?Well made. It seemed shorter than 15 minutes.
- DirectorGeoff HambyStarsLynn AyalaJames HunterWanda IveyFairly enjoyable.
- DirectorAna R. DominickStarsKyle BaxterGerard CaesarDaniel GreenA naive gas station clerk receives a visit from a zombie in the dead of night. The Zombie's ex-partner in crime arrives and attempts to rob the station, followed by the Zombie's pregnant girlfriend. A Zombie, A Gun. A Girl. A Romantic Zombie Comedy.A zombie goes to a shop.
- DirectorPeter Morland HuttonStarsSkyler DayMark FurzeKera O'BryonThree friends and a captain avoid unspeakable terror on shore in a small sailboat headed for the safe harbor of a lighthouse.Entertaining little story, but the characters seemed unrealistically cavalier with their safety, considering it was a drama and not a comedy.
- DirectorPaul McMurroughStarsCoan BarrErin BarrNatasha BarrA thirty-something, under achieving pizza delivery guy still living with his mum, unwittingly turns hero when the majority of his small village are turned into zombies after his greedy boss adds a new experimental substance to his pizzas.It made me chuckle a couple of times.
- DirectorRani NaamaniStarsNelson BrownJohn finds himself struggling against time as he painfully morphs into something else...Well made.
- DirectorTomas VergaraStarsTomás VerdejoLuis GneccoWaking up after a car crash, a man is faced with a vicious threat he has to escape from.Animated zombie short.
Pretty decent, the name isn't very good though. - DirectorCarl TimmsStarsJoe CapellaRob HallJames RowellStill is an award-winning dark zombie comedy about a living statue entertainer caught up in the middle of a zombie outbreak. He finds himself frozen in fear whilst everyone around him flees or dies at the hands of the attacking zombie horde. Left alone by the unknowing zombies in an large open square surrounded on all sides he has to rely on his amazing ability to stand very still to try work out a way to survive his ordeal.Good idea.
I think it would have been better if it had committed to the being still idea for longer.
Seems like a bit of a missed opportunity. - DirectorJoseph AveryMatt SimpsonStarsJoseph AveryJustin InceRick LivermorePlague follows the journey of Vilhelm, a lone Latvian refugee, trying to escape a shady past of trafficking guns. He travels to Britain, feeling certain that he has put the worst behind him. The reality he finds is a living nightmare, the dead have risen to consume the living.Okay.
- DirectorRob ConiamStarsDominic GarciaRicki LawtonLee Asquith-CoeAfter a deadly virus breaks out across Europe, the U.K. becomes a safe haven, its borders closed, tens of thousands of people flee to the island in an attempt escape the contagion, the Government are forced to create large refugee camps to accommodate and appoint the military to protect and guard those displaced. During an interview conducted by a local news agency, a small army unit are sent into the Portsdown facility to investigate reports of escalating violence, their shocking discovery threatens the entire unit and the entire population of the United Kingdom. This is the story of the only survivor of the Portsdown event, using actual footage captured by the local news team who were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.A mockumentary of a zombie incident.
Not bad. - DirectorMitchell L. CohenStarsUmberto CelisanoGiselle GilbertTyler FlemingA geeky, terminally ill loner goes from utter insignificance to becoming humanity's last hope for survival after the zombie apocalypse.Pretty entertaining.
- DirectorRafa MartínezIñaki San RománStarsSamuel ViyuelaAroa GimenoJavier RíosZombies invade a mall ("in Spain?")and the hero Xavi tries to impress the girl he likes, defeat the zombies, and stay alive.It didn't do it for me.
- DirectorBarend de VoogdRob van der VeldenStarsRogier SchippersEric PorcuEdo MarinusIf you love beer, maybe you shouldn't work in a brewery. Head brew master Herman values his lager more than his life. During one of his drunken sprees he topples over into a beer kettle. An event that will prove to have strange effects on his colleagues, a group of Japanese tourists, and eventually: the typical Dutch tradition of Queen's Day.A bit like 'Dough of the Dead' but shorter and a lot better.
- DirectorJames CawleyStarsJana EdgingtonSammie EdgingtonAnthony GreenFun little film.
- DirectorJoshua CleaveStarsChristian GreenwayNoel RossHarriet CleaveA bio scientist becomes trapped in a testing lab when a deadly Rage virus is accidentally released. It's then a race against time to find his girlfriend and escape the lab before the Rage destroys everything in its path.Enjoyable enough little zombie short.
No particularly new ideas though. - DirectorCole SchreiberStarsCaitlin HelmsJosh RoweA young American soldier dies in World War I. 90 years later, he unearths himself from a grave in the European countryside.A bit too long, but it was rather relaxing to watch.
- DirectorChris GarrisSilas James RowlandStarsTim AndersSilas James RowlandBrett TolliverAfter waking in his hometown that is now quarantined, a teen must fight to cross a line that will set him free of the diseases and horrors that haunt his life. Flesh eating beings and guards stand in his way to being free from the three year reign of the line.Some good ideas, the execution wasn't great though.
- DirectorDino VicencioA resourceful zombie begins to regain his humanity after being pursued by a cybernetic assassin.Very short, but at least it was different.
- DirectorRoy ArwasStarsAlex DelVecchioJustin Michael TerryDaniela LeonA man becomes separated from his family during the zombie outbreak, now he must fight his way through both the infected and civilian-killing militias to find them.Character point of view film.
A bit too chaotic for me, but it was decent. - DirectorRandy SmithStarsApril CampbellMike TarpChristina Kasper BabinsackTwo weeks after the zombie apocalypse, a lone survivor struggles to stay alive in a nightmarish world consumed by the Undead. But what happens when she finds out she's not the only one left alive?Weak acting and I didn't think the plot made much sense.
The music was pretty good at building tension though. - DirectorThomas SchererGrandpa has birthday and invited all his relations. But they have only eyes for their smart phones and iphones - but then - something happens.Miserable old man hates technology.
I don't think that I agree with the message. - DirectorAdrian PicardiStarsAlexandra MathewsWilliam CatlettArthur David Williams Jr.The dead walk the earth. Everyone is dead. Four survivors will work together in order to survive. Will you survive? Or will you be LEFT 4 DEADIt was going okay until the end.
- DirectorAlex WinnerStarsMatt Abell-KingMitch GarlingApril MaguireThe zombie apocalypse has come and gone in the modern world. We follow a group of technology-obsessed survivors as they fight for survival, and Instagram 'likes'. Getting eaten is only a minor worry.The satire seemed a little too broad for me.
- DirectorRaj PathakCrash TaylorStarsShelley DraperAva NicholsonBecky MatterA mother and daughter take shelter in an abandoned farmhouse, hiding from the zombies chasing them. Once the daughter drifts off to sleep, we discover the mother has been bitten and the other zombies are closing in...Maybe it was too short and could have done with more build up.
- DirectorCameron McCullochStarsJamie McDowellAnthon Ikram UmitEmily CurtisTells the story of a lone surviving woman, stuck in the middle of nowhere surrounded by the undead, trying to hold on to the last of her humanity.Too little happened.
- DirectorJack De La MareStarsRosie Le FriecElliott CrossanLiam InderA couple experience suffocating fear as they attempt to escape from an abyss, condemned of a deadly virus. The icy brink of sanity leaves them Isolated.The story was pretty basic and some of it was pretty daft.
It still felt tense though, so it worked on some level. - DirectorAaron McCannStefan Androv RadanovichStarsWayne DaviesDave RichardsonLeoni LeaverAmidst a viral outbreak, a broken man finds refuge in a storage shed in order to escape the violence, but accidentally traps himself inside. Isolated, alone and low on supplies, he is quickly stripped of all his humanity as he struggles to survive. As the days go by, the deteriorated man must rebuild his inner strength to escape, and finally confront his ultimate fear.A bit too bland, could have done with more talking.
- DirectorScott MenaStarsScott MenaKimberly MenaLiz MenaOn August 2013 the Zoonotic Disease unleashed in the town of Deltona, FL. The found footage recounts the days before & during the outbreak.Could perhaps do with getting to the action a little quicker. The start would work for a feature length film, but not a short.
- DirectorJames CunninghamStarsBruce HopkinsAnna HutchisonJason SmithIt is not easy to find love, especially if you are falling apart, stinky and a little bloody around the edges. Welcome to Rotting Hill, where the extinction of humanity has led to the rise of a new species - ZOMBIES. Directed by James Cunningham and made by a team of seven Advanced 3D students from Media Design School. The short film took 12 weeks to produce, complete with 22 CGI visual effects shots. Rotting Hill is the collision of two film genres to make a zombie-romcom. It's a love story, with a bit of a twist.The idea didn't really interest me.
- DirectorConnor BottsStarsDalton BarnesConnor BottsDJ BrommelFrom the makers of 'Live Together, Die Alone'.
The plot didn't make much sense to me. - DirectorBrandon PrewittStarsBrandon Lee PreitauerTravis PflanzHazel BrownDough of the Dead is based around a small pizzeria around closing time, when, for an unknown reason, customers begin turning into zombies. Two slacker pizza makers must try to save the day... and, for one, get the girl.More of a film about working in a pizza restaurant than about zombies.
This is bad.
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Zombie short films not currently listed on IMDb:
Dead Island: Official Announcement Trailer
Wyrmwood - Chapter 1: One for the Road
Zombie Chomp (2003)
INFECTED
BLACK HORIZON
Zombie slash Wak-Wak
DEAD ON ARRIVAL
GLITCH
H1N1
The Last Year
Just a Dream
Memories (2014)
DEAD RAIN!
Getting Gas in a Zombie Apocalypse
Charlie Bit My Finger - The Horror
Unshaken
Zombie Death Island
Zombie Hunter (2012)
The Quick and the Dead
The Pact
Calvin's Last Shot
Zombie Park
The Cure (2016)
Preparation Z (2015)
Dead Amnesia
A Day at the Office in a Zombie Apocalypse
Isolation (2011)
All That Remains (2014)
PICNIC
A New Infection (2013)
Dead Men
Ferals (2011)
The Living
VALHALLA
The End Of Hope (2015)
Zombie Reborn Killer (2015)
The Encounter (2016)
The Last of Us: Dead End (2014)
HOLDOUT (2012)
The Colony
Shopping in a Zombie Apocalypse
10 Hours
I WALK ALONE
The Way Out
The Next Day
Day 328
ALIVE (2014)
Dead Summer