FANDANGO’S STREAMING SERVICE, FANDANGONOW, BRINGS TO LIFE TOP 25 ZOMBIE MOVIES, RANKED BY ROTTEN TOMATOES’ TOMATOMETER SCORES, TO CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF “NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD”
LOS ANGELES (October 1, 2018) – Today marks the 50th anniversary of “Night of the Living Dead,” the granddaddy of the modern-day zombie movies. To celebrate the occasion, Fandango’s fast-growing on-demand video streaming service, FandangoNOW, is bringing to life the 25 “freshest” zombie movies in a list of classics curated by movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and based on those movies’ Tomatometer scores. (A movie gets a “Fresh” designation when at least 60% of its critic reviews are positive, and the original “Living Dead” retains its crown as the “freshest” film of the zombie pack.)
“Zombies owe their popularity today to a little low-budget film from Pittsburgh released 50 years ago today, and ‘Night of the Living Dead’ has lost none of its power to shock, stun and terrify,” says Fandango Managing Editor Erik Davis. “With its stark, in-your-face black-and-white imagery of the dead coming back to flesh-eating life, director George Romero’s film made it clear to 1968 audiences that visceral horror no longer took the shape of Gothic frights like werewolves and vampires. It now looks just like your friends and neighbors, and there is no escape. To celebrate the ‘Dead’s 50th-anniversary FandangoNOW is hosting the top 25 zombie movies that you can view at home today, starting of course with the film that started it all.”
To celebrate the anniversary today only, fans can rent any (or all) of the zombie movies on the FandangoNOW list at a discounted rate, with $1.00 off the regular low price when using the promo code LIVINGDEAD50 at checkout.
FandangoNOW has the most comprehensive selection of films in 4K Ultra HD from all the major studios and content providers. The fast-growing service’s robust catalog is available on more than 200 million devices, offering 70,000 new release and catalog movies, next-day TV shows, and an extensive library of 4K and HDR titles to buy or rent -- no subscription required. The streaming service curates entertainment options for every occasion and provides Tomatometer scores to help consumers with their viewing decisions.
Please see below for FandangoNOW’s list of top 25 Zombie Movies ranked by Tomatometer Scores.
Title | Tomatometer Score |
Night of Living Dead (1968) | 97% |
Train To Busan | 96% |
Dawn of the Dead (1978) | 93% |
Shaun of the Dead | 92% |
I Walked with a Zombie | 92% |
The Cabin in the Woods | 91% |
Return of the Living Dead | 91% |
Zombieland | 90% |
ParaNorman | 89% |
White Zombie | 89% |
[Rec] | 88% |
28 Days Later | 87% |
Dead Alive | 86% |
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead | 83% |
The Plague of the Zombies | 80% |
Warm Bodies | 80% |
Dawn of the Dead (2004) | 75% |
Planet Terror | 74% |
Land of The Dead | 73% |
The Crazies | 71% |
28 Weeks Later | 71% |
Dead Snow | 68% |
Night of the Living Dead (1990) | 68% |
World War Z | 66% |
The Serpent and the Rainbow | 61% |
