Zombieland

20091 hour 28 minsREnglish

HorroRated verdict

Highly Recommended

2000sCult ClassicZombieDark ComedyHorror Comedy

Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
Written by: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Produced by: Ezra Swerdlow, Gavin Polone, Rhett Reese, Ryan Kavanaugh, Paul Wernick

Collections

Zombie Cult Classics Dark Comedy Survival Horror

Why it’s HorroRated

Zombieland figured out that zombie movies had been running the same emotional program for thirty years and wrote something new without abandoning the genre. The found-family dynamic is warm and the rules format is clever without being exhausting. The celebrity cameo is the decade's best genre sequence. A film that absolutely earns its reputation.

Synopsis

Columbus has survived by following a strict personal rulebook and the road trip east following his meeting with Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock is as much a character comedy as a zombie film. Ruben Fleischer calibrates the balance consistently and the cast chemistry makes the found-family dynamic feel earned. A horror comedy that respects both halves of the designation.