FandangoNOW Celebrates ‘Night of the Living Dead’s 50th Anniversary With Zombie Playlist

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead, FandangoNOW and Rotten Tomatoes are delivering fans a playlist of the best-reviewed zombie moviesto enjoy, with ComicBook.com readers able to get a discount with a promo code over at FandangoNOW.

Per press release, “Today marks the 50th anniversary of Night of the Living Dead, the granddaddy of the modern zombie movie. To celebrate, Fandango’s fast-growing on-demand video streaming service, FandangoNOW, is bringing to life the 25 ‘freshest’ zombie movies in a list curated by movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and its Tomatometer. (The original Living Dead retains its crown as the ‘freshest’ 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,’ Fandango Managing Editor Erik Davis shared. ‘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 looked just like your friends and neighbors, and there is no escape. To celebrate the Dead‘s 50th anniversary, Rotten Tomatoes and FandangoNOW are ranking the top 25 zombie movies which you can view at home today, starting of course with the film that started it all.’

“Fans can rent any (or all) of the 25 zombie movies at a discounted rate, with $1.00 off the regularly low price when using the promo code LIVINGDEAD50 at checkout.”

The available titles are as follows:

1. Night of Living Dead (1968) – 97 percent fresh
2. Train To Busan – 96 percent fresh
3. Dawn of the Dead (1978) – 93 percent fresh
4. Shaun of the Dead – 92 percent fresh
5. I Walked with a Zombie – 92 percent fresh
6. The Cabin in the Woods – 91 percent fresh
7. Return of the Living Dead – 91 percent fresh
8. Zombieland – 90 percent fresh
9. ParaNorman – 89 percent fresh
10. White Zombie – 89 percent fresh
11. [Rec] – 88 percent fresh
12. 28 Days Later – 87 percent fresh
13. Dead Alive – 86 percent fresh
14. Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead – 83 percent fresh
15. The Plague of the Zombies – 80 percent fresh
16. Warm Bodies – 80 percent fresh
17. Dawn of the Dead (2004) – 75 percent fresh
18. Planet Terror – 74 percent fresh
19. Land of The Dead – 73 percent fresh
20. The Crazies – 71 percent fresh
21. 28 Weeks Later – 71 percent fresh
22. Dead Snow – 68 percent fresh
23. Night of the Living Dead (1990) – 68 percent fresh
24. World War Z – 66 percent fresh
25. The Serpent and the Rainbow – 61 percent fresh

Head over to FandangoNOW to start streaming!

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