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Buck Wild (2013)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
When their originally planned outing is cancelled, four friends go on a hunting trip in Texas. They include Craig, a straitlaced man; Jerry, a mysterious relative of Craig's from New York; Tom, a nerd; and Lance, a hedonist. When they arrive, they discover that a chupacabra has bitten their guide Clyde, and, unknown to all, he has begun to slowly turn into a zombie. As Clyde shows the friends their cabin, Lance and Candy, Clyde's daughter, make out in the next room. Clyde warns them not to cross onto the property of Billy Ray, a local gangster, and, discovering Lance and Candy, angrily leaves with his daughter. Later that night, Craig reveals that he intends to marry his girlfriend, and Lance behaves strangely; Jerry tells Craig that Lance and Craig's girlfriend have been having an affair, but Craig refuses to believe it.
The Returned (2013)
, 1h38Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Emily Hampshire, Kris Holden-Ried, Shawn Doyle, Claudia Bassols, Emily Alatalo, Megan Fahlenbock
In the 1980s, a zombie plague spreads worldwide and causes the deaths of an estimated 100 million people. An unprecedented amount of research goes into finding a cure, but the resulting medicine requires daily doses to be effective. If the infected miss even a single dose, they quickly and irrevocably degenerate to a feral state. As the formula can only be extracted from dead feral zombies, there are constant rumors that the supplies will run out. Infected humans, called "the returned", are subject to discrimination and violence from bigoted and fearful humans.
The Dead 2: India (2013)
, 1h38Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Joseph Millson
A ship from Somalia docks at Mumbai, India with an infected worker. The worker picks up his pay and then disappears into the crowd unnoticed. His coming to India triggers a zombie infestation. Meanwhile American Nicholas Burton (Joseph Millson), a turbine engineer, works at a wind farm in Rajasthan 30 kilometers from Jaipur. Nicholas is in long distance relationship with an Indian woman Ishani Sharma (Meenu) from Mumbai. Ishani's parents are aware of her relationship with Nicholas and do not approve of it.
Birdemic 2: The Resurrection (2013)
, 1h19Directed by James Nguyen
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Natural horror films, Films about birds, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Alan Bagh, Whitney Moore, James Nguyen
Bill (Thomas Favaloro), an independent film director, discovers waitress Gloria (Chelsea Turnbo) in a Hollywood eatery and casts her in the lead role of Kim in his new film, Sunset Dreams, which is financed by his friend Rod (Alan Bagh), a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, and Rod's wife, Nathalie (Whitney Moore). Shortly into production of Sunset Dreams, a toxic rain falls on Hollywood which causes preserved killer birds and cavemen to emerge out of the La Brea Tar Pits and zombies to come to life in a nearby cemetery. Bill, Gloria, Rod and Nathalie make their way around Hollywood with a dwindling band of survivors, fighting off the various threats before the birds eventually cease attacking and fly away.
Cargo (2013)
, 7minutesGenres Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
After a car crash knocks him unconscious, a man wakes up to find that his wife has died and turned into a zombie. He leaves the car, grabs his young daughter from the rear, and realizes that his wife bit him while he was unconscious. After an emotional goodbye to his wife, he sets off to find survivors. Knowing that he does not have much time left before he turns into a zombie, he puts his daughter in a baby sling, binds his hands to a pole, and attaches carrion to the end of the pole. After he collapses, he rises again as a zombie, and, drawn by the lure of the carrion on the pole, continues his journey. Drawn by a balloon that he attached to himself, a sniper shoots down the man, and several survivors approach on foot. Two male survivors beckon their companion to join them in digging a grave for the man, but the female survivor investigates further, eventually finding the baby.
The Eugenist (2013)
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Russ Kingston
A group of college students break into an abandoned school to explore it. Once inside, they find that the school is not completely abandoned thanks to a eugenics program gone horribly wrong.
, 1h27Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Velibor Topić, Iván Kamarás, Alec Von Utgoff, Johnny Meres, Mark Prendergast
Set during World War II, the film follows a group of soldiers that find themselves faced not only with zombie soldiers but also with the threat of themselves becoming part of the zombie corps.
Birth of the Living Dead (2013)
, 1h16Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films set in the future, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Documentary films about films, Disaster films
Actors George A. Romero, Gale Anne Hurd, Larry Fessenden
Rob Kuhns interviews a range of authors, critics, and filmmakers about the impact, legacy, and enduring popularity of Night of the Living Dead. Romero describes the film's background, production, and distribution, including how it accidentally fell into the public domain. Fessenden describes Night of the Living Dead 's aspects of postmodernist film, including an early commentary on horror films inside of a horror film – Johnny's taunting of his sister, Barbra, in the opening graveyard scene. Hurd cites the film as an influence on her own work as executive producer of The Walking Dead. Mitchell, among other things, describes how the film presents a strong Black male as the protagonist of a film without resorting to racial commentary. The final scene, in which Duane Jones' character, Ben, is killed by a posse is compared to historical footage of 1960s lynch mobs and police brutality, and scenes of violent zombie attacks are compared to footage from Vietnam broadcast on television.
Decay (2012)
, 1h15Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
A security guard is walking along the maintenance tunnel of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN when he turns around, meets a man (face is not shown) whom he recognizes, and informs him that he is not supposed to be down there. The man proceeds to shoot the guard dead.
H5N1 : Pandemonium (2012)
, 1h10Directed by Stephan Parent
Origin Canada
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
, 1h35Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Origin German
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror, Crime
Themes Clonage, La fin du monde, Films about computing, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Transport films, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about video games, Films about viral outbreaks, Catastrophe épidémiologique, Films about disabilities, Political films, Dystopian films, Films based on video games, Disaster films, Personne sourde ou muette
Actors Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodríguez, Kevin Durand, Sienna Guillory, Shawn Roberts, Aryana Engineer
Alice (Milla Jovovich) and the others on the Umbrella Corporation freighter Arcadia face an attack by a fleet of tiltrotors led by Alice's former ally, Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory), who is being mind controlled by Umbrella through a scarab device attached to her chest. Alice causes a tiltrotor to crash into Arcadia, resulting in an explosion that knocks her out and into the water. The fates of Chris Redfield, Claire Redfield and K-Mart are ambiguous.
ParaNorman (2012)
, 1h32Directed by Sam Fell, Chris Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Ghost films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Children's films, LGBT-related films, Disaster films, LGBT-related film
Actors Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, John Goodman, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick, Leslie Mann
In the small town of Blithe Hollow, Massachusetts, Norman Babcock (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is an 11-year-old boy who speaks with the dead, including his late grandmother (Elaine Stritch) and various ghosts in town. Almost no one believes him and he is isolated emotionally from his family while being ridiculed by his peers. His friend, Neil Downe (Tucker Albrizzi), is an overweight boy who is bullied himself and finds in Norman a kindred spirit. During rehearsal of a school play commemorating the town's execution of a witch three centuries ago, Norman has a vision of the town's past in which he is pursued through the woods by townsfolk on a witch hunt. Afterward, the boys are confronted by his estranged and seemingly deranged uncle Mr. Prenderghast (John Goodman) who tells his nephew that he soon must take up his regular ritual to protect the town. Soon after this encounter, Prenderghast dies from a sudden stroke. During the official performance of the school play Norman has another vision, creating a public spectacle of himself which leads to his father (Jeff Garlin) grounding him. His mother (Leslie Mann) tells him that his father's stern manner is because he is afraid for him. The next day, Norman sees Prenderghast's spirit who tells him that the ritual must be performed with a certain book before sundown that day. Norman is at first reluctant to go because he is scared but his grandmother tells him it is all right to be scared as long as he does not let it change who he is. Norman sets off to retrieve the book from Prenderghast's house (having to take it from his corpse).
Outpost: Black Sun (2012)
, 1h41Directed by Steve Barker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Action, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Richard Coyle, Clive Russell, Catherine Steadman, Daniel Caltagirone, Julian Wadham, Michael Byrne
Nazi-hunter Lena (Catherine Steadman) is on the trail of a notorious war-criminal scientist, Klausener, who at the close of World War II had begun trials of a frightening new technology that can create an immortal army. Lena's hunt leads her to a war zone in Eastern Europe (although the exact location is never mentioned, maps clearly show former Yugoslavia). There she runs into an acquaintance, a physicist, Wallace (Richard Coyle). He encourages her to stop her search because he knows what is coming and she refuses. So, pooling resources, they end up helping a professional military unit they meet take on the advancing army, the product of Klausener's experiments, a battalion of zombie Nazi Storm Troopers. Lena, Wallace, and the unit aim to identify the source of the evil army and prevent a Fourth Reich.
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[REC]³ Genesis (2012)
, 1h20Directed by Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror comedy, Romantic comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films, Films about marriage
Actors Leticia Dolera, Javier Botet, Alex Monner
Koldo and Clara are about to celebrate their wedding day. The wedding is filmed by Koldo's cousin, Adrián, and their wedding photographer, Atun, plus footage cuts from other guests' mobile phones and cameras. The guests travel to the wedding reception, held in a huge mansion, on chartered coaches. Adrián films his uncle, who says he was bitten by a dog, but says he will be all right.
Resident Evil: Damnation (2012)
, 1h40Origin Japon
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Action, Horror, Animation
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Monde imaginaire, Post-apocalyptic films, Zombie films, Films about video games, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Films based on video games, Disaster films
Actors Matthew Mercer, Dave Wittenberg, Wendee Lee, Carolyn Lawrence, Gilles Morvan, Robin Sachs
Leon S. Kennedy sneaks into the Eastern Slav Republic (a fictional country that separated from the Soviet Union) to verify rumors that Bio-Organic Weapons (BOWs) are being used in the country's civil war, which the U.S. and Russia are preparing to intervene in. After his arrival, Ingrid Hunnigan, Leon's mission support, informs him the government has ordered an immediate retreat of all U.S. forces. Determined to stop the BOWs, Leon ignores the order. Leon comes across his contact, "Scarecrow," who has been attacked and is near death. A Licker finishes off Scarecrow as Leon is knocked out by an explosion; a shadowy figure orders the Licker not to kill Leon. Leon awakens, tied to a chair by rebel fighters J.D., Alexander Kozachenko (Buddy), and the elderly Ivan Judanovich, the group's Ataman.