Zombie movies available on 4K Blu-ray, ranked by transfer quality.
dir. Brian Clemens
S-Tier Hammer Films 4K. People who held off on the Shout Factory Blu-ray are glad they waited for this. A cult Hammer film that doesn't get talked about enough outside of horror circles.
Hammer Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Lucio Fulci
S-Tier Cauldron Films 4K. Fulci's Gates of Hell trilogy entry. Cauldron has been doing solid work with Italian horror on 4K. Diabolik DVD had the preorder and it sold through fast.
Cauldron Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. George A. Romero
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Second Sight Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Zack Snyder
S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. Zack Snyder's fast zombies remake. Scream Factory's horror catalog.
Scream Factory · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Jacques Tourneur
S-Tier Criterion 4K. Val Lewton and Jacques Tourneur's voodoo horror from 1943. The shadow work and suggestion are the whole point of this film, and the 4K brings that out better than any previous release.
Criterion Collection · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Fred Dekker
S-Tier Scream Factory 4K. Fred Dekker's 1986 alien slug horror comedy. It only includes the director's cut, which upset some people who wanted the theatrical. People who held off on the Blu-ray were glad they waited. There was a subtitle error reported on the Shout Factory disc.
dir. Yeon Sang-ho
S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Train to Busan's sequel. Thin collector discussion, mostly appearing in pre-owned pickup posts.
StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Stuart Gordon
S-Tier Ignite Films 4K. Stuart Gordon's 1985 horror comedy, and it's had two competing 4K releases. Ignite's deluxe edition was expensive, and when Second Sight announced their own version, people who held off felt vindicated. The Second Sight limited edition is now OOP. The Arrow Blu-ray was the previous go-to.
Ignite Films · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Dan O'Bannon
When two bumbling employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to rise again as zombies.
Arrow Video · 4K + Blu-ray
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
dir. Danny Boyle
A-Tier 4K. The Danny Boyle sequel got a strong steelbook release, and the visual callbacks to Dawn of the Dead are all over the film. Better on disc than the streaming version let on.
dir. Tod Browning
A-Tier Universal 4K. Bela Lugosi's Dracula. Part of the Universal Monsters catalog on 4K. The black-and-white transfer is clean.
Universal Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Paul Morrissey
A-Tier Vinegar Syndrome 4K. Paul Morrissey and Andy Warhol's Frankenstein with Udo Kier. Vinegar Syndrome released it well.
Vinegar Syndrome · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. John Carpenter
A-Tier Scream Factory 4K. Carpenter on Mars with Ice Cube. Scream Factory's Carpenter catalog keeps growing.
A-Tier Criterion 4K. Romero's original zombie film. Criterion treats it like the landmark it is.
dir. Dennis Widmyer, Kevin Kölsch
A-Tier Paramount 4K. The 2019 Pet Sematary remake. Available in the Paramount Scares Volume 1 box set at about $10 per film. Multiple steelbook editions exist including Mondo and Cine-Museum Art versions. The 3.5 overall score is middling.
Paramount Pictures · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Edgar Wright
The new 4K steelbook got people hoping the entire Cornetto trilogy would follow. The 4K transfer itself is divisive, with at least one commenter calling the Shaun/Hot Fuzz/World's End set maybe the worst 4K discs they own. Gruv's 3-for-$30 and Amazon deals keep the price reasonable. The Cornetto trilogy 4K set has been as low as $27 USD on Amazon, making it the better value over individual steelbooks.
After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his studies and moves his family into the Boston mansion. Soon after, Boyle's young son Bob becomes plagued by visions of a young girl, who warns him of the danger within the house.
Blue Underground · 4K + Blu-ray
dir. Jonathan Levine
A-Tier Lionsgate 4K. The zombie romance. An entry point film for a lot of new collectors.
Lionsgate · 4K + Blu-ray
After an abandoned boat sails into New York harbor with a zombie aboard, a reporter teams up with the daughter of the boat's missing owner to investigate the island where he was last seen conducting research—the site of an alleged zombie outbreak.
dir. Ruben Fleischer
Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.
dir. Johannes Roberts
Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.
No 4K scan exists for this one because it was shot on standard definition digital video. The upcoming Sony steelbook is an upscale from 480p source material. The current Blu-ray already looks rough, and the hope is that Sony's upscaling and HDR grading can at least make it watchable. The Raid pulled off a similar trick with low-res source and turned out well.
Sony Pictures · Steelbook
dir. Nia DaCosta
Sony steelbook for the Danny Boyle sequel, April 21 release. The first film's disc moved well and people are pre-ordering based on that alone.
Scream Factory 4K plus Blu-ray on June 16. Romero's third Dead film has been waiting for a proper 4K release and this is it.
dir. Paul W. S. Anderson
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak.
Sony Pictures · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Amando de Ossorio
After a pair of models go missing from a boat, a rescue party discover an empty galleon carrying the coffins of the long dead Knights Templar. The rescue party board the galleon and then discover their own boat has vanished. The survivors struggle to fight off the spectral knights with what little knowledge they have of them.
Vinegar Syndrome · 4K Ultra HD
dir. Jean Rollin
A young woman discovers that the pesticide being sprayed on vineyards is turning people into murderous lunatics.
Indicator · Limited Edition
dir. Dominique Rocher
After waking up to find himself all alone in an apartment where a massive party was being held the night before, Sam is immediately forced to face a terrifying reality: the living dead have invaded the streets of Paris.
Kino Lorber · Blu-ray
dir. Zak Hilditch
After a catastrophic military disaster, the dead don't just rise - they hunt. Ava searches for her missing husband, but what she finds is far more terrifying.
dir. Victor Halperin
A wealthy landowner living in Haiti convinces a sorcerer to lure the woman he has fallen for away from her fiancé. The madman later betrays their agreement by keeping the woman for himself…As a zombie.
