It’s hard to believe, but the third annual Zombie Movie Marathon Month starts in less than a week. Easier to believe is that the planning is coming down to the last possible minute. That’s just how I roll, there’s no avoiding it. That being the case, there’s still plenty of time for you all to weigh in with some suggestions. Below the break, I’ll explain what this years themes are, give you the preliminary list of movies I’m considering and solicit your input on the which should stay, which should go and what I should add. If you are currently asking yourself ‘Zombie movie mara-what now?” then read the ZMMM 3.0 Intro post, which includes complete lists of what was watched in years one and two.

Last year my themes were Italy and Japan — I did five movies from each country over two blocks of five days. This year, my two themes will be short films and mainstream zombie movies! If I can find enough short films, I intend to watch one each day as an intro/warm up for the main course. If not, I will do that for as many as I can find.

The second theme, mainstream movies, should be … interesting. Mainstream Hollywood has produced some odd entries in the genre over the years, most of which fall well outside the scope of the typical zombie movie. A lot of these are truly terrible, despite the presence of recognizable “stars” and name directors. Some are fun but odd. Plus, it will let me catch up on the Resident Evil film series in time for Afterlife. I’ve only seen the first one so far (you’re probably saying, “What?!?” right now. It’s true. Crazy, I know). Anyway, I am not sure how many I will do, but it could well be more than five.

Now, the lists. A single * means its part of the Mainstream theme. Two ** means I’ve seen it before. Three *** means both.

Definite

Resident Evil: Apocalypse*

Resident Evil: Extinction*

My Boyfriend’s Back*

Death Becomes Her*



Deathdream

Dead & Breakfast

Cemetery Man**

Colin

They Came Back (aka Les Revenants)

Return of the Evil Dead

Probable

Pet Sematary 2*

REC 2



Dead & Buried

House by the Cemetery

Invisible Invaders

Zombies of Mora Tau

Night of the Living Dead**

The Child

The Dead Pit

Autumn

Possibly. Maybe. I don’t know…

Dead Heat***

Weekend at Bernies 2*

The Vineyard

Garden of the Dead

Corpses

Gamma 693 (aka Night of the Zombies)



Zeder (aka Revenge of the Dead)

Maniac Cop

Zombie Cop

The Children

Shatter Dead

The Stink of Flesh

Mass Acre Hill

The Zombie Diaries**

Mud Zombies

Plaga Zombie & Plaga Zombie: Zona Mutante

The Knackery

Dance of the Dead**

Sabbath

The Necro Files



Shorts (all of these are a go)

Parasol Island Dead

Gay Zombie

Zombie Movie

Zombie Western: It Came from the West

A Terrorist Ate My Brain

What to Do in a Zombie Attack

Guy’s Guide to Zombies

Tofu the Vegan Zombie in Zombie Dearest

Blekinge of the Dead

Biohazard 4D

Zombie Chomp

Unsettled

Delenda est Genesis

Game of the Dead

Hunting Creatures

Los Living Dead

See the Dead

Z3D5

Zombies and Cigarettes

I Love Sarah Jane

Le Queloune

As you can see, I am about 9 short for my shorts list, so I could really use some help there. Names are great, links are better with the shorts!

Otherwise, have at those suggestions. What’s a must-see, what’s a must-avoid-at-all-cost and what did I miss. Are there additional mainstream zombie movies (besides obvious ones like Zombieland!) that I missed? All commenters get my eternal gratitude!