Library : Writing About Zombies: Films and Documentaries

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The Library has an extensive collection of Films. Physically we have over 9,000 DVD, as well as several Streaming services available to use. To help you watch films the library has a Media Lab on the 4th floor with Blu- Ray players set up. If you would perfer to watch films at home, you can check out Blu-Ray players at the First Floor Circulation Desk.

Zombie Films in our Collections

Films

I walked with a zombie
Young Canadian nurse Betsy comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager Paul Holland. Jessica seems to be suffering from a kind of mental paralysis as a result of fever. When she falls in love with Paul, Betsy determines to cure Jessica even if she needs to use a voodoo ceremony, to give Paul what she thinks he wants.
Night of the Living Dead
4th Floor: Blu-ray/DVD/Video Collection - Ask At Desk ; DVD-8155
Emblematic horror film, praised by critics as one of the best of the genre and of cinema of all time, directed by the master of horror, George A. Romero. Johnny and Barbara, two brothers, go to the cemetery in the outskirts of Pennsylvania, to place flowers on their father's grave. When they get there, they find a man walking strangely towards them. As he approaches, he savagely attacks them, catching Johnny off guard. Barbara will flee from the undead and seek refuge in a nearby farm. Inside is Ben (Duane Jones), with whom they will discover through information from the radio and television that the dead are rising from their graves to feed on the living, as a result of the research work of a satellite in Venus. Soon a group of people will gather inside the house seeking refuge, for which they will have to build barricades to prevent the entry of the undead. In addition, these zombies can only be killed if their heads are severely damaged
Revolt of the Zombies
The film is set during World War I.A "French Cambodian" contingent had heard strange stories about zombification--supposedly Angkor Wat was built by utilizing zombies--and there are tales of zombie armies easily overcoming foes. Armand Louque (Dean Jagger) brings back a priest who supposedly knows the secret of zombification, but he won't talk. So Louque and an international military contingent head to Angkor Wat on an archaeological expedition designed to discover the secret of zombification and destroy the information before zombies have a chance to "wipe out the white race."
The walking dead. The complete first season
4th Floor: Blu-ray/DVD/Video Collection - Ask At Desk ; DVD-3028
White Zombie
Young couple Madeleine and Neil are coaxed by acquaintance Monsieur Beaumont to get married on his Haitian plantation. Beaumont's motives are purely selfish as he makes every attempt to convince the beautiful young girl to run away with him. For help Beaumont turns to the devious Legendre, a man who runs his mill by mind controlling people he has turned into zombies. After Beaumont uses Legendre's zombie potion on Madeleine, he is dissatisfied with her emotionless being and wants her to be changed back.
World War Z
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.