The Greatest Horror Threequels Ever

In 1968, a then-unknown director named George Romero released a grainy black-and-white film called Night of the Living Dead, and the horror genre — and indeed the cultural landscape as a whole — was changed forever. Suddenly, zombies entered the public consciousness, and ever since then, they've shambled through our most popular movies, novels, comic books, and TV shows. Ten years later, Romero directed a sequel, Dawn of the Dead, that many consider to be the high point of zombie flicks, period.

Just a few years after that, Romero followed up with Day of the Dead, which — while it was generally agreed to be the lesser of the trilogy up to that point — was still highly acclaimed for its engaging premise, stomach-churning gore, and biting social commentary. Day of the Dead successfully built upon the universe established by its predecessors, taking a logical next step in the story and posing the question, in a world of zombies, what if it's our fellow living, breathing, non-brain-eating humans that we need to fear the most?

This threequel is an attempt to be more thoughtful than frightening but never fear. Thanks to a healthy dose of disgustingly believable practical effects from special effects legend Tom Savini, there's plenty to make you cover your eyes.