Savageland (2015) is shot in a news story/documentary format, telling the story of a small town on the Arizona Mexico border after a massacre with a single survivor. The movie is shot as an expose trying to show that the single illegal survivor wasn’t the perpetrator of a whole town’s slaughter, but instead a victim as well.
The movie was clearly low budget, and the only zombies we get to see are on the film role that the single survivor took, but which the court wouldn’t allow in as evidence.
The concept is good, but the lack of any real zombie action or flashbacks to the violence, as well as the strong political overtones on immigration and racism ruined the zombie parts of what could have been a great zombie movie.
The lack of zombie action brought Savageland (2015) down to a 46 out of 100.
Review | Year | Score | Type |
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#Alive | 2020 | 100 | Action / Infection |
Dawn Of The Dead | 1978 | 100 | Action / Horror / Classics |
Night Of The Living Dead | 1968 | 100 | Action / Horror / Classics |
World War Z | 2013 | 100 | Action / Infection |
28 Days Later | 2002 | 100 | Action / Infection |
Train To Busan | 2016 | 100 | Action / Infection |
Zombieland | 2010 | 100 | Comedy / Action |
Flesh And Blood | 2018 | 99 | Shorts |
Serenity | 2005 | 99 | Action / Sci-Fi |
The Girl With All The Gifts | 2016 | 95 | Action / Infection |
Land Of The Dead | 2005 | 94 | Action / Horror |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse | 2004 | 93 | Action / Infection |
Resident Evil | 2002 | 92 | Action / Infection |
Rampant | 2018 | 91 | Action / Infection / Mid Evil |
Day of the Dead | 2008 | 90 | Action / Infection |
Cooties | 2014 | 89 | Comedy / Action |
The Return of the Living Dead | 1985 | 85 | Comedy / Action |
Night of the Comet | 1984 | 85 | Comedy / Action |
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula | 2020 | 84 | Action / Infection |
Zombieland: Double Tap | 2019 | 83 | Comedy / Action |
Fido | 2006 | 82 | Comedy / Action |
Shaun Of The Dead | 2004 | 81 | Comedy / Action |
Zombie | 1979 | 80 | Action / Horror |
The Evil Dead | 1981 | 80 | Classic / Action |
I Am Legend (2007) | 2007 | 80 | Action / Infection |
28 Weeks Later | 2007 | 80 | Action / Infection |
Infection | 2019 | 79 | Action / Infection |
It Stains The Sands Red | 2016 | 79 | Action / Infection |
Overlord | 2018 | 79 | Action / Horror |
A Little Bit Zombie | 2012 | 78 | Comedy / Action |
Plan Z | 2016 | 78 | Action / Infection |
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse | 2021 | 77 | Action / Infection |
Day of the Dead | 1985 | 77 | Action / Horror / Classics |
Dead Rising: Endgame | 2016 | 77 | Action / Infection |
Freaks of Nature | 2015 | 76 | Comedy / Action |
The Dead | 2010 | 76 | Action / Infection |
Cockneys Vs. Zombies | 2012 | 75 | Comedy / Action |
Here Alone | 2016 | 75 | Suspense / Infection |
The Battery | 2012 | 74 | Drama / Infection |
Shed of the Dead | 2019 | 74 | Comedy / Action |
Alone | 2020 | 73 | Action / Infection |
Survival Of The Dead | 2009 | 73 | Action / Horror |
State of Emergency | 2011 | 73 | Action / Infection |
Remains | 2011 | 72 | Action / Infection |
Dawning of the Dead | 2017 | 72 | Action / Infection |
Dance of the Dead | 2008 | 72 | Comedy / Action |
The Rezort | 2015 | 72 | Action / Infection |
The Army of the Dead | 2021 | 71 | Action / Infection |
Witness Infection | 2021 | 71 | Comedy / Action |
Daylight's End | 2016 | 71 | Action / Infection |
The Valley Of The Dead | 2021 | 70 | Horror / Infection |
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead | 2014 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse | 2015 | 70 | Comedy / Action |
Resident Evil: Afterlife | 2010 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Night of the Living Deb | 2015 | 70 | Comedy / Romance |
For A Few Zombies More | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Night | 2013 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Dead Rising: Watchtower | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Hunter | 2013 | 70 | Action / Infection |
The Dead 2: India | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Among The Living | 2022 | 69 | Suspense / Horror |
Exit Humanity | 2011 | 69 | Action / Infection |
Bird Box | 2018 | 69 | Action / Horror / Possession |
Republic Z | 2018 | 68 | Action / Comedy |
Blood Quantum | 2019 | 68 | Action / Infection |
Ravenous | 2017 | 68 | Action / Infection |
Quarantine | 2008 | 67 | Infection / Horror |
Forget Everything And Run (F.E.A.R.) | 2021 | 67 | Suspense / Horror |
The Night Eats The World | 2018 | 67 | Suspense / Infection |
Ultimate Zombie Feast | 2020 | 66 | Shorts/ Action |
How To Kill A Zombie | 2014 | 66 | Action / Comedy |
Cargo | 2017 | 66 | Suspense / Infection |
Trench 11 | 2017 | 66 | Action / Horror |
Dead County | 2021 | 65 | Drama / Horror |
Zombie Town | 2007 | 65 | Action / Horror |
Zoombies | 2016 | 65 | Awesomely Bad |
The End? | 2017 | 64 | Horror / Infection |
Quarantine 2 | 2011 | 64 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Apocalypse | 2011 | 64 | Action / Infection |
Red Spring | 2017 | 63 | Action / Infection |
Virus:32 | 2022 | 62 | Horror / Infection |
Resident Evil: Extinction | 2007 | 62 | Action / Infection |
Resident Evil Retribution | 2012 | 61 | Action / Infection |
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | 2023 | 60 | Comedy / Action |
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | 2016 | 60 | Action / Infection |
Life After Beth | 2014 | 59 | Comedy / Action |
Diary Of The Dead | 2007 | 58 | Action / Horror |
Revelation Trail | 2013 | 57 | Action / Horror |
Eat Brains Love | 2019 | 56 | Comedy / Horror |
My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse | 2015 | 56 | Comedy / Action |
Deadsight | 2018 | 55 | Suspense / Infection |
Anna And The Apocalypse | 2017 | 55 | Musical / Infection |
Amigo Undead | 2015 | 54 | Comedy / Horror |
Bong of the Living Dead | 2017 | 54 | Action / Infection |
Black Friday | 2021 | 53 | Action / Horror |
The Dead Undead | 2010 | 53 | Action / Infection |
Redcon-1 | 2018 | 52 | Action / Horror |
Deadheads | 2011 | 52 | Comedy / Romance |
Dead Don't Die in Dallas | 2019 | 51 | Action / Infection / LGBTQ |
Day of the Dead: Bloodline | 2018 | 51 | Action / Infection |
Road Wars | 2015 | 50 | Action / Infection |
Disaster L.A. | 2014 | 50 | Action |
Zombie Strippers! | 2008 | 49 | Horror / Comedy |
Within the Woods of Undead County | 2016 | 49 | Action / Infection |
Day Zero | 2023 | 48 | Horror / Infection |
Rise of The Zombies | 2012 | 48 | Action / Infection |
I Am Alone | 2015 | 48 | Action / Infection |
Valentine DayZ | 2018 | 47 | Action / Infection / Awesomely Bad |
Lethal Virus | 2021 | 46 | Action / Horror |
Savageland | 2015 | 46 | Horror / Drama |
Zombie Warz: Falls The Shadow | 2011 | 45 | Action / Horror |
Infected | 2019 | 45 | Shorts |
Bridge of the Doomed | 2022 | 44 | Horror / Infection |
Block Z | 2020 | 44 | Action / Infection |
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City | 2021 | 43 | Action / Horror |
The Dead Don't Die | 2019 | 43 | Spoof / Drama |
The Plague | 2006 | 42 | Action / Horror |
Strain 100 | 2020 | 42 | Action / Infection |
Infected | 2021 | 41 | Action / Horror |
Before Dawn | 2013 | 41 | Drama / Action |
When the Fever Breaks | 2019 | 41 | Suspense / Infection |
Zombie Undead | 2010 | 40 | Action / Infection |
Hostile | 2017 | 40 | Action / Infection |
Dead Before Down | 2012 | 39 | Horror / Supernatural |
Gangs Of The Dead | 2006 | 38 | Action / Infection |
Zombies | 2017 | 37 | Action / Infection |
American Zombieland | 2020 | 36 | Comedy / Infection |
Cannon Fodder / Battle Of The Undead | 2013 | 35 | Action / Horror |
Zombie Diaries 2 | 2011 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Dead Trigger | 2017 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Deadlocked | 2020 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Another World | 2014 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Evilution | 2009 | 34 | Action / Horror |
KL24: Zombies | 2017 | 34 | Action / Infection |
Re-Elected | 2020 | 33 | Comedy / Suspense |
Antisocial 2 | 2015 | 33 | Action / Infection |
Aquarium of the Dead | 2021 | 32 | Comedy / Horror |
Antisocial | 2013 | 32 | Action / Infection |
By Day's End | 2020 | 31 | Suspense / Infection |
Dead 7 | 2016 | 31 | Action / Infection |
Pandemic | 2016 | 30 | Action / Infection |
Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies | 2017 | 29 | Comedy / Action |
Zombie Hood | 2013 | 28 | Action / Infection |
The Dustwalker | 2019 | 27 | Action / Parasite |
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium | 2005 | 26 | Action / Infection |
Solar Impact | 2019 | 25 | Action / Horror |
Anger Of The Dead | 2015 | 25 | Action / Infection |
The Last Hope | 2017 | 24 | Action / Infection |
The Day of the Living Dead | 2014 | 23 | Drama / Detective |
Zombie Road | 2018 | 22 | Shorts |
Zombie Wars | 2007 | 21 | Action / Infection |
Army of Thieves | 2021 | 20 | Heist / Horror |
Last Rites Of The Dead | 2019 | 20 | Drama / Thriller |
The Mad | 2007 | 19 | Comedy / Infection |
The Living Dead | 2020 | 18 | Horror / Drama |
Zone of the Dead | 2009 | 17 | Action / Infection |
Killer Weekend | 2018 | 16 | Comedy / Not Zombies |
G Zombie | 2021 | 15 | Drama / Infection |
Quarantine L.A. | 2013 | 14 | Action / Infection |
Driven | 2020 | 13 | Drama / Suspense |
The Hive | 2014 | 12 | Demonic Possession / Horror |
The Horde | 2016 | 11 | Action / Gore |
Rebirth | 2020 | 10 | Action / Horror |
The Last Starship | 2017 | 10 | Action / Infection |
Rising Undead / Rise of the Undead | 2005 | 9 | Action / Horror |
Rise of the Zombie | 2013 | 9 | Drama / Action |
Plague | 2014 | 8 | Suspense / Drama |
Flu | 2013 | 8 | Infection / Not Zombies |
Red Days | 2016 | 7 | Action / Infection |
The Returned | 2013 | 6 | Drama / Romance |
Apocalypse Nerds | 2012 | 5 | Comedy / Action |
Zombie with a Shotgun | 2019 | 4 | Infection / Drama |
Soon Enough | 2018 | 3 | Action / Drama |
Army of the Dead | 2008 | 2 | Action / Horror |
Range 15 | 2016 | 2 | Comedy / Action |
Nazi Undead | 2018 | 1 | Paranormal / Horror |
Pandemic | 2009 | 1 | Drama / Action |
Eyes Of The Dead | 2015 | 1 | Action / Infection |
All My Friends Are Dead | 2021 | 0 | Horror / Not Zombies |
Curse of the Blind Dead | 2020 | 0 | Horror / Not Zombies |
Carriers | 2009 | 0 | Drama / Not Zombies |
Afflicted | 2013 | 0 | Drama / Infection |
Broadcast Dead | 2018 | 0 | Horror / Thriller |
Dead End | 2003 | 0 | Horror / Thriller |