Best Movies With Zombies That Aren't Zombies

They moan and they eat human flesh... but they're not zombies. Rank these "not zombie" movies, from 28 Days Later to Night of the Creeps.

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1 28 Days Later
The "rage virus" turns England into an cannibal-killers seeking out new victims beyond the borders of their country. 1254 2188

2 The Crazies
A Romero classic: A military bioweapon turns the residents of a small town into mad killers. 872 1794

3 Quarantine
This is the almost shot-for-shot US remake of [REC], in which a building is shut down when a virus runs amok. 496 1706

4 Planet Terror
A military bioweapon turns folks into flesh-craving creatures in Robert Rodriguez's half of Grindhouse. 206 1608

5 Day of the Dead
This remake of George Romero's orginal also features zombies... except that they're not dead! 150 1638

6 Night of the Creeps
Space slugs crash land on Earth and incubate inside the bodies of zombie-like victims. 74 1364

7 [REC]
A virus transforms the residents of an apartment building into slavering cannibal killers. 3 1455

8 The Children
Radiation turns cute kids into blank-eyed, black-nailed killing machines. -333 1165

9 Pontypool
Language itself turns people into lethal, zombie-like creatures in this Canadian horror flick. -361 1153

10 Rabid
An experimental medical procedure turns a young woman into a vampire-zombie hybrid. -365 1077

11 The Signal
Transmitted through TV, telephone and radio, everyone who hears it gets "the crazy" and becomes a mindless killer. -539 1087