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. 479 677

2 The Crazies
A Romero classic: A military bioweapon turns the residents of a small town into mad killers. 259 545

3 Day of the Dead
This remake of George Romero's orginal also features zombies... except that they're not dead. 166 530

4 Planet Terror
A military bioweapon turns folks into flesh-craving creatures in Robert Rodriguez's half of Grindhouse. 79 505

5 Quarantine
This is the almost shot-for-shot US remake of [REC], in which a building is shut down when a virus runs amok. 75 539

6 [REC]
A virus transforms the residents of an apartment building into slavering cannibal killers. 25 449

7 Night of the Creeps
Space slugs crash land on Earth and incubate inside the bodies of zombie-like victims. 4 410

8 The Children
Radiation turns cute kids into blank-eyed, black-nailed killing machines. -151 349

9 Rabid
An experimental medical procedure turns a young woman into a vampire-zombie hybrid. -155 341

10 The Signal
Transmitted through TV, telephone and radio, everyone who hears it gets "the crazy" and becomes a mindless killer. -160 348

11 Pontypool
Language itself turns people into lethal, zombie-like creatures in this Canadian horror flick. -162 358