Zombieland2009

Name: Zombieland
Genre: Zombie, Comedy Horror, Survival, Splatter & Gore
Released: 2009-10-02
Rating: 7.6

“Nut up or shut up.”

Directed by Ruben Fleischer

7.6

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 7.5Rotten Tomatoes 89%Metacritic 73TMDB 7.3

✍ Review

On the charts

#2·Top Horror Movies of 2009 #4·Top Zombie Films #5·Top Comedy Horror Films #5·Top Horror Movies of the 2000s #6·Top Splatter & Gore Films #20·Top Survival Films

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Year

2009

Runtime

87 min

Box Office

Budget

$23,600,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$102,391,540

Domestic

$75,590,286

🏆 10 wins & 29 nominations total

The premise

Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.

Horror Vault's take

In a zombie-ravaged America, two wildly mismatched survivors cross paths on a bullet-riddled road trip with no clear destination — just a shared need to stay alive and maybe, reluctantly, human. Columbus lives by a strict personal rulebook; Tallahassee lives to destroy zombies with maximum flair. When their uneasy alliance expands, the real challenge stops being the undead and starts being trust. Zombieland turns the apocalypse into a gleefully gory joyride without ever losing its surprisingly warm heart.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Zombie Horror Imagery, Crude Humor, Some Jump Scares