Zombie movies tend to ride a fine line between fun and despair.

The dead rise, or a disease infects people and turns them feral.

Society can and often does crumble,and many zombie films have characters who could die at any moment.

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Then there are the following films, which all end up being pretty bleak.

The following article will contain spoilers for various zombie movies.

The pacing ofThe Wailingis slow and consistently offbeat, but the energy and atmosphere heredo prove slowly intoxicating.

Adam Driver and Bill Murray as cops standing in the woods in The Dead Don’t Die

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Thats not being argued here.

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So, everyone dies, and then its implied that everyone else dies.

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Then, the credits roll.

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Jeremy Renner, Rose Byrne, and Imogen Poots in 28 Weeks Later

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Kwak Do-won holding a long stick in the woods looking scared in The Wailing.

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A crying woman walking down a dark hallway in [REC]

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A woman screaming in fear while zombie hands break through a wall in Day-of-the-Dead

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Jeffery Combs looking concerned in Re-Animator

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The cast of The Return of the Living Dead

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Dawn of the Dead

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