THE COMPLETE SERIES - The Games (1998 - 2000)

Looking at my compulsion to collect DVDs... and a complete series I own.

A mocumentary series about setting up and running the Sydney Olympics.

THE FILM SERIES GUIDE - The Living Dead films

Looking at the world of fiction and popular culture... like film series.

Films relating to Night of the Living Dead...

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Due to a distributor error, Night of the Living Dead was release without a copyright notice.  Hilarity ensued.

Versions:

• Original (1968)
• Colourised (1986)
• Colourised (1997)
• Colourised (2004)
• 30th Anniversary Edition (1999): includes new footage.

Due to creative differences and helped by the lack of copyright, Romero and Russo created their own unrelated sequels.

George A Romero's Dead films

Phase 1

• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Dawn of the Dead (1978)
• Day of the Dead (1985)
• Land of the Dead (2005)

Phase 2

• Diary of the Dead (2007)
• Survival of the Dead (2009)

John Russo's Living Dead films

Russo wrote a novel called Return of the Living Dead, the right to which were bought for an in-name-only adaptation.

• Night of the Living Dead (1968):  a film created to cover up the real events preceding the Return of the Living Dead.
• Return of the Living Dead (1985)
• Return of the Living Dead Part II (1988)
• Return of the Living Dead 3 (1993)
• Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)
• Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave (2005)

Italian Zombi films

In many international markets, Dawn of the Dead was released as Zombi.  Its success in Italy caused a film already in production to be released as a sequel.

• Dawn of the Dead (1978) as Zombi.
• Zombi 2 (1979)
• Zombi 3 (1988)

Also:

• Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti (1974) aka Let Sleeping Corpses Lie was released under 15 different titles, including Zombi 3: Da dove vieni? in Italy.

German Zombie films

• Dawn of the Dead (1979) as Zombie.
• Day of the Dead (1987) as Zombie 2: Das Letzte Kapitel.
• Zombi 3 (1988) as Zombie III.

Also:

• Le notti del terrore (1981) aka Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror as Zombie 3 - Die Rückkehr der Zombies

British & Thai Zombie Flesh Eaters films

• Zombi 2 (1979) as Zombie Flesh Eaters.
• Zombi 3 (1988) as Zombie Flesh Eaters 2.
• Oltre la morte (1988) as Zombie Flesh Eaters 3.

The Thai releases also add the unrelated Italian film:

• Uccelli assassini (1988) part of the Blind Dead series as Zombie Flesh Eaters 4.

American Zombi Shriek Show Release

• Zombi 2 (1979) as Zombie (original release)
• Zombi 3 (1988) as Zombie 3 (original release)
• Oltre la morte (1988) as Zombie 4: After Death.
• Uccelli assassini (1988) as Zombie 5: Killing Birds.

American Zombi TZ Video Release

• Zombi 2 (1979) as Zombie and Zombie 2: The Dead are Among Us.
• La orgía de los muertos (1972) as Zombie 3: Return of the Zombies.
• Christina, princesse de l'érotisme (1973) as Zombie 4: A Virgin Among the Living Dead.
• Revenge in the House of Usher (1982) as Zombie 5: Revenge in the House of Usher.
• Absurd (1981) as Zombie 6: Monster Hunter.

Also other distributors released:

• Antropophagus (1980) aka Antropophagus: Grim Reaper (and others) as Zombie 7: Grim Reaper
• La noche de las gaviotas (1978) aka Night of the Seagulls and The Blind Dead 4 was also released as Zombie 8.

The Blind Dead films

• La Noche del terror ciego (1971) aka Tombs of the Blind Dead
• El Ataque de los Muertos Sin Ojos (1973) aka Return of the Blind Dead
• El Buque maldito (1974) aka Horror of the Zombies
• La noche de las gaviotas (1978) aka Night of the Seagulls and Zombie 8.

Danish numbered Zombie series

• The Beyond (L'aldilà) (1981)
• City of the Living Dead (Paura nella città dei morti viventi) (1980)
• Zombi 2 (1979)
• Zombie Holocaust (1980)
• Zombi 3 (1988)
• Nightmare City (Incubo sulla città contaminata) (1980)
• Hell of the Living Dead (Virus) (1980)
• Burial Ground/Night of Terror (Le notti del terrore) (1981)

The Gates of Hell series

• City of the Living Dead (Paura nella città dei morti viventi) (1980)
• The Beyond (L'aldilà) (1981)
• The House by the Cemetery (Quella villa accanto al cimitero) (1981)

30th Anniversary film series.

• Night of the Living Dead (1968):  Specifically the 1999 30th Anniversary Edition
• Children of the Living Dead (2001)

Taurus Entertainment's Day of the Dead films

• Day of the Dead (1985)
• Day of the Dead 2: Contagium (2005)

Remakes

• Night of the Living Dead (1990): Remake of Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Antropophagus 2000 (1999):  Remake of Antropophagus (1980)
• Dawn of the Dead (2004): Remake of Dawn of the Dead (1979)
• Night of the Living Dead 3D (2006): Remake of Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Day of the Dead (2008):  Remake of Day of the Dead (1985)
• Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection (2012): Remake of Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Night of the Living Dead (2014): Remake of Night of the Living Dead (1968)

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~ DUG.