10 Screamingly Funny Horror Films (That Weren't Supposed To Be Comedies)

7. Zombies The Beginning

The final film from Italian schlockmeister Bruno Mattei, Zombies: The Beginning is basically Aliens with zombies, only without name actors and decent effects.

When the lone female survivor of a zombie outbreak returns to the remote island where her friends died with the marines in tow, they proceed to kick ass as cheaply as possible. Remember how Aliens had an armoured vehicle that was shoulder-high in exterior shots yet the cast was able to stand up inside? There’s no such discrepancy here because they have a van that must’ve been rented for the production - not only do the actors drive v-e-r-y carefully, there's also a Caution: Driver Has Limited Vision sticker on the shotgun side.

Come the finale, our heroine encounters the movie’s take on the Alien Queen – a creature that uses a length of pipe to extract zombie foetuses from living hosts and is controlled by a talking brain in a glass case. If you’re going to rip off a classic, this is the way to do it.