10 Best Number 3s In Horror Movie History
2. Day Of The Dead
Seven years after the seminal Dawn of the Dead and almost two decades after the release of Night of the Living Dead, George A. Romero unleashed his third zombie horror classic on the world in the form of 1985's Day of the Dead.
This movie features none of the characters in the previous two films, instead focussing on a group of scientists working to find a cure for the ongoing zombie apocalypse.
One scientist insists that the undead can be domesticated with proper training and keeps several of them captive to experiment on. Yeah, that'll end well...
Being part of a legendary franchise certainly helps a film, but Day of the Dead also stands up on its own. It's a much bigger production in terms of characters and ideas, as well as having the biggest budget of any of Romero's zombie films at that point.
Despite being the lowest rated of the first three Dead films, Day of the Dead still captures the series' perfect blend of bloody horror, tense action, and scathing social commentary.
And the best part is that you can watch it without having seen any of the others! Although, you should also watch the others, they're very good.