10 Zombie Movie Horror Fates Worse Than Death
8. Being Ostracised - The Cured
From director David Freyne, 2017's The Cured is a zombie picture with a difference.
Much like how George A. Romero served up undead offerings that were more about social commentary than they were about zombies being zombies, The Cured is a similar sort of film in that it has a lot more to say away from its shuffling antagonists.
In a world where a virus has turned many people into a zombie-like state of consuming flesh, the movie actually introduces a cure for said virus. And it's here where the film marks itself out from so many other entries in the zombie subgenre.
What we get to see in The Cured is the procedure of integrating those cured people back into society. For they themselves, it's hard as they come to the reality of what they've previously done in their zombie state, while across the community as a whole there's a sense of mistrust and anger at welcoming these people back into society.
This is a movie that is far deeper and more thought-provoking than your average zombie affair, and most impactful is seeing how ostracised the cured figures become - with riots, fights, and politicalised divide front and centre in The Cured.