3. Dawn of the Dead

While The Walking Dead may have perfected the art of creating realistic zombies and their taste for human flesh, Dawn of the Dead is a classic which helped to make this particular staple of the horror genre as popular as it is today.

George Romero masterfully directed this gory movie and it stands out from many of the others on the list for just how well it balanced suspense, thrills and the kind of gruesome scenes which make the viewer recoil.

Whether it’s the biker gang who invade the mall that our heroes are shacked up in getting their just desserts as the zombies literally tear them apart or the many ways in which the undead are dispatched, Dawn of the Dead is the perfect example of a great gory horror movie which also happens to be one of the best horrors of all-time.