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Welcome to Essex (2018)
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Welcome to Essex (2018)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Overnight, the United Kingdom was consumed by an epidemic of terrifying proportions. The majority of the population were killed in a matter of hours as millions of recently-dead people returned to life and began to attack and kill the living. The disaster spread so rapidly that the government had no time to control the situation. The order to evacuate England was given. But it was too late. Now, the following day, a small group of mismatched survivors find themselves trapped in the famous town of Brentwood, hunted by large hordes of fast-moving corpses. They must learn to work together and reach the last-known point of rescue, Southend-on-Sea, or face certain death. Or worse.
Style: tense, suspense, rough, scary, cult film
Plot: epidemic, survival, zombie apocalypse, military, violence, plague, death, fear, isolation, brutality, courage, hell on earth, zombie, apocalypse, end of the world, post apocalypse, virus, loneliness, army, forest, escape, food, betrayal, soldier, infection ...
Keyword: british horror, outburst

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, suspense and disturbing films with plots about zombie, survival, danger, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, virus and plague mostly in Horror, Drama and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Welcome to Essex: 28 Days Later (2002), 28 Weeks Later (2007), Plan Z (2016), Rockabilly Zombie Weekend (2013), Eaters (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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28 Days Later (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, dark ...
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Time: year 2002, year 2000, year 2003, distant future, near future ...
Place: london, britain, england, bolivia, europe ...
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28 Weeks Later (2007)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to ...
Style: scary, tense, suspense, rough, atmospheric ...
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Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, england, britain, europe, paris france
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Plan Z (2016)
Genre: Horror
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Duration: 87 min.
Story: One man has a plan for a zombie outbreak, when one occurs it will take all his will to stick to it and all of his courage to change it.
Style: suspense, scary, psychotronic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: apocalypse, zombie, survival horror, violence, death, peril, pandemic, graphic violence, survival, walking dead, vestiges of humanity, danger ...
Time: future, 21st century
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young couple plans to have a rockabilly themed wedding out at the old farm, despite warnings of a West Nile Virus outbreak. Things go horribly wrong when the virus spawns zombie-creating mosquitoes, who begin to feed on the wedding guests.
Style: psychotronic, disturbing, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
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Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, florida
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Eaters (2011)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The world - devastated by the Great Epidemic - is governed by hordes of living dead. Three men - Igor and Alen, two hunters of dead and a scientist, Gyno - try to give an answer to what has happened to the human race. Alen and Igor leave for two ...
Style: scary, rough, serious, brutal, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: zombie apocalypse, zombie, zombie attack, walking dead, strong violent content, supernatural, survival, chaos, isolation, disorder, mad scientist, epidemic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, europe, southern italy
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, america
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
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Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Based on the game, Dead Rising takes place during a large-scale zombie outbreak. When a mandatory government vaccine fails to stop the infection from spreading, the four leads must evade infection while also pursuing the root of the epidemic, with ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
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Time: 21st century
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Rape Zombie: Lust Of The Dead 4 (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 77 min.
Story: In a devastated, post-apocalyptic world, all men have turned into rape demons. The only hope for the future is to travel to the past and prevent the outbreak, the source of which still remains a mystery.
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