Survivors battle relentless zombie hordes and a sinister corporation across a gritty, high-octane, pulpy desert landscape.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at full speed. Emotionally it carries some weight.
Streaming on Netflix and Paramount+.
Of what we could confirm, nothing runs past an R: a few tense moments and several jump scares.
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Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.
It leaves things open rather than tying them up.
The Matrix (1999)Suspenseful · late-night trip · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA hacker joins insurgents in a relentless, gritty fight against powerful machines, blurring the line between reality and control.
World War Z (2013)Properly scary · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA relentless global pandemic unleashes gritty, high-octane action as one man races to save humanity.
Aliens (1986)Properly scary · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA space marine faces an alien horde in a relentless, gritty fight for survival.
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)Suspenseful · full attention · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA soldier relives a brutal alien invasion day by day, growing more lethal with each relentless death.
Dawn of the Dead (2004)Properly scary · extreme gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavySurvivors barricade inside a mall, battling relentless, flesh-eating zombies with gritty, pulpy horror.
Doom (2005)Properly scary · graphic gore · brutal violence · relentlessSpace marines battle a rampaging alien test subject in a relentless, high-octane fight for survival.
Upgrade (2018)Gritty · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA paralyzed man's AI implant grants superhuman abilities for relentless, gritty revenge in a pulpy, high-octane thriller.
The Terminator (1984)Suspenseful · light gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyA relentless cyborg assassin hunts a woman across 1980s Los Angeles, sparking a gritty fight for the future.Resident Evil: Extinction is on our Zombies, Video games, Horror on Netflix, Horror on Paramount+ and Sci-fi on Paramount+ lists.
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Lists with the same feel: Horror, not scary; and Most violent.
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