Bloody Disgusting ranked the film eighth in its list of the "Top 20 Horror Films of the Decade", with the article saying "Truly, you can analogize the two films and remake based on their zombies alone – where Romero's lumbered and took their time (in a good way), Snyder's came at us, fast, with teeth bared like rabid dogs." "Rolling Stone" ranked it #3 in their "Top 10 Best Zombie Movies". It was third in Dread Central's "Best Horror Films of the Decade".