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I looking for a good zombie film, but I am sort of a wimp when it comes to gore and violence.  I can't stand to watch zombies ripping open people pulling out their guts and organs, seeing them rip off arms and legs, tearing pieces of skin off, or the camera focusing in on the killing for very long times.  I'm not a complete putz or anything, I can handle some blood and guts, but not the over the top nature like in Dead Alive or the original Day of the Dead.  Something along the lines of Zombieland violence.

Any recommendations or films that fit that bill? 

Hide and Creep is a little light on gore (there's still a bit of gore, just not every red second)... if you don't mind it being a comedy or having a good bit of nudity on both sides

Let Sleeping Corpse Lie (1974) has one really gory scene although its not "over the top" compaired to Dawn of the Dead and the typicals, the rest of the movie is good on the scary level. If you have not seen it, you must!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrB3Ph2w6x4

I'm not sure about Shock Waves (1977) (I usually fall asleep while watching the movie) its so boring and I like the story idea but its so boring (yep im repeating myself here)

Although not not often seen as a zombie film... Horror Express (1972) (yep this movie has everything including zombies in the ending... ) the story itself isnt "gory" unless your freaked out of a doctor opening a skull to see the brain.

One Dark Night (1983)... although not actually a zombie film (but the corpse are animated if that counts) it isnt gory but its quite spooky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8-rRMDnMk0

Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things- Fairly light on the gore, although you do see a side shot of a zombie eating a guy.  I don't think you see any gore at that point.  It is rated PG.

Dead Pit- Not much in the way of gore.  You really just see the zombies crowd someone, you hear some ripping sounds, and then they run away leaving a somewhat bloody person behind.  No limb removal, IIRC. 

Children of the Living Dead- Light on gore, but I do not whatsoever recommend this movie.

White Zombie- Effing classic.  No gore at all.

Night of the Living Dead.  There is gore, but it is quite minor compared to the sequels.

Pontypool is pretty light on the gore from what I remember, and an interesting take on the whole zombie/outbreak genre.

I think what you want Geek is the classic Voodoo zombie types like White Zombie. Look into that one, and others from the 30s 40s and 50s. Really, any zombie movie that pre dates Night of the Living Dead will suit ya just fine.

I've heard of a film called FIDO that sounds more like comedy than a zombie film.  It stars Billy Connoly as a pet zombie of a family.  I've heard the gore factor is very low.

The original Night of the Living Dead and the 1990 Tom Savini remake keep gore at a minimum.

I agree, and since "White Zombie" has already been mentioned, let me mention "I Walked with a Zombie" from 1943. A really moody film from producer Val Lewton and based on Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre."

If you like Hammer horror-theres Hammers only zombie film-PLAQUE of the ZOMBIES-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udPstKu5XcM

DEAD AND BURIED (1981)-I like this one alot. It's even got Jack(Chico and the Man!!!!)Albertson as a mad doctor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZmlEh34unM

Wow....I never would have thought that some zombie films are cheap on the gore. Usually they go nuts with it.

FIDO is quite funny, with a low gore quotient.  Would have mentioned it but wasn't sure if Infogeek was looking for zom-coms in particular. 

I'll second WHITE ZOMBIE and I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE, but note that they involve Haitian zombies (i.e. corpses re-animated by voodoo priests), not Romero-tyoe zombies.  For a more modern take on Haitian zombies try Wes Craven's THE SERPENT & THE RAINBOW, which is not gory but has one very cringe-inducing torture scene.

WHITE ZOMBIE
KING OF THE ZOMBIES
I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE
REVOLT OF THE ZOMBIES
ZOMBIES OF MORA TOA

No!!!  Don't watch it, InfoGeek.  There's no gore, but there's not much of anything else either.  You've been warned...

Seriously, even songs that bands sing about the movie suck.

But the gore is the best part about zombie movies...

Shock Waves is a great Nazi zombie (!) film that's light on the gore.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiBQue8n-bo

I didn't think the original Dawn of the Dead was particularly gory. It's mostly a character-driven movie about the people hiding in the mall, while the zombies shamble about in a mindless imitation of everyday life. Parts of it are bloody, but overall, it's much tamer than other zombie flicks. Makes up for it with a good story though.

Dawn of the Dead 1978 is quite gory... You got zombies eating people in the basement, a guy gets his head blown away with a shotgun, a zombie woman that bites a chunck of flesh off a guys shoulder, a zombie gets the top of his head lop with a chopper blade, countless of headshots, a few bikers getting their guts ripped out, the Machete into the zombie's head, a biker gets his arm ripped off from those Blood Pressure Monitors, a few zombies used as target practice... This is from the top of my head.

The story is very gory... It just doesnt seem so bad because the story is very good... :)

That must be it, because I came away from that movie remembering the story rather than the gore.

And thats the secret of the movie success and the reason why the remake version is so inferior... Also, Dawn of the Dead (1978) is an epic horror fantasy... I only wish that George A. Romero would have reconsider and remake Day of the Dead using the original "epic" script then the crybaby soldier movie.