Zombi 2 (1979)

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writer:

Elisa Briganti (written by)

Release Date:

18 July 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery

Tagline:

When the earth spits out the dead, they will rise to suck the blood of the living!

Plot:

Strangers looking for a woman's father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately searches for the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.

Plot Keywords:

Island | Boat | Tropical Island | Zombie | Doctor

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Tisa Farrow	...	Anne Bowles
Ian McCulloch	...	Peter West
Richard Johnson	...	Dr. David Menard
Al Cliver	...	Brian Hull
Auretta Gay	...	Susan Barrett
Stefania D'Amario	...	Menard's Nurse
Olga Karlatos	...	Paola Menard

Also Known As:

Zombie Flesh Eaters (Australia) (UK)
Gli ultimi zombi (Italy) (alternative title)
Island of the Flesh-Eaters
Island of the Living Dead (Europe: English title)
Zombie (USA)
Zombie 2: Gli ultimi zombi (Italy) (DVD title)
Zombie 2: The Dead are Among Us (USA) (video title)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence/gore and nudity.

Runtime:

91 min | Argentina:94 min | Japan:89 min | Germany:89 min | UK:89 min (cut)

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (1997) (heavily cut) | Finland:K-18 (2002) | Germany:(Banned) | UK:18 (re-rating: 1992) (cut) (re-rating: 2005) (uncut) | UK:(Banned) (1984-1992) | USA:Unrated | UK:X (original rating: 1980) (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Spain:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Norway:18 (re-rating) (uncut) (2007) | West Germany:18 (cut) | Italy:VM14 (VHS rating) | Sweden:18 (video rating) | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:13 | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-16 | Italy:VM18 | Norway:(Banned) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Variety Film Production

Trivia:

Hordes of the living dead stumble across the Brooklyn Bridge at the end of the film. Although a national state of emergency had been declared and the local radio station had been overrun by zombies, the traffic below still flows freely. This was due to budgetary constraints - there was not enough money to stop traffic on the bridge.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Brian has killed the zombie that has killed he has a small drop of blood on the right armpit of his shirt. When he arrives at the hospital, his shirt has been doused with blood. After dispatching the first zombie, his shirt has a lot less blood splatter on it.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[repeated line]
Dr. Menard: The boat can leave now. Tell the crew.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Zombi Holocaust (1980)

Soundtrack:

there's no matter

Cracking Fulci effort!

Surely the best film Fulci has ever directed, involving several zombies on a Caribbean island. As with all Fulci films, the movie suffers from rather bad dubbing, but all Fulci films seem to have this problem, so it`s almost a hallmark for the director. The gore is graphic & over-the-top, but when you`ve seen a zombie deep in the ocean fighting with a shark, nothing is over the top. A few memorable scenes, (the eye scene has to be the highlight) but this is movie is all about escapism. If you can handle the explicit gore (and if you`re watching Fulci, you better had!) this is a definite `lads night in movie`. Just don`t try to find too many subtexts in it`s, ahem, plot. (7 out of 10)