Zombie (1979) Zombi 2 (original title)

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writer:

Elisa Briganti (written by)
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Release Date:

18 July 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

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 | Undead | Zombie

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nick Alexander	...	Brian Hull (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Ugo Bologna	...	Anne's Father (uncredited)
Ramón Bravo	...	Underwater Zombie (uncredited)
Omero Capanna	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Dakar	...	Lucas (uncredited)
Giannetto De Rossi	...	Paola's Zombie Attacker (hand only) (uncredited)
Alberto Dell'Acqua	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Arnaldo Dell'Acqua	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua	...	Worm-Eyed Zombie (uncredited)
Roberto Dell'Acqua	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Franco Fantasia	...	Matthias (uncredited)
Lucio Fulci	...	Newspaper Editor-in-Chief (uncredited)
Leo Gavero	...	Fritz (uncredited)
Captain Haggerty	...	Fat Zombie Aboard Boat (uncredited)
Edward Mannix	...	Cop Guarding Boat (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Romanokids	...	Zombies (uncredited)
James Sampson	...	James, 2nd Coroner (uncredited)
Susan Spafford	...	Paola Menard (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Leslie Thomas	...	Coroner (uncredited)

Directed by
Lucio Fulci

Writing credits
Elisa Briganti		(written by)
Dardano Sacchetti		written by (uncredited)

Produced by
Gianfranco Couyoumdjian	....	associate producer (credited in Italian version) (uncredited)
Fabrizio De Angelis	....	producer
Ugo Tucci	....	producer

Original Music by
Giorgio Cascio		(as Giorgio Tucci)
Fabio Frizzi
Adriano Giordanella		(uncredited)
Maurizio Guarini		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Sergio Salvati

Film Editing by
Vincenzo Tomassi

Production Design by
Walter Patriarca

Costume Design by
Walter Patriarca

Makeup Department
Giannetto De Rossi	....	makeup artist
Mirella De Rossi	....	hair stylist (as Mirella Sforza)
Maurizio Trani	....	makeup artist
Rosario Prestopino	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Giorgio Chessari	....	production secretary
Tullio Lullo	....	unit manager
Antonio Mazza	....	production manager
Christian Alexander Moran	....	post-production manager (restored version)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roberto Giandalia	....	assistant director

Art Department
Romano Chessari	....	props
Giovanni Corridori	....	set construction
Carlo Ferri	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Nick Alexander	....	dubbing editor: English version
Ugo Celani	....	sound recordist
Giuliano Gramaccioni	....	boom operator
Bruno Moreal	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Giovanni Corridori	....	special effects
Giannetto De Rossi	....	special effects
Gino De Rossi	....	special effects (uncredited)
Roberto Pace	....	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Ramón Bravo	....	stunts (uncredited)
Omero Capanna	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alberto Dell'Acqua	....	stunts (uncredited)
Arnaldo Dell'Acqua	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Arnaldo Dell'Acqua	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roberto Dell'Acqua	....	stunts (uncredited)
Romanokids	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ramón Bravo	....	underwater photographer
Ennio Brizzolari	....	key grip
Franco Bruni	....	camera operator
Davide Cagnazzo	....	still photographer: action stills (as David Cagnazzo)
Paolo Curto	....	underwater photographer
Fernando Massaccesi	....	chief electrician
Sergio Strizzi	....	still photographer: action stills
Fabrizio Vicari	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Fiorella De Simone	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Carlo Della Corte	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Giorgio Cascio	....	musician: keyboards (as Giorgio Tucci)
Fabio Frizzi	....	musician: keyboards
Adriano Giordanella	....	musician: percussions (uncredited)
Maurizio Guarini	....	music programmer (uncredited)

Other crew
Walter Massi	....	administrator
Daniela Tonti	....	script continuity
Ramón Bravo	....	shark trainer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Variety Film Production

Distributors

• Jugendfilm-Verleih (1979) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Jerry Gross Organization, The (1980) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Toho-Towa (1980) (Japan) (theatrical) (as 'Sanguelia')
• Wizard Video (1981) (USA) (VHS)
• Ambassador Film Distributors (1982) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed) (as "Zombie")
• Wizard Video (1985) (USA) (VHS) (big box) (reissue)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Blue Underground (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Shriek Show (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
• Another World Entertainment (2006) (Denmark) (DVD)
• Firebox (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• CMV Laservision (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Blue Underground (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) (dubbed)
• Blue Underground (2011) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray)
• European Video Corporation (EVC) (198?) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Infinity Video Sales (Australia) (video)
• Lamberto Forni Film (LF) (Italy) (VHS)
• Starbase Video (Australia) (video)
• Video House America (Greece) (VHS) (cut version)
• Video Instant Picture Company (VIPCO)
• Video Invest AB (????) (Sweden) (VHS)

Other Companies

• C.V.D.  synchronization
• Cinitalia Rome  English version
• Fono Roma  re-recording
• Kodak Italia  film stock (as Kodak)
• N.C.  synchronization
• R.P.A. Elios Studios  theater
• Studio Mafera  titles (English version)
• Studio Verzini  titles and truke
• Technicolor  photography
• Variety Film Production  music publisher (as Variety Film)

Also Known As:

"Zombi 2" - Italy (original title)
"Island of the Living Dead" - Europe (English title)
"Zombie 2: The Dead are Among Us" - USA (video title)
"Sanguelia" - Japan (English title) (imdb display 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:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:X (original rating: uncut) | USA:R | Argentina:13 | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-16 | Italy:VM18 | Norway:(Banned) | Germany:BPjM Restricted | Finland:K-16 (1997) (heavily cut) | Finland:K-18 (2002) | Germany:(Banned) | UK:(Banned) (1984-1992) | UK:18 (re-rating: 1992) (cut) (re-rating: 2005) (uncut) | 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 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Portugal:M/18 | Italy:VM14 (DVD rating) | Hong Kong:III

Filming Locations:

Studio Mafera, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Variety Film Production

Trivia:

Several of the actors playing the zombies were actually brothers. They look so similar that some people have speculated that all the zombies were played by one man.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The scene near the beginning,where the cop shoots the big bald zombie,and it falls overboard. You see the zombie fall into the water, and the camera pans across the water towards NY harbor. If you look very carefully in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, after the zombie falls underwater, immediately before the camera moves, you can see his head pop up as if waiting to get back on the boat.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Aliens, Cannibals and Zombies: A Trilogy of Italian Terror (2012) (V)

Soundtrack:

There's No Matter

Zombi 2

Zombi 2 (Zombie, Zombie Flesh Eaters) is a classic gore filled zombie film, in Italy it's classed as a sequel to George A Romero's Dawn of The Dead since in Italy it's called Zombi. But in other parts of the world they classed it as a separate film and named it something else like Zombie and Zombie Flesh Eaters.

But sequel or not this film has some of the most realistic gore effects going for a zombie film, the infamous eye in the wood scene is one example. The zombie VS shark is another interesting scene.

The music is good and sets the tone, the dubbing is kind of bad but that isn't a problem.

A Classic Zombie film that zombie fans or gore fans would love to see but make sure it's the Un Rated version. 10/10