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Zombie

Original title: Zombi 2
  • 1979
  • R
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
32K
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Zombie (1979)
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Zombie HorrorHorror

Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.

  • Director
    • Lucio Fulci
  • Writers
    • Elisa Briganti
    • Dardano Sacchetti
  • Stars
    • Tisa Farrow
    • Ian McCulloch
    • Richard Johnson
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    32K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lucio Fulci
    • Writers
      • Elisa Briganti
      • Dardano Sacchetti
    • Stars
      • Tisa Farrow
      • Ian McCulloch
      • Richard Johnson
    • 450User reviews
    • 164Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination total

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    Zombi 2: Special Edition
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    Trailers From Hell - Zombie w/Guillermo del Toro
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    Tisa Farrow
    Tisa Farrow
    • Anne Bowles
    Ian McCulloch
    Ian McCulloch
    • Peter West
    • (as Ian Mc Culloch)
    Richard Johnson
    Richard Johnson
    • Dr. Menard
    Al Cliver
    Al Cliver
    • Brian Hull
    Auretta Gay
    Auretta Gay
    • Susan Barrett
    Stefania D'Amario
    Stefania D'Amario
    • Nurse Clara - Menard's Assistant
    Olga Karlatos
    Olga Karlatos
    • Mrs. Menard
    Ugo Bologna
    Ugo Bologna
    • Anne's Father
    • (uncredited)
    Ramón Bravo
    Ramón Bravo
    • Underwater Zombie
    • (uncredited)
    Omero Capanna
    • Zombie
    • (uncredited)
    Dakar
    Dakar
    • Lucas
    • (uncredited)
    Giannetto De Rossi
    Giannetto De Rossi
    • Zombie Hand on Paola
    • (uncredited)
    Alberto Dell'Acqua
    • Zombie
    • (uncredited)
    Arnaldo Dell'Acqua
    • Zombie
    • (uncredited)
    Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
    Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
    • Worm-Eyed Zombie
    • (uncredited)
    Roberto Dell'Acqua
    • Zombie
    • (uncredited)
    Franco Fantasia
    • Matthias
    • (uncredited)
    Lucio Fulci
    Lucio Fulci
    • Peter's News Editor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Lucio Fulci
    • Writers
      • Elisa Briganti
      • Dardano Sacchetti
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    User reviews450

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    7carriolanera

    Excellent for some things, bad for others

    A film that starts almost quietly, with low quality sequences of zombies not very suggestive and not very engaging, but which gradually improve more and more until they are terrifying towards the end. In some scenes the emotional reactions of the characters to certain events seem almost non-existent while others are very trashy (e.g. The woman who stares terrified a zombie but stays where she is and doesn't even attempt to escape, or the four people who are in a wood full of zombies but decide to split into couples). In many scenes, however, there is a lot of scary atmosphere and in others a little bit less; some shot are amazing and have a very good photography, some others not; all in all the plot is very good and the gory style of Fulci is stunning and result of a very creative mind. I think you won't regret to watch it, it's totally worth.
    Jasper-12

    Nasty Videos or Nasty Governments?

    This was my first ever video nasty, originally viewed in the mid 80's, and for that reason it shall always have a special place in my heart. The first thing that struck me was that the budget must have been relatively high. Fulci was never a great one for narrative coherence (this is probably his most conventional film) and typically for the Italian films of the time this must have been pitched as a sequence of set-pieces (the shark battle, the fiery finale, and of course, the infamous eyeball scene). Unfortunately for the most part these are fairly flatly directed and fall short of their potential for tension. The earlier expository scenes are especially protracted, and throughout Fulci has a tendency to leave shots hanging well past their sell-by date. That said, the film is not completely artless, and whereas it lacks suspense, it does have a degree of atmosphere about it. After the political correctness of the 80's and the 'post-Modernist' knowingness of the 90's, Zombie Flesheaters, with its excessive gore and its leering nudity, its risible dubbed dialog and its a complete lack of humour, with its simplistic plotting and comic-book characterisation, is probably most interesting if viewed from the perspective that firstly, that there was ever a market for this sort of thing and secondly, that people thought that films like this needed suppressing. Yes it's true, they don't make them like this anymore!
    7acedj

    This was my first

    N newspaper reported named Peter goes on an trip with a woman named Anne to try to discover what happened to her father. What they discover is an island where the natives still practice voodoo and have started to bring the dead back to life.

    This was the first zombie movie I had ever seen. I was pretty young, we had watched it on laser disc. What this did was awaken a love for this particular kind of monster. It is an Italian film, so if the words not matching people's mouths bothers you, this is not for you. There was no CGI and special effects of this kind were really in their infancy back then, so some of them do not hold up against more modern offerings.

    This is a great movie though, including the zombie versus the shark. I have never seen anything like it since.
    lor_

    Gore galore

    A 1979 hit in Italy, "Zombie" has been imported by Jerry Gross to capitalize on the public's fancy for gory horror films. State-of-the-art makeup effects by Gianneto de Rossi are sure to please fans of the form, and far out-distance the dreams of '60s gore pioneer Herschel Gordon Lewis ("Blood Feast").

    Pic was shot as an unauthorized followup to George A. Romero's hit "Dawn of the Dead", which was released in Europe under the title "Zombie". New pic is titled "Zombie 2" in Italy, but qualifies for original "Zombie" tag in the U. S. Story has Tisa Farrow traveling from New York to the tiny island of Matul, near St. Thomas, in search of her father, whose sailboat mysteriously returned to New York harbor with only zombies aboard. Accompanying her is an intrepid reporter Ian McCulloch (hinted comically to be working for the Post), and the handsome couple (Al Clliver and Annetta Gay) who charter their boat.

    Island doctor Richard Johnson is coping with the zombie epidemic, blamed on local voodoo rites. Stealing implausibly from the mythos in Romero's "Dead" films, these zombies can be destroyed by a gunshot in the head. FIlm's open-ending sets up a sequel, as the zombies overrun New York City (staged cheaply by a radio news report and a single shot of the zombies shambling across the George Washington bridge).

    Director Fulci adopts a leisurely pace and goes after daylight horror, playing off the grisly, cannibalistic attacks against picture postcard beauty of the island and New York harbor. Emphasis on blood reaches the ludicrous extreme of 400-year-old zombie conquistadores bleeding profusely when shot down, fresh from their graves.

    Though the makeup's the star, Farrow is appealing as the vulnerable heroine, styled here as the spitting image of her sister Mia. Having made a dozen Italian films, British character actor has all the worried, bedraggled expressions down pat, while Ian McCulloch fails to make an impression. Pleasant nude turns by Gay and Karlatos fit with the self-imposed X rating, as Jerry Gross has copied Romero's successful marketing strategy for "Dawn of the Dead".

    This is my original review written in July 1980 after a screening on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
    10zingbot

    Classic Italian Gore from Fulci

    Now this is how a zombie film should be made! Whilst Lucio Fuci never had the creative genius of Dario Argento in Profondo Rosso, Tenebrae and Suspiria, he certainly knew how to make a good old fashioned zombie/gore movie. In Zombi 2 or Zombie Flesh Eaters (what a title!) as it was known in the UK, a ship drifts into New York with a very large, hungry zombie on board. This leads to two investigative journalists, including gore stalwart Ian McCulloch, with two holiday makers going to the Island of Matul. After meeting a shark wrestling zombie en route, they arrive at Matul where things are not going well. The hospital run by Dr. Menard has turned into a morgue where daily zombie killing has become the routine. Things go from bad to worse as the zombies grow in number and various dismemberment, eye gouging, jugular bites etc ensue. What makes this film so good are various factors. Apart from being one of the first gore films I ever saw, it has no social commentary or hidden meaning and does not try to be a comedy (although some may argue with this). It is a good, honest gore film. The special effects are nice and gruesome, with fantastic zombie make up, great zombie attacks and loads of maggots and worms. The crazy underwater battle between zombie and shark is totally original and not surprisingly has never been tried since. The infamous eye scene whilst a bit creaky still makes the viewer cringe. The acting and dubbing are dodgy but don't detract from the zombie mayhem, the music is great with calypso music to greet the heroes and throbbing effects to welcome the zombies. I cannot recommend this highly enough for good old fashioned zombie related thrills. Also look out for The Beyond and City of the Living Dead in a similar vein.

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    • Trivia
      While shooting on location in New York City, Captain Haggerty, who plays the large bald zombie who attacks the harbor patrol at the beginning of the film, walked into CBGB's (a tiny Bowery bar which was a flourishing punk rock venue at the time) in full zombie makeup complete with splattered fake blood and mud caked all over his face and body. Due to the outrageous punk styles in those days of the other bar patrons, he was barely noticed. Even the bartender never looked twice at him.
    • Goofs
      While defending the hospital from hordes of zombies, Peter and Brian throw Molotov cocktails at the entrance. Despite throwing several that result in fireballs and flames, each time one is thrown the hospital entrance is clear of any flames.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      [repeated line]

      Dr. Menard: The boat can leave now. Tell the crew.

    • Alternate versions
      25 October 2005 - the film went before the BBFC ratings board in the U.K, and was passed fully uncut with an '18' certificate.
    • Connections
      Edited into Zombie Holocaust (1980)
    • Soundtracks
      There's No Matter
      (uncredited)

      Composed by Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio and Vince Tempera

      Lyrics by Vittorio Pezzolla

      Performed by Linda Lee

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    • Release date
      • July 18, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Languages
      • Italian
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Zombi 2
    • Filming locations
      • Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
    • Production company
      • Variety Film Production
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    • Budget
      • ITL 410,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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