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Zombie

Original title: Zombi 2
  • 1979
  • R
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
29K
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Ottaviano Dell'Acqua in Zombie (1979)
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Horror

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
    29K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lucio Fulci
    • Writers
      • Elisa Briganti
      • Dardano Sacchetti
    • Stars
      • Tisa Farrow
      • Ian McCulloch
      • Richard Johnson
    • 427User reviews
    • 176Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

    Videos4

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    Photos198

    Ottaviano Dell'Acqua in Zombie (1979)
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    Auretta Gay in Zombie (1979)
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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
    • 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(uncredited)
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    Storyline

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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

    User reviews427

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    Featured review
    8/10
    "The boat can leave now...tell the crew."
    "Zombi 2" is without a doubt one of the all time classics of the zombie sub genre, kick starting a cycle in director Lucio Fulci's career of no holds barred horror movies that combined in your face gruesome violence and tons of overwhelming doom and gloom atmosphere. It contains a few set pieces that are extremely iconic to horror fans; who can see the slow eyeball piercing, the underwater battle between a zombie and a shark, the sight of the zombies rising from the earth, and the fiery climax and forget them?

    The movie begins with just such a set piece, a hint of things to come, when a seemingly deserted yacht sails into New York harbour, and the cops who board it are attacked by a corpulent zombie. Intrepid reporter Peter West (the engaging Ian McCulloch) teams with Anne Bowles (Tisa Farrow), the daughter of the yacht's owner, and they travel to the obscure Caribbean island of Matul to track down the father, learning that he was only one of a number of victims of a zombie epidemic there.

    Commendably, screenwriter Elisa Briganti (given uncredited assistance by her husband and fellow screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti, a very familiar name to fans of Italian horror) stresses a mystery element, never giving a conclusive answer to the strange happenings - is it some disease to blame or is it really the result of voodoo? Fulci (appearing on screen as a newspaper editor-in-chief) stages the assorted bits of gory mayhem with great flair, yet parcels them out carefully, keeping the pace steady but never really cutting loose until the final act, which is intense and exciting; West proves to be a pretty kick ass hero. And the music sets the mood extremely well with a hell of a memorable main theme. The movie co-stars the always excellent Richard Johnson ("The Haunting" '63, "Beyond the Door", etc.) as the weary Dr. Menard, stubbornly struggling to find the answers, Al Cliver and Auretta Gay as the helpful Brian and Susan, lovely Stefania D'Amario as the nurse, Dakar as Lucas, and stunning Olga Karlatos as Menard's wife Paola. Both Gay and Karlatos also show off a lot of skin as well.

    A thoroughly enjoyable movie with an ultimately apocalyptic feel, "Zombi 2" features some of the most convincingly ugly zombies captured on film, with "worm eye" (played by stuntman Ottaviano Dell'Acqua) having become the movie's most enduring image. This is simply one of those "must see" movies that horror fans should see as part of their experience.

    Eight out of 10.
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    • Nov 13, 2011

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    • Release date
      • July 18, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Italy
    • Language
      • Italian
    • 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
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
      • Dolby Digital
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Surround 7.1
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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