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.
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- 1 nomination
Ian McCulloch
- Peter West
- (as Ian Mc Culloch)
Ugo Bologna
- Anne's Father
- (uncredited)
Ramón Bravo
- Underwater Zombie
- (uncredited)
Omero Capanna
- Zombie
- (uncredited)
Giannetto De Rossi
- Zombie Hand on Paola
- (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
- Peter's News Editor
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWhile 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.
- GoofsWhile 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.
- Alternate versions25 October 2005 - the film went before the BBFC ratings board in the U.K, and was passed fully uncut with an '18' certificate.
- ConnectionsEdited into Zombie Holocaust (1980)
- SoundtracksThere's No Matter
(uncredited)
Composed by Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio and Vince Tempera
Lyrics by Vittorio Pezzolla
Performed by Linda Lee
Featured review
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.
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.
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- Budget
- ITL 410,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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