Zombi 2 (1979)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

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 | Doctor | 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

Also Known As:

Zombie Flesh Eaters (Australia) (UK)
Gli ultimi zombi (Italy)
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) | 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:

As shown in trailers before the film was released, airline "barf bags" were handed out to theater moviegoers due to the unusually high amount of violence and gore for a horror film of that time.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Dr. Menard is driving and discussing the zombie plague with the visitors, the "clean" part of the jeep's windshield (i.e. the path of the windshield wipers) appears to be cut out of the glass (probably to provide a better view of the actors and prevent the camera being reflected on the glass).

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Zombie Honeymoon (2004)

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)