Zombi 2 (1979)

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 | Zombie | Doctor

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) (alternative title)
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) | Netherlands:16 | 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:

According to the production crew interviewed for the Shriek Show DVD, scenes were shot of the zombies coming out of the water in New York. They never made it into the final edit though.

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 "The Angry Video Game Nerd: Chronologically Confused About Sequel Titles (#1.15)" (2006)

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