Zombi 2 (1979)

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writer:

Elisa Briganti (written by)
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Release Date:

18 July 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

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:

New York City | Autopsy | Infamous | Sadism | Sickening

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nick Alexander	...	Brian Hull (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Ugo Bologna	...	Ann's Father (uncredited)
Omero Capanna	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Dakar	...	Lucas (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	...	Newspaper Editor-in-Chief (uncredited)
Leo Gavero	...	Fritz (uncredited)
Captain Haggerty	...	Fat Zombie aboard boat (uncredited)
James Sampson	...	Black coroner (uncredited)
Susan Spafford	...	Paola Menard (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Lucio Fulci

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Elisa Briganti		written by
Dardano Sacchetti		uncredited

Produced by
Fabrizio De Angelis	....	producer
Ugo Tucci	....	producer
Gianfranco Couyoumdjian	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Giorgio Cascio		(as Giorgio Tucci)
Fabio Frizzi

Cinematography by
Sergio Salvati

Film Editing by
Vincenzo Tomassi

Production Design by
Walter Patriarca

Costume Design by
Walter Patriarca

Makeup Department
Giannetto De Rossi	....	makeup artist
Mirella De Rossi	....	hair stylist (as Mirella Sforza)
Maurizio Trani	....	makeup artist
Rosario Prestopino	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Tullio Lullo	....	unit manager
Antonio Mazza	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roberto Giandalia	....	assistant director (as Robert Giandalia)

Art Department
Romano Chessari	....	props
Carlo Ferri	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Nick Alexander	....	dubbing editor: English version
Ugo Celani	....	sound recordist
Giuliano Gramaccioni	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Giovanni Corridori	....	special effects
Gino De Rossi	....	special effects
Roberto Pace	....	special effects

Stunts
Romanokids	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ramón Bravo	....	underwater photographer
Ennio Brizzolari	....	key grip (as Ennio Brizzolaro)
Franco Bruni	....	camera operator
Davide Cagnazzo	....	still photographer: action stills (as David Cagnazzo)
Paolo Curto	....	underwater photographer
Fernando Massaccesi	....	gaffer
Sergio Strizzi	....	still photographer: action stills
Fabrizio Vicari	....	assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Fiorella De Simone	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Carlo Della Corte	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Adriano Giordanella	....	musician: percussions (uncredited)
Maurizio Guarini	....	music programmer (uncredited)

Other crew
Walter Massi	....	administrator
Daniela Tonti	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Variety Film Production

Distributors

• Jerry Gross Organization, The (1980) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• Toho-Towa (1980) (Japan) (theatrical) (as 'Sanguelia')
• Ambassador Film Distributors (1982) (Canada) (theatrical) (dubbed) (as "Zombie")
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Blue Underground (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• CMV Laservision (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Firebox (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Infinity Video Sales (Australia) (video)
• Jugendfilm-Verleih (Germany)
• Lamberto Forni Film (LF) (Italy) (VHS)
• Shriek Show (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Starbase Video (Australia) (video)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
• Video House America (Greece) (VHS) (cut version)
• Video Instant Picture Company (VIPCO)
• Video Invest AB (????) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Wizard Video (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Studio Mafera  titles

Also Known As:

Island of the Flesh-Eaters
Island of the Living Dead (Europe: English title)
Ultimi zombi, Gli (Italy)
Zombie (USA)
Zombie 2: Gli ultimi zombi (Italy) (DVD title)
Zombie Flesh Eaters (UK)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence/gore and nudity.

Runtime:

91 min | UK:89 min (cut) | Germany:89 min | Argentina:94 min | Japan:89 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Germany:(Banned) | UK:X (original rating: 1980) (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | West Germany:18 (cut) | Finland:K-18 (2002) | Norway:18 (re-rating) (uncut) (2007) | USA:Unrated | Spain:18 | UK:(Banned) (1984-1992) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Finland:K-16 (1997) (heavily cut) | UK:18 (re-rating: 1992) (cut) (re-rating: 2005) (uncut) | Argentina:13 | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-16 | Italy:VM18 | Norway:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Variety Film Production

Trivia:

When first submitted to the BBFC in 1980, the movie was passed with an X rating with 1 minute, 46 seconds cut. Then, with the Video Recordings Act, it was banned in 1984 as a "video nasty". It was removed from the DPP list, and the original cinema release was re-rated in 1992 with an 18 rating. In 1999, it was once again re-rated, with only 23 seconds of cuts for an 18 rating. Finally, it was passed uncut with an 18 rating in 2005, with a 91 minute run time.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the shark vs. zombie fight, the zombie gets his arm bitten off. However, we see him with the arm after he loses it, and without the arm before it is bitten off.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Zombi 1 (1995)

Scary zombie feast!

I've really had it with Leonard Maltin, that famous video-guide guru and film critic. He actually manages to dismiss "Zombie Flesh Eaters" as an uninspired George Romero rip-off! How dare he?! Lucio Fulci is a legend in cult horror and this is quite possibly the best film he ever made! And all though Romero is one of my favorite directors (and "Dawn of the Dead" one of my favorite movies) I still find "Zombie Flesh Eaters" (aka "Zombi 2") one of the scariest zombie-movies ever made.

I wonder if Maltin ever saw the movie at all, and if he did he must have dismissed only because it has a smaller budget and he (like everybody else) hates dubbing. How's that for biased bigotry?! Leonard Maltin's Video Guide will no longer see the inside of my home!

"Zombi 2"/"Zombie Flesh Eaters" is extremely gory, it serves us a last 20 minutes that are as intense as anything George Romero has produced and to top it all of it has a great underwater fight between a shark and a zombie! How's that for Italian horror?! This is one of the most influential European horror movies ever made, and deserves a place in any genre fan's collection.

No matter what that "Phantom Menace"-loving geek says.