Zombi 2 (1979)

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writer:

Elisa Briganti (written by)
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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
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)
Edward Mannix	...	Cop guarding boat (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Martin Sorrentino	...	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
Giorgio Cascio	....	musician: keyboards (as Giorgio Tucci)
Fabio Frizzi	....	musician: keyboards
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")
• Jugendfilm-Verleih (1979) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Blue Underground (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• CMV Laservision (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Filmfreak Distributie (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Firebox (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Infinity Video Sales (Australia) (video)
• 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:

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 | Canada:18+ (Quebec) (original 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:

The film was written before Dawn of the Dead (1978) was released in Italy, as an action/adventure thriller with no link to George A. Romero's films. The opening and closing scenes (which take place in New York) were added to the script later when the producers wanted to cash-in on the success of Dawn.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The scene near the beginning,where the cop shoots the big bald zombie,and it falls overboard. You see the zombie fall into the water, and the camera pans across the water towards NY harbor. If you look very carefully in the bottom right hand corner of the screen, after the zombie falls underwater, immediately before the camera moves, you can see his head pop up as if waiting to get back on the boat.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Stink of Flesh (2005) (V)

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)