Directed by:
Lucio FulciCinematography:
Sergio SalvatiComposer:
Fabio FrizziCast:
Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver, Lucio Fulci, Olga Karlatos, Dakar, Omero Capanna, Ugo Bologna, Stefania D'Amario, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua (more)VOD (4)
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After a New York harbor patrolman is murdered at the hands of a flesh-hungry ghoul aboard what was believed to be an abandoned yacht, Anne (Tisa Farrow)--the daughter of the ship's missing owner--teams up with a newspaper reporter named Peter West (Ian McCulloch) for a private investigation. With the help of a pair of sightseers, they travel to the secluded Caribbean island of Matul, where Anne's father was last seen conducting medical research. There, they meet his colleague, Dr. Menard (Richard Johnson), who frantically attempts to find a scientific explanation for a phenomenon that has plagued the island; it seems as if the dead refuse to stay dead. (official distributor synopsis)
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With this film Fulci has finally won my heart. The zombies look great and the story is passable for 1970s Italy standards. The only thing that bothered me a little was the music and, especially the fact that, when facing an extreme situation, the heroes, instead of running away, stand in front of the zombies exposing as much skin as possible so the monster can comfortably take a bite. Regardless, this film was a very pleasant surprise and one of the best of the Italian school of horror – though it’s true that it can’t be compared with Romero, he made social satire, Fulci made horror. Thanks for that.
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The most crystalline, pure, almost virginally transparent and hare-brained Lucio Fulci movie. But I mean that in a good way. Zombie 2 is the most endearing horror bullshit and the first Euro-trash flick that I really fell in love with. The exotic tropical island setting, the seductive sexual undertone, the dumb dialogue, the mordant gore repulsiveness, the cheesy synth “midi music” by Fabio Frizzi and some really over-the-top zombie masks. The underwater fight between a zombie and a shark is incredible!
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It was my first encounter with Lucio Fulci and I can't say I was disappointed. Although he doesn't live up to his nickname 'king of death' until the last half hour, even until then it's still worth a watch. About halfway through there is an extremely charming, and for me personally unintentionally comical, fight scene between a zombie and a two metre shark. Although it’s quite short, it's definitely worth checking out, you won't see anything like it in another film. There are also small hints of morbid "appetizers", but the real carnage starts about 20 minutes before the end. A zombie picnic over a fresh corpse, desserts for zombies in the form of Molotov cocktails, blood spurting merrily in all directions, the zombies are cheerful, playful and want to cuddle, lol. The final shot of the zombies marching towards Manhattan and the absence of the classic happy ending is very satisfying.
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The Italian answer to Romero's zombie films, where social commentary is replaced by creative gore effects. The fight between the zombie and the shark underwater is unforgettable. The first underwater zombie scene may have appeared in Zombies of Mora-Tau, but here it's a wonderfully absurd momentary crossover of zombie movies with Jaws – you really won't see something like this anywhere else. The infamous close-up of an eye pierced by a splinter will probably imprint itself on your memory, bringing to mind Buñuel's An Andalusian Dog. Unfortunately, the rest of the film is not so remarkable. The zombies don't come out properly until sometime near the end, and until then there's not much in terms of fun. Nevertheless, a must for fans of the subgenre.
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Fulci's image composition is, by default, stunning. He has plenty of ideas, and he added some clever and original elements to the classic living-dead extermination (thew incredible underwater action). The fact that there is also more emphasis on female sexuality elsewhere than in the roles of defenseless victims gives the film a much more erotic feel. Combined with the distant glances of the eyes of the fairer sex (note that the main characters' eyes are either green or blue), this creates a rather mysterious and much more provocative feel. On the other hand, I couldn’t help but notice that if the director had been more careful to control his own filmmaking process (finishing a scene as a whole, establishing shots, a bit of plot clearing of otherwise stagnant water) the whole composition of butchered bodies would have stood out much, much more. Although it has to be admitted that maybe that's what this Italian film wave was all about...
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