Also look out for The Beyond and City of the Living Dead in a similar vein. Menard, and discover a terrifying disease which is turning the islanders into horrifying zombies which devour human flesh and seem indestructible. I cannot recommend this highly enough for good old fashioned zombie related thrills. The acting and dubbing are dodgy but don't detract from the zombie mayhem, the music is great with calypso music to greet the heroes and throbbing effects to welcome the zombies. The infamous eye scene whilst a bit creaky still makes the viewer cringe. The crazy underwater battle between zombie and shark is totally original and not surprisingly has never been tried since. The special effects are nice and gruesome, with fantastic zombie make up, great zombie attacks and loads of maggots and worms. Apart from being one of the first gore films I ever saw, it has no social commentary or hidden meaning and does not try to be a comedy (although some may argue with this). What makes this film so good are various factors. Zombie Flesh Eaters (aka Zombi 2) original title: Gli Ultimi Zombi Comparison: BBFC 18 VHS German DVD Release: Author: Eiskaltes Grab - Translator: Mr Miau - external link: IMDB Comparison between the cut UK VHS by Vipco (BBFC 18) and the uncut German DVD by CMV Laservision. Zombie (1979) Zombie Blu-ray delivers truly amazing video and audio in this absolutely must-own Blu-ray release Strangers looking for a woman's father arrive at a tropical island where a. Things go from bad to worse as the zombies grow in number and various dismemberment, eye gouging, jugular bites etc ensue. 74 Days of Video Nasties: Day 6 Zombie Flesh Eaters (Zombi 2/Zombie) (1979) Review by Lindsey Darvell Synopsis: A boat drifts into the New York harbor, and when it’s boarded it is found to be empty apart from a zombie. Menard has turned into a morgue where daily zombie killing has become the routine. After meeting a shark wrestling zombie en route, they arrive at Matul where things are not going well. This leads to two investigative journalists, including gore stalwart Ian McCulloch, with two holiday makers going to the Island of Matul. In Zombi 2 or Zombie Flesh Eaters (what a title!) as it was known in the UK, a ship drifts into New York with a very large, hungry zombie on board. Tonight on the Video Nasty Project it's Zombie Flesh Eaters, the 1979 horror flick that made Lucio Fulci a horror icon. Also known as Zombie, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Woodoo - Die Schreckensinsel Der Zombies, LEnfer Des Zombies, etcetera. Zombie 2 AKA Zombie Flesh Eaters Vipco No less than three of director Lucio Fulci's films made their way onto the nasties list, beating all of his peers, including fellow countryman Dario. Now this is how a zombie film should be made! Whilst Lucio Fuci never had the creative genius of Dario Argento in Profondo Rosso, Tenebrae and Suspiria, he certainly knew how to make a good old fashioned zombie/gore movie. Soundtrack to the 1979 film Zombie 2 directed by Lucio Fulci. Menard, and discover a terrifying disease which is turning the islanders into horrifying zombies which devour human flesh and seem indestructible. When they arrive at Matul Island, they find Dr. On the way, they meet with with Brian, a ethnologist, and Susan. Peter West, a journalist, travels to the Antilles with Ann, the daughter of the scientist. Various similar efforts have been passed off as Zombi 3, and Fulci proceded to more personal, occult-themed (but just as gory) pictures like The Beyond and The House by the Cemetery.A zombie is found aboard a boat off the New York coast which belongs to do a famous scientist. Nice to see Mia Farrow's sister Tisa running away from flesh‑eating monsters, though and few other films can claim anything to equal the dynamite scene in which an underwater zombie grapples with (and takes a bite out of) a surprised shark. ![]() Some sequences are quite striking as the shambling undead emerge from their graves or advance menacingly and the serial‑style silliness is sort of endearing, but Fulci's monotonous pacing and a few too many descents into total absurdity curtail the entertainment value. Directed by the cheerful Italian hack Lucio Fulci as an imitation of George Romero's Living Dead films (it was passed off as a sequel to Dawn of the Dead in Italy), this mixes melodramatic devices from the '30s with 1979‑era hard gore as a whiskery Richard Johnson drinks himself insensible on an island while zombies gather outside his hut. The scene is not quite on a level with the eye-abuse of La Chien Andalou in 1928, and in fact – though it’s heretical to say so in fan circles – plays better in the BBFC-truncated version, which conveys the nasty idea but snips the footage before the ketchup-filled plastic novelty eye gets gored. This became semi-famous as one of the fabled 'video nasties', chiefly on the strength of a single, memorable bit of abuse in which a woman has her head pulled through a shattered door and a long shard of broken wood slowly pierces her eyeball.
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