Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.
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Ian McCulloch
- Peter West
- (as Ian Mc Culloch)
Ugo Bologna
- Anne's Father
- (uncredited)
Ramón Bravo
- Underwater Zombie
- (uncredited)
Omero Capanna
- Zombie
- (uncredited)
Giannetto De Rossi
- Zombie Hand on Paola
- (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
- Peter's News Editor
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Elisa Briganti
- Dardano Sacchetti(uncredited)
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- TriviaWhile shooting on location in New York City, Captain Haggerty, who plays the large bald zombie who attacks the harbor patrol at the beginning of the film, walked into CBGB's (a tiny Bowery bar which was a flourishing punk rock venue at the time) in full zombie makeup complete with splattered fake blood and mud caked all over his face and body. Due to the outrageous punk styles in those days of the other bar patrons, he was barely noticed. Even the bartender never looked twice at him.
- GoofsWhile defending the hospital from hordes of zombies, Peter and Brian throw Molotov cocktails at the entrance. Despite throwing several that result in fireballs and flames, each time one is thrown the hospital entrance is clear of any flames.
- Alternate versions25 October 2005 - the film went before the BBFC ratings board in the U.K, and was passed fully uncut with an '18' certificate.
- ConnectionsEdited into Zombie Holocaust (1980)
- SoundtracksThere's No Matter
(uncredited)
Composed by Fabio Frizzi, Franco Bixio and Vince Tempera
Lyrics by Vittorio Pezzolla
Performed by Linda Lee
Featured review
Entertaining trash
Lucio Fulci is sometimes an extremely interesting and talented director. His contribution to the Italian thriller franchise Giallo's range from good (The Psychic) to great (Don't torture a duckling). His Gothic gore drenched later works such as The Beyond, City of the Living Dead and House by the Cemetery vary considerably in quality.
Zombie 2 proved to be a stepping stone for the Italian godfather of gore. Prior to this film Fulci's work was not as gory but the rest of his work proved to be. Gore overflowed in conventional thrillers such as New York Ripper and Contraband. Simply put; Fulci had new admirers who demanded his work to be gory.
I hate films like New York Ripper and House by the Cemetery but The Beyond does have a strange Gothic charm about it and City of the Living Dead is an ample horror film with some astonishing gore sequences. Zombie 2 falls somewhere in between City and The Beyond. There are some eye popping gore sequences to behold and the film is energetically made. There are some solid actors and production values are quite good. But this is trash, complete and utter trash. Enjoyable as such, if you're into this kind of thing, you can appreciate the level of talent behind the film. The look is good, make up is great and it's fast paced. Fulci's heart was definitely in this project.
Fulci is a flawed but interesting director in my books, he should have lessened the emphasis on gore in his later films and made more conventional thrillers but his body of work is varied and original.
Zombie 2 proved to be a stepping stone for the Italian godfather of gore. Prior to this film Fulci's work was not as gory but the rest of his work proved to be. Gore overflowed in conventional thrillers such as New York Ripper and Contraband. Simply put; Fulci had new admirers who demanded his work to be gory.
I hate films like New York Ripper and House by the Cemetery but The Beyond does have a strange Gothic charm about it and City of the Living Dead is an ample horror film with some astonishing gore sequences. Zombie 2 falls somewhere in between City and The Beyond. There are some eye popping gore sequences to behold and the film is energetically made. There are some solid actors and production values are quite good. But this is trash, complete and utter trash. Enjoyable as such, if you're into this kind of thing, you can appreciate the level of talent behind the film. The look is good, make up is great and it's fast paced. Fulci's heart was definitely in this project.
Fulci is a flawed but interesting director in my books, he should have lessened the emphasis on gore in his later films and made more conventional thrillers but his body of work is varied and original.
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- Oct 27, 2006
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- Budget
- ITL 410,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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