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Zombie
AKA Zombi 2, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Island of the Living Dead



 

Released: 1979
Original Language: Italian
Director: Lucio Fulci
US Certification: Unrated
UK Certification: 18
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Availability:
  Widely sold
 

This trailer's soundtrack screams "Early eighties!" even louder than fluorescent socks.

Italian gore master Lucio Fulci throws more blood around in this movie than most horror directors manage in a lifetime.  Not that you'd know from the trailer, which appears to be a failed attempt at 'arty'.

This was one of the infamous 'video nasties' banned by on VHS by the UK in the mid-eighties.  It was massively popular, however, and as such home-copied tapes were passed around so everyone could see the cool underwater bit where a zombie fights a shark.  It was finally released uncut on DVD a few years ago under the 'Zombie Flesh Eaters' title, finally showing the entirety of the infamous scene where a woman has her eye slowly gouged out by a bit of wood.

This movie isn't a sequel to anything but was apparently released as "Zombi 2" as an attempt to cash-in on the success of Dawn of the Dead, which was released as "Zombi" in Italy.  Despite Zombie being written before Dawn of the Dead.  Confusing.

Favourite bit:  "Barf Bag"