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      Zombi 2

      Released Aug 25, 1979 1h 50m Horror List
      41% 27 Reviews Tomatometer 69% 10,000+ Ratings Audience Score A New York reporter (Ian McCulloch) follows a woman (Tisa Farrow) to an island where a doctor (Richard Johnson) faces an epidemic of the undead. Read More Read Less

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      Zombi 2 is an absurdly graphic zombie movie legendary for some gory scenes and nothing in between.

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      Jordan H Fantastic movie!!! This is truly one the best zombie films I've ever seen. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/15/23 Full Review Lucas C There are so many varying opinions on the splatter-horror films delivered by Italian director Lucio Fulci. A lot of those opinions seem to agree that his work is of the love-it-or-hate-it variety. Personally, I find that most of them land with a frustrating Meh. Sure, the gore is usually entertaining over-the-top. But it's uneven from movie to movie, and sometimes from scene to scene in the same movie. ZOMBIE is regarded by most horror fiends as Fulci's masterpiece. I neither hated it nor loved it. Decent pacing, passable acting, and a few brilliantly horrific set pieces made it worth sitting through once. When the shots linger on the gorier bits it felt like it was trying too hard to shock and offend rather than horrify. I will say that the dubbing in this one is much less annoying than it is in a lot of other Italian horror movies, and I genuinely enjoyed Tisa Farrow's performance. But instead of concerning themselves with simply cashing in on George Romeo's masterpiece by upping the barf-o-meter, maybe they should have taken a page from his book and focused more on character and social comment. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/08/23 Full Review Brad P Arguably Italy's greatest undead feature Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review favian e I think it's a slow, boring, meaningless movie. The only thing that caught my attention was that scene, a zombie against a shark. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Taylor L Those Spanish conquistadores were buried in awfully shallow graves and are certainly looking fresh. When you hear about an unauthorized, foreign-language sequel to the original 1978 Dawn of the Dead (that was only greenlit because Italian law grants carte blanche regarding sequels to basically anything), you assume that Zombi 2 is going to be pretty cheap and inconsistent, a quick cash grab meant to hang on to fading hype. However, this film from Lucio Fulci takes full advantage of the director's reputation as the 'Godfather of Gore', using buckets of blood and plenty of creativity to design a wealth of unique zombie kills, from execution via headstone to THAT wood splinter shot that is patently guaranteed to make even the most stalwart horror fan at least wince. Light on narrative but differentiating itself through the design of its practical effects and tearaway facial prosthetics, Zombi 2 might lack the thematic heft of Romero's 'preceding' film but has plenty for genre fans looking for a bloodier take on the shamblers. Plus, underwater zombie/shark fight. (3.5/5) Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/21/22 Full Review Audience Member The best zombie film ever.... Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Kim Newman Empire Magazine A few memorable scenes but this doesn't keep up the pace or plausability sufficiently. Rated: 2/5 Mar 30, 2019 Full Review Anton Bitel Sight & Sound [the remaster] looks a whole lot better than the bootlegged version lost down the back of the sofa in the video nasty era, but apart from its iconic zombie-vs.-shark sequence, it has little to offer today's audience beyond nostalgia for its own sake Nov 15, 2012 Full Review Don Macpherson Time Out The lack of suspense amid the Technicolor carnage disappoints. Jun 24, 2006 Full Review Tony Crawley Starburst Zombie Flesh-Eaters is about as crude as its title. Jul 25, 2022 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Say what you will about its simple narrative, but the potent cinematography from Sergio Salvati and a haunting, eerie score from Giorgio Cascio allows for Fulci's Zombie to nestle in the brain. Rated: 3/5 Jul 30, 2020 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews A guilty pleasure exploitation zombie flick. Rated: C+ Jul 11, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A New York reporter (Ian McCulloch) follows a woman (Tisa Farrow) to an island where a doctor (Richard Johnson) faces an epidemic of the undead.
      Director
      Lucio Fulci
      Screenwriter
      Elisa Briganti
      Production Co
      Variety
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      Italian
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Aug 25, 1979, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 2, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 50m
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