Zombi 2 (1980)

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Lucio Fulci Director previously directed The Psychic

A group of strangers looking for a woman's father arrive at a island where the dead has come back to life.

Trivia:

Zombie is known as "Zombi 2" in Italy, the country where it was originally released. It was marketed as a sequel to George Romero's 1979 movie "Dawn of the Dead", which was known as "Zombi" in Italy.

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Reference: Dawn of the Dead

Zombie is known as Zombi 2 in Europe. This was done to cash in on George Romero's hit Dawn of the Dead which was called Zombi in Europe.

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Quote: Dr. Menard

The boat can leave now, tell the crew.

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Cast
Tisa Farrow Anne Bowles
Ian McCulloch Peter West
Richard Johnson Dr. David Menard
Al Cliver Brian Hull
Auretta Gay Susan Barrett
Stefania D'Amario Nurse
Olga Karlatos Paola Menard
Lucio Fulci Newspaper Editor-in-Chief (uncredited)
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua Worm eyed zombie
Captain Haggerty Fat zombie on boat
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plot

  
 A mysterious boat drifts into New York city's harbor. When the harbor police come to investigate they find no one aboard. Just before they leave, a Fat man who is a zombie comes out of nowhere and kills one of the Officers. The second Office shoots the fat zombie and it falls overboard into the water. 
Ana Borrows is questioned by the police about the boat that belonged to her father. She knows nothing about the boat and that her father is on a island doing medical research. The news editor assigns Ana and Peter West to look into the mysterious boat. Once they arrive at the boat, They find a strange letter written by Ana's father. He is on a island called Matool and suffers from a strange disease. Ana fearing for her father might be hurt, travels with Peter to the island of Matool in search of her father. The arrive on a tropic island they enlist help of boat captain Brain Hull to take them to the near by island of Mantool.  Once on Matool, the group met up with Dr. David Menard who lives on the island. He is trying to find out the reason for the dead returning back to life. Ana, Peter, Brian, and Susan (Brian's wife) search the island of matool for zombies. The group must fight for they lives as the zombie of the recently dead come back to life. Susan is soon killed in the jungle and Brian is infected with the virus. Ana and Peter escape on a boat with Brian who is now a zombie. They soon discover that New York City is under attack by zombies. 

Key scenes                                                                                       

  • The scene with the zombie vs the shark was shot in a large salt water tank. The shark was fed a large amount of horse meat and heavily sedated.  The scene was featured in the new windows 7 commercial.                    
     Zombie vs Shark   Who you got?
     Zombie vs Shark   Who you got?
                        
  • The infamous eye gouged scene was uncensored in the American release. Where the UK version was heavily edited for its violence and gore.
     That can't be good
     That can't be good

    Box office

 Zombie went on to be a huge success in Europe. Due to the fact of all the blood, violence, and gore the film was banned in several countries. Great Britain made huge cuts in the film before it was released. Zombie went on to have several sequels that had little or nothing to do with the original movie. The movie sparked Fulci's career and help reinvent the zombie genre. Fulci went on to direct couple more successful horror movies and cemented his nickname " The Godfather of Gore".   
 
 

Culture impact

  •     White zombie's song Electric Head part 2 has a line " With a fist full of hair and a splinter in the mind" is a reference to the wooden splinter though the eye scene.
                                                                                                                 
  • The American poster has been in various movies like summer school and Morgan Steward's coming and also the bumper sticker Fulci lives with worm face zombie. 
  • The movie is known by various names around the world. Like Zombi 2, Zombie, Island of the Dead, Woodoo, Zombie Flesh Eaters, and Island of the Flesh Eaters.
  • Dr. Butcher, M.D., Zombie Holocaust, and Queen of the Zombies were shot on some of the same sets that was used on Zombie.

Movie References

  • Morgan Steward's coming home- Zombie poster is hanging on the wall.
  • Monster Squad- The zombie poster can be seen in the background.                                                                                       
  • Zombie Business- Drive-Inn ad.
  • Zombie Honeymoon- The video store clerk is wearing a zombie shirt.
  • Planet Terror- The stake though the eye is a homage to the splinter though the eye in zombie. 
  • Various other movies like Serial Mom, Kill Bill vol. 2, Stink of the Flesh, After the end, Hide and Creep, and tv show CSI.

Goofs

  • The camera pulls in for a close up on the jeep window and you can see a crew member in the reflection.
  • In a radio broadcast the mayor of New York issued a state of emergency. Only the President can issue it.
  • The stand off in the church, Various Molotov cocktails are thrown at the zombies. The fire seems to disappear when a new one is thrown. 
  • The shark bites off the zombies arm in the underwater fight, but in the next scenes the zombies arm returns.
  • Brian fires rapidly at the shark underwater. The rifle he fires is bolt action and he never touches it after each shot.
  • The New York harbor patrol boat has a French flag on it. 
  • Dr. Menard's wife pushes the same dresser against the door twice.
  • When the Bald fat zombie falls into the water, his head pops back up on the bottom corner of the scene.
  • When Brian is bitten his shirt has a drop of blood on it. When they bring him to the hospital his shirt is completely covered in blood. After the first zombie, his shirt has less blood than before.
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General Information Edit
Name Zombi 2
US Release July 18, 1980
UK Release
AUS Release Sept. 4, 1980
Runtime 91
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Rating R
Alias(es) Zombie, Island of the Living Dead, Zombie Island, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Woodoo
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