Zombi 2 (1979)

Director:

Lucio Fulci

Writer:

Elisa Briganti (written by)

Release Date:

18 July 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

When the earth spits out the dead, they will rise to suck the blood of the living!

Plot:

Strangers looking for a woman's father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately searches for the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.

Plot Keywords:

Extreme Violence | Graphic Violence | Eye Gouging | Bitten In The Neck | Bloody

Awards:

1 nomination

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	...	Menard's Nurse
Olga Karlatos	...	Paola Menard

Also Known As:

Island of the Flesh-Eaters
Island of the Living Dead (Europe: English title)
Ultimi zombi, Gli (Italy)
Zombie (USA)
Zombie 2: Gli ultimi zombi (Italy) (DVD title)
Zombie Flesh Eaters (UK)

MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence/gore and nudity.

Runtime:

91 min | UK:89 min (cut) | Germany:89 min | Argentina:94 min | Japan:89 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Unrated | Germany:(Banned) | Spain:18 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Norway:18 (re-rating) (uncut) (2007) | Finland:K-18 (2002) | West Germany:18 (cut) | UK:X (original rating: 1980) (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Finland:K-16 (1997) (heavily cut) | UK:(Banned) (1984-1992) | UK:18 (re-rating: 1992) (cut) (re-rating: 2005) (uncut) | Argentina:13 | Australia:R | Canada:R | France:-16 | Italy:VM18 | Norway:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Elios Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Variety Film Production

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Lucio Fulci]the news editor in the scene of the New York newspaper office.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When heroes escape from Menard's cottage, one of the crew is reflected in the window of the jeep.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[repeated line]
Dr. Menard: The boat can leave now. Tell the crew.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)

Scary and Impressive Make-up

A sail boat arrives in New York without a living soul but a zombie that attacks two guards from the Coast Guard. The daughter of the owner of the ship, Anne Bowles (Tisa Farrow), requests information about her missing father that was in the Antilles to the detectives that are investigating the crime without success. She meets the journalist Peter West (Ian McCulloch) and they decide to investigate what might have happened to her father. They travel to Matul Island with Brian Hull (Al Cliver) and Susan Barrett (Auretta Gay) in their boat. Once in the tropical island, they meet Dr. David Menard (Richard Johnson), who is trying to find a cure to a disease that brings dead back to life, turning them into zombies that eat human flesh.

"Zombie 2" is a horror classic of Lucio Fulci with a simple, but interesting screenplay. The unforgettable story begins like Nosferatu, with an empty boat arriving in a harbor with a zombie instead of a vampire; shows the naked body of two beautiful actresses, Auretta Gay and Olga Karlatos; is very gore, with a death that slightly recalls the famous scene of Buñuel in "Un Chien Andalou", when the zombie perforates the eye of Paola Menard; and has a very scary and impressive make-up, with zombies eating human flesh and biting and killing people. The sister of Mia Farrow, Tisa Farrow, has a good performance in this cult-movie. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Zombie – O Retorno dos Mortos" ("Zombie – The Return of the Dead")