A gore bore. "Barf bags" were handed out to people paying to see this in theaters. No-Doze would have been more appropriate.
Zombie (1979)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:6
Rotten:11
Average Rating:4.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: After a New York harbor patrolman is murdered at the hands of a flesh-hungry ghoul aboard what was believed to be an abandoned yacht, Anne (Tisa Farrow)--the daughter of the ship's missing... After a New York harbor patrolman is murdered at the hands of a flesh-hungry ghoul aboard what was believed to be an abandoned yacht, Anne (Tisa Farrow)--the daughter of the ship's missing owner--teams up with a newspaper reporter named Peter West (Ian McCulloch) for a private investigation. With the help of a pair of sightseers, they travel to the secluded Caribbean island of Matul, where Anne's father was last seen conducting medical research. There, they meet his colleague, Dr. Menard (Richard Johnson), who frantically attempts to find a scientific explanation for a phenomenon that has plagued the island; it seems as if the dead refuse to stay dead. The locals believe a voodoo curse is at work as scores of animated corpses rise from their graves to hungrily seek out live flesh. Anne learns her father has died, but before she and the others can return to civilization, they are forced into battle with a plethora of bloodthirsty zombies. Italian maestro Lucio Fulci's most lucrative outing features an abundance of shockingly gruesome sequences filmed in the director's regular close-up style, wasting none of frequent collaborator Giannetto De Rossi's amazing makeup effects. The ominous synthesizer soundtrack by Fabio Frizzi splendidly shrouds the action with simplistic, yet catchy hooks that are sure to continue buzzing in viewer's mind long after the film's spine-chilling ending. Released abroad as a sequel to George A. Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD, produced by Dario Argento in Italy as ZOMBI. [More]
Starring: Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Al Cliver, Richard Johnson
Starring: Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Al Cliver, Richard Johnson, Auretta Gay, Stefania D'Amario, Olga Karlatos
Director: Lucio Fulci
Director: Lucio Fulci
Screenwriter: Dardano Sacchetti, Elisa Briganti
Producer: Fabrizio De Angelis, Ugo Tucci
Composer: Fabio Frizzi, Giorgio Tucci
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Reviews for Zombie
For the zombie connoisseur, it's a treasure of invention and all-around solid filmmaking.
A rip-off from start to finish ... quickly thrown together with bits and pieces of better and worse movies that came before it.
For a renowned entry in the satire-compatible cinema of the undead, Zombie is egregiously synthetic
Has enough worm-ridden zombie flesh, horrendously fake yet appalling gore, and completely superfluous female nudity to make this a winner.
...the horrible acting, uneven pacing, and truly awful dialogue negates anything positive about the movie.
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