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Zombi 2 (25th Anniversary Special Edition 2-Disc Set)
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List Price: $29.95
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Manufacturer: Shriek Show
Starring: Ugo Bologna, Al Cliver, Stefania D'Amario, Dakkar, Alberto Dell'Acqua
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781586554491
Format: Anamorphic
ISBN: 1586554492
Label: Shriek Show
Manufacturer: Shriek Show
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Shriek Show
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-07-27
Running Time: 91
Studio: Shriek Show
Theatrical Release Date: 1980-07-18
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Editorial Reviews:
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We Are Going To Eat You! The Fulci Classic Returns, And Once Again The Dead Are Among Us!
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Summary: Still One of My All-Time Favorites
Comment: Well, what can I say about the classic scenes that weren't said already? Really, nothing. But here's my 2-cents worth: I first saw "Zombie" at the old Aztec 3 moviehouse in San Antonio when I was a kid. Having already seen the original Romero's "Dawn of the Dead", I expected a cheap copy so typical of Italian cinema, but as the saying goes, "better to be plesantly surprised than heavily dissappointed", as this movie became one of my all-time favorites like "Dawn of the Dead", the main difference between the two is that I enjoyed "Dawn of the Dead" as I enjoy a good war movie. "Zombie", on the other hand, even without the success of the original "Dawn of the Dead", is a great horror movie on its own. The only downside was that the characters were pretty much stereotypes such as the cute heroine searching for her missing father played by Tisa Farrow, the red hot traveling companion Susan (remember the diving scene) played by Auretta Gay; The obsessed scientist, his alcoholic wife, the supserstious native assistant, to name a few more, and finally the biggest stereotype of all, Peter West, played by Ian McCollough, the reporter who actually does his job and researches his facts, investigates his clues, and requires proof...in short an honest reporter, such a rare breed in today's mainstream drive-by media who brought us Jayson Blair, Mary Mapes, and Dan Rather that in this day and age he can only get a job on Fox News. But this is well balanced by good acting and believable dialouge of people thrown into their situation. Another pleasant surprise was that I expected dubbing snce this movie was foriegn made, but Fulci used an English speaking cast, which was really a good move.
In summary, Lucio Fulci took all the elements that makes a great classic horror movie, mainly a good storyline, great choice of scenery, good acting, believeable special effects, and a creepy soundtrack, and wove them very well. It has become a part of my Halloween whether at home or deployed just as "Team America" is a partof my 4th of July. I recommend it to fans of the horror genre very highly. No horror collection ca be complete without it.
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Summary: Fulci's best film in my opinion!
Comment: I saw this in the theater with in a double feature with Dawn of the Dead and the difference in atmosphere and creepiness was so stark the film stuck with me years later. You can make an arguement that The Beyond is Fulci's best work but for me it's Zombie (Zombi 2) and this version by Media Blaster's is the best it's ever looked. I had the very rare Japanese laserdisc for awhile and this blows that away. While Italian horror is not for everyone, I highly recommend this to any zombie film fan. It slowly builds, the score if great and the FX are spectacular.
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Summary: Lousy
Comment: Bad actors, no tension, compaired to Romero this is a D-movie. Really terribly bad. In every way. Poor, weak, lacks quality. Obsolete.
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Summary: Gross
Comment: Since this movie claims that it is Dawn of the Dead's sequel, I will make the assumption that this film needs to be compared to Dawn of the Dead.
There are many positives to Zombie when comparing to Dawn of the Dead. For example, zombies look more like the actual walking dead, rather than the face painted zombies of Dawn. Not only do the zombies look real, but also many of the graphic scenes were gruesome and horrifying. The Dr's wife demise was probably one of the most horrific scenes in movie history.
That is where the good stuff ends, unfortunately. Just because the movie has horrifying, gruesome death scenes, doesn't mean it'll become an automatic hit with zombie fans. The thing that made Dawn of the Dead so good is the fact that there was a story to bind it all together. Zombie had no such story, although a good base was in place. The story just fell apart at the end. Not only that, it got super ridiculous at the end. I thought the final stand would have been a good fight. Instead, it turned out to be that six shooters and shotguns can shoot seemingly infinite bullets, and gas filled bottles seems to come in infinite quantities as well. Just to top it all, the movie states that New York is under a huge epidemic where zombies take over the city. When they show the scene, daily life is still happening all around with cars going back and fort and I saw what appeared to be a man walking normally on the bridge that's populate by zombies. Seems more like the movie makers just ran out of cash to close the bridge, so they just recorded right in the middle of rush hour.
The only reason I gave this movie one star is because of one thing: shark versus zombie. Just when you thought the movie couldn't get anymore ridiculous, what happens? A naked person underwater running from a shark, only to be saved by a zombie who happens to attack the shark in an attempt to eat it.
After viewing the film, I immediately, read immediately, returned the movie. It was so gross and ridiculous, I laughed at myself in even thinking there was something remotely better than Romero's film.
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Summary: Zombie Vs Shark? WE GOT IT!
Comment: This movie was pretty dang good for an early 80's flick. And how can you not like a movie that has a zombie vs. shark scene in it?! Yes, this movie had its cheeseball moments, but I enjoyed it and any zombie movie fan would do well to see it once. its not scary, but its kind of neat how they did some of the effects.
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