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Zombi 2 (1979)
Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1979
Running Times: 87 mins (UK after cuts)
91 mins (Germany; USA) 94 mins
(Italy)
Length: 2582 metres
Format: Technicolor 35mm
Ratio: Techniscope 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby
CREDITS
 PRODUCTION
Production Company: Variety Film
Producers: Ugo Tucci, Fabrizio
de Angelis
Associate Producer: Gianfranco Couyoumdjian
Production Manager: Antonio Mazza
Unit Managers: Walter Massi, Tullio Lullo
Production Co-Ordinator: Giorgio Chessari
SCRIPT
Script: Elisa Briganti, Dardano Sacchetti (uncredited)
DIRECTION
Director: Lucio Fulci
Assistant Director: Robert Giandalia
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Sergio Salvati
Underwater Directors of Photography: Ramón Bravo, Paolo Curfo
Camera Operator: Franco Bruni
Assistant Camera: Fabrizio Vicari
Gaffer: Fernando Massaccesi
Key Grip: Ennio Brizzolaro
Stills: Sergio Strizzi, David Cognazzo
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Vincenzo Tomassi
Assistant Editor: Carlo Della Corte
MUSIC
Music: Fabio Frizzi, Giorgio Tucci
SOUND
Sound Recording: Ugo Delani
Boom Operator: Guiliano Gramaccioni
Re-Recording: Fono Roma for Cinitalia
Dubbing Editor: Nick Alexander
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Supervisor: Gianetto di Rossi
Hair: Carlo Ferri
Seamstress: Fiorella de Simone
SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Gianetto de Rossi
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Walter Patriarca
Set Construction: Giovanni Corridori
Props: Romano Chessari
Titles: Studio Mafera
MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Daniela Tonti
LOCATIONS
Locations: New York City, New York, USA; Rome, Lazio, Italy; Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic; Elios R.P.A. Studios, Rome
CAST
Tisa Farrow (Ann
Bolt/Bowles in US version)
Ian McCullough (Peter West)
Richard Johnson (Dr David Menard)
Auretta Gay (Susan Barrett)
Olga Karlatos (Paola Menard)
Al Cliver (real name: Pier Luigi Conti) (Bryan Curt/Brian Hull in
US version)
Stefania d'Amario (nurse)
Ugo Bologna (Ann's father (uncredited))
Dakkar (real name: Alessandro Barrera) (Lucas (uncredited))
Lucio Fulci (newspaper editor (uncredited))
Franco Fantasia (Father Mattias (uncredited))
Mónica Zanchi (dying woman (uncredited))
PLOT SUMMARY
A reporter and the daughter of a missing scientist team up with a holiday
making couple to investigate the strange happenings on the island of
Matoul. There they find Dr Menard struggling to stem the tide of zombies
that are over-running the island.
CAPSULE REVIEW
A cheap knock off of Romero's Dawn
of the Dead (1978) that proves to be a lot more
fun than the original. Grungy zombies, an irritating soundtrack, deadly
earnest performances and a great gothic atmosphere all combine to create
the quintessential Italian zombie movie. Very silly but huge fun.
(Full Review)
AVAILABILITY
Belgium
Video Distributor: South Pacific Video
Denmark
Video Distributor: Vipco
France
Theatrical Distributor: Gaumont/U.G.C
Video Distributor: South Pacific Video
Germany
Theatrical Distributor: Jugendfilm-Verleih GmbH
Video Distributors: Marketing-Film; Dragon Entertainment; VPS Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Dragon Entertainment
DVD Distributors: Dragon Entertainment; Italian Shock
Italy
Theatrical Distributor: Variety-Martino Film
Video Distributor: Cine Lux
Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Towa
Video Distributors: Toshiba Toho-Towa; Sony Video Software
Laserdisc Distributor: Mount Light Laser; Sony Video Software
Netherlands
Video Distributor: EVC
Switzerland
Video Distributor: Movie Video
UK
Theatrical Distributor: Miracle
Video Distributor: Vipco (VIP061);
Stonevision
DVD Distributor: Stonevision
Entertainment (SVD5002)
USA
Theatrical Distributor: Jerry Gross Organization
Video Distributor: Wizard Video; Magnum; Lightning Video; Anchor Bay
Entertainment; T-Z Video (EDDE Entertainment)
Laserdisc Distributor: Image; Anchor Bay
DVD Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment
CENSORSHIP HISTORY Australia
Rating: R (this is the same heavily cut version as that released in
the UK)
Finland
Rating: banned; K-16 (heavily cut)
France
Rating: -16
Germany
Rating: FSK 18
Italy
Rating: 18
Norway
Rating: banned
UK
Rating: X; 18
The theatrical version was released with many cuts, but the first video
release, on the earlier incarnation of Vipco, arrived uncut. Sadly,
the 1984 Video Recordings Act soon put paid to that and the original
issue vanished, to be replaced some years later by Vipco in their second
incarnation, with a copy of the theatrical print. An uncut version was
submitted to the British Board of Film Classification in August 1999.
This time only 23 seconds were cut, all taken from the infamous eye
piercing scene and the subsequent shots of the zombies eating Paola
Menard's body.
USA
Rating: unrated
TIMELINE
1979
June
Day Unknown - Production begins
July
Day Unknown - Production ends
August
23: Italy - passed by the ratings board
25: Italy - theatrical release
November
23: Germany - theatrical release
December
21: Hong Kong - theatrical release
1980
January
Day Unknown: UK - theatrical release
February
13: France - theatrical release
July
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release
1992
May
18: UK - video release (Vipco VIP061)
1998
April
Day Unknown: Germany - video release (Dragon Entertainment)
1999
February
20: UK - television broadcast (on Channel 4)
August
3: UK - video release (Stonevision)
September
27: UK - DVD release (Stonevision
Entertainment SVD5002)
POSTER TAGS
...quando i morti usciranno dalla tomba, i vivi saranno
il loro sangue...
When the earth spits out the dead, they will rise to suck
the blood of the living!
Wenn die Toten aus den Gräbern steigen, bleibt den Lebenden
nicht mehr viel Zeit
If you loved Dawn of the Dead, you'll just eat up Zombie!
We Are Going To Eat You!
The dead are among us.
They will rise to suck the blood of the living!
When the earth spits out the dead... they will return
to tear the flesh of the living.
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
L'Enfer des Zombies - French/Belgian
title
Island of the Flesh-Eaters
Island of the Living Dead - early title
Nightmare Island - working title
Nueva York Bajo el Terror de los Zombi - Spanish title
Sanguelia - Japanese video and laserdisc title
Gli ultimi zombi
Woodoo - German title
Woodoo, Die Schreckensinsel Der Zombies - German/Swiss title
Zombi 2... Gli Ultimi Zombi - Italian re-release title
Zombie - US/Hong Kong title
Zombie 2 - Dutch video title
Zombie 2: Gli ultimi zombi
Zombie 2: The Dead Among Us
Zombie Flesheaters - UK/Danish video title
Zombies 2 - Japanese title
LINKS
SEE ALSO
After Death (1988)
Angst (2000)
Attack of the Flesh Devouring Space Worms From Outer Space (1998)
Dawn of the Dead
(1978)
The Dead Hate the Living (1999)
F/X (1986)
Inferno dei morti-viventi (1981)
Jaws (1975)
Night of the
Living Dead (1968)
The Walking Dead
(1936)
Zombi 1 (1995)
Zombi 3 (1988)
Zombies (1964)
FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Building a Better
Zombi (2004)
Zombiethon (1986)
Zombi Holocaust
(1980)
REFERENCES
MAGAZINES
Aaaaaaagh! p.15 (UK)
illustrated review
Deep Red no.5 p.32 (USA)
review
Delirium no.2 (UK)
review, credits
Fangoria no.52 p.15 (USA)
review
Mad Movies 53 pp.51, 53
review
Screen International 2 February 1980
p.71 (UK)
review
Starburst 21 p.13 (UK)
note
Starburst 64 p.42 (UK)
review
Video the Magazine August 1986 p.13 (UK)
review
BOOKS
Aurum Encyclopedia of Film: Science Fiction p.355
review, credits
Aurum Encyclopedia of Film: Horror p.341
review, credits
Beyond Terror pp.24-37; 277-278
illustrated synopsis, review; credits
Creature Features Strikes Again pp.452-453
credits, review
Horror Holocaust pp.59-60
review
Psychotronic Video Guide p.635
review, credits
Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Film and Television
Credits Volume 2 pp.1173-1174
credits
OTHER SOURCES
screen
credits
KEYWORDS
zombies, islands, journalists, boats, police, voodoo, sharks, scuba
diving, underwater, churches, hospital, morgues
Last Updated:
18 October, 2008
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