Zombi 2 (1979)

Country of Origin: Italy
Year of Production: 1979
Running Times: 87m (UK after cuts)/91m (Germany; USA)/94m (Italy)
Length: 2582 metres
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: Technicolor/Techniscope
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby

DIRECTION

Directed by: Lucio Fulci

CREW

PRODUCTION
Copyright: [not given]
Production Company: Variety Film
Produced by: Ugo Tucci and Fabrizio de Angelis
Production Manager: Antonio Mazza
Unit Managers: Walter Massi, Tullio Lullo

SCRIPT
Written by: Elisa Briganti, Dardano Sacchetti (uncredited)

DIRECTION
Assistant Director: Robert Giandalia
Continuity: Daniela Tonti

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Sergio Salvati
Underwater Photography: Ramón Bravo,
With the Collaboration of: Paolo Curto
Camera Operator: Franco Bruni
Assistant Camera: Fabrizio Vicari
Gaffer: Fernando Massaccesi
Key Grip: Ennio Brizzolaro
Stills: Sergio Strizzi, David Cognazzo
Film Stock: Kodak

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Film Editor: Vincenzo Tomassi
Assistant Editor: Carlo Della Corte

MUSIC
Music: Fabio Frizzi and Giorgio Tucci

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Ugo Delani
Boom Operator: Guiliano Gramaccioni
Sound Mixer: Bruno Moreal
Re-Recording: Fono Roma for Cinitalia [uncredited]
Dubbing Editor: Nick Alexander [uncredited]
Synchronization: N.C. with C.V.D.

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Seamstress: Fiorella de Simone
Make-up Supervisor: Gianetto di Rossi
Make-up Artist: Maurizio Trani
Hairdresser: Mirella Sforza

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Supervisor: Gianetto de Rossi
Special Effects: Giovanni Corridori

TITLES AND OPTICALS
Tiles and Opticals: Studio Verzini

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Walter Patriarca
Set Decorator: Carlo Ferri
Props: Romano Chessari
Set Construction: Giovanni Corridori

OTHER CREW
Production Secretary: Giorgio Chessari

LOCATIONS
Locations: New York City, New York, USA; Rome, Lazio, Italy; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Elios R.P.A. Studios, Rome
Studio: R.P.A. - Elios Film

CAST

starring
Tisa Farrow (Ann Bolt/Bowles in US version)
Ian McCullough (Peter West)

and
Richard Johnson as Dr [David] Menard

with
Al Cliver (real name: Pier Luigi Conti) (Bryan Curt/Brian Hull in US version)
Auretta Gay (Susan Barrett)
Stefania d'Amario (nurse)

and with
Olga Karlatos (Paola Menard)

UNCREDITED CAST

Ugo Bologna (Ann's father)
Dakkar (Lucas)
Lucio Fulci (newspaper editor)
Franco Fantasia (Father Mattias)
Mónica Zanchi (dying woman)

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.

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

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. The 1984 Video Recordings Act forced the removal of the original issue, 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 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)

...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

Enfer des zombies, L' - 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: 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)
Dead Hate the Living, The (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

PERIODICALS

Aaaaaaagh! p.15 (UK)
illustrated review

Cinema nuovo vol.28 no.262 (November/December 1979) pp.43-44 (Italy)
illustrated article

Continental Film Review vol.27 no.4 (February 1980) pp.32-33 (UK)
illustrated synopsis

Deep Red no.5 p.32 (USA)
review

Delirium no.2 (UK)
review, credits

L'ecran fantastique no.9 (1979) p.40 (France)
review

Fangoria no.52 p.15 (USA)
review

Foreign Sales, Italian Movie Trade vol.5 no.7/8 (July/August 1979) p.11 (Italy)
credits

Mad Movies no.53 pp.51, 53
review

Screen International no.226 (2 February 1980) p.71 (UK)
review (by Marjorie Bilbow)

Starburst no.21 p.13 (UK)
note

Starburst no.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: 7 October, 2009