Zombi 2 (1979)

Zombi 2 (1979)

Directed by: Lucio Fulci
Screenplay by: Elisa Briganti

Genre: Horror | Mystery
Running Time: 91 Minutes
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Viewed: Owned DVD

We are going to eat you!

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Comments: Let me describe to you perhaps the greatest scene in the history of film. Our main characters are on a boat, where the one lady decides to go scuba diving. In only a thong. So she's doing her thing when suddenly a shark starts swimming toward her. Oh noes! She swims deeper to avoid said shark, when from out of nowhere she's attacked by an underwater zombie! Double oh noes! She wrangles herself free and starts swimming toward the surface. But the zombie is pissed, and he's still hungry. SO THE ZOMBIE ATTACKS THE SHARK. And this is no stunt shark. There is some dumb ass in zombie get-up wrestling with a real fucking shark underwater. Yeah.

All joking aside, Fulci's Zombi 2 is a solid film. The name's a cash in on George Romero's Dawn of the Dead film, which was released as Zombi in Italy. However, while most Italian horror films that have their name changed to capitalize on more popular films really suck, Zombi 2 is rather good. Sure it's slow in some parts, but there's some really quality gore (a piece of wood jammed through an eye in explicit detail), a half-decent story, and a solid score (the theme playing when the dead start rising from the graves is awesome). And there's a zombie wrestling a fucking shark. What more do you want?

Also Known As: Zombie, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Island of the Flesh-Eaters, Zombie 2: The Dead Are Among Us

EDIT: Yes! I found the zombie vs. shark video on YouTube. It also includes some of the death scenes. The music playing when the zombie and shark fight is the awesome theme I was talking about above. But keep in mind, this video ruins the best parts of Zombi 2 if you've never seen it.