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Summary: Inspired
Review: As with all works of Lucio Fulci and other italian horror maestros with their prime time in the 80's, "Zombie", or "Zombie Flesh Eaters" as I am more common with, is both horrifyingly underrated and a bit strangely overrated. The first by the common critics, the second by the devoted fans.
As almost every other Fulci film the opening credits hook you at first sight. One dark and thrilling line followed by white on black credits with nothing but the gorgeous music delivered from Fabio Frizzi (and Giorgio Cascio). But, as many other posts suggest, much of the first part of the movie is a bit slow. Even though (or perhaps because of) the acting and dialogue is one of the best seen in a Fulci film, we don't really see many things to keep our interest up for a longer time. Some dustbuster-sequences (like the infamous shark sequence and "the splinter in the eye"-scene) and overall fabolous musical score at times makes it all worthwile after all.
The last 15-20 minutes or so is fabolous Fulci stuff, complete with groovy gore, great action all excitinly shot and delivered (when our friends discover the cemetery is a highlight).In conclusion: A bit uneven, yes, but one of Fulci's most inspired and macabre works and overall a trustworthy classic worth watching, at least if you're into horror.
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Summary: top-notch zombie movie
Review: I recently began viewing zombie movies, so my exploits brought me to what was supposed to be the goriest one of the bunch. I would have to agree completely; from what I have seen, Zombie is far more violent than most movies. As far as plot, Zombie is somewhat short, but considering the specific genre and director, this fact is of little consequence (however, I do like the movie's dark ending). What is really important here is that not only is Zombie incredibly violent, but it also has some of the best looking zombies that I have seen thus far. If you are looking for a good zombie movie or just a decent horror movie in general, this is the one to see.
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Summary: Zombies bite, literally that is
Review: This is the best zombie movie ever. It's the first movie to ever depict a zombie fighting a catfish, and it's the only the second movie to ever depict homosexual zombies. If you don't know what the first movie is then stop pretending to be a horror fan, and go back to Golden Girls, stupid! Italian director, Micah Stoner, went all out on this movie and it shows. That dude usually can't direct his way out of a bottle of mad dog, but for once he got it right. Trevor bites. Anyway, see this flick. ...
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Summary: You will be what they eat!
Review: Wow, what can you say about a movie that already has 174 reviews at the time of this reviewing? Welcome to Fulci's grand meditation on alienation and excessive stupidity. This is one of the great man under zombie siege films-and thus the two levels of alienation: the obvious one where our lead characters are separated from the rest of the world, but also the subtle metaphor/allegory that seems to be in all the Romero movies, and which Fulci marvelously borrowed for this film, of the zombie=drone=modern man slowly cut off from vestiges of humanity until all that's left is the automaton, (or taken to its logical conclusion, because life is also a process of humanity) the undead zombie. As for the stupidity part, this is where the movie becomes a little confusing, as we aren't given any definitive reason the zombies have started to bee-bop across a Caribbean island in the first place; is it a disease or is it voodoo, and if it was voodoo, why the heck raise flesh-eating zombies in the first place? Other elements of the film coalesce into a triumph as well: the soundtrack is, along with Suspiria's, one of the few truly creepy soundtracks; the make-up effects for the zombies are mind-blowing, to say nothing of the violence they wreak; there is the shot of the zombies slowly crossing the Brooklyn Bridge towards the city; finally, because it is so novel, there's that shark wrestling scene near the beginning. As for DVD extras, there is a commentary track, but it isn't very long. There are some good radio/television promo spots, but that's about it. Too bad there couldn't have been a featurette on the making of this movie, but you can't have everything can you!
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Summary: Among Fulci's best (though that doesn't say a lot)
Review: I'm not a huge fan of Lucio Fulci (as my header suggests) but his 1979 film "Zombie" is watchable, if silly. I truly remember the ads in the paper for this one proclaiming "WE ARE GOING TO EAT YOU!" If you want to see an intelligent zombie movie with social commentary, get Romero's Dead movies. But if it's blood-'n-guts you want, leave your brain at the door and get Zombie. It's poorly plotted and silly but the zombies definitely look more rotted and disoriented in this film than Romero's, and the gore overall looks more realistic. The DVD commentary by star Ian McCulloch isn't that great (although informative) but some scenes are very inventive (the eye-piercing scene, and the shark vs. zombie scene!). If you like zombie movies plotless and bloody (you know who you are) this could very well be the best. Pretty entertaining.
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Summary: Best Zombie film of all time!!!
Review: If you like zombie movies this is the one you should have in your collection. This movie has all the works; thrills, gore, and the creepy background music. Lucio Fulci defined this genre of films. The acting is B-rated at best but the special effects are top notch. The cannibalistic zombies look surprisingly real with alot of details especially the ones with worms crawling out of its face. Even today not many directors pay so much attention on detail.
I first saw this movie in the 80's on VHS. It was good back then, but when the DVD came out it was even better. The DVD contains commercials that were shown when the movie first came out to theaters in the United States.
Even after 20 years Zombie is still the best zombie movie ever made.
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Summary: Best of the Spaghetti Zombie flicks
Review: If you're a hard-core Horror fan you know, love and have seen Fulci's classic Zombie. Like almost all Italian flicks it's hard to watch, makes little or know since. No real plot, cheese for production values. Of course for the real fans of this genre/sub genre none of that matters (give us gore, then more gore) if your not a true fan you should not be watching an Italian horror flick anyway, let alone one with a title like Zombie! Anyway plenty of gore here, not much else, so eat a big pasta meal with lots of meat sauce, pop this baby in the DVD player and enjoy!!!!
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Summary: An Underrated achievement in Horror films.
Review: Lucio Fulci's 1979 Italian shocker is about a couple who are on vacation in the carribeans but unknown to them that it's a cursed island that has voodoo that brings the dead back to life to feed on the flesh on human beings. A guinuine scary movie that has some decent acting and great make-up effects such as the infamous Eyeball gore scene, the music score is unforgettable and chilling. The DVD i own is a good transfer with great digital sound and good extras, this is a must see and must own for horror lovers. Similar movies recommended: City of the Living Dead ( a.k.a. The Gates of Hell), House by The Cemetery, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, From Dusk Till Dawn, The Evil Dead, Scanners, Scooby Doo on Zombie Island, Night of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Return of the Living Dead 3, Nightmare City, Zombie 3, and The Beyond.
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Summary: classic zombie movie
Review: Zombie is an exceptional zombie film. While it started out quite slow, it was never actually boring. Also, the special effects are extremely good, and quite gory at times. (especially the part where the woman gets the splinter of wood shoved into here eye, it made me and my friends cringe when we watched it) There are even some interesting plot twists, (the zombie fighting the shark for instance) and some predictable things (the woman scuba diving in practically nothing) For the most part it was a good movie, although a little slow, but the last 30 minutes or so made up for it with some fast paced zombie action. I highly recoomend this film, although I believe Dawn of th Dead is better, and even Day of the Dead is at some times.
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Summary: Gore-O-Rama lacks some elements
Review: I do like this movie. Don't get me wrong. However, it's very slow. Towards the end it kind of picks up the pace, but the beginning is VERY slow. It's about this woman (played by Tisa Farrow) who needs to find her father because the police found his boat and it had a zombie on it. She and this reporter guy find out that her father died, but he lived on an island out in the middle of nowhere. So, they decide to fly out. When they get there, they find out that the natives are all zombies except for a handful of people. They have to fight off zombies and keep from getting eaten alive. While there is some entertaining visuals, this film lacks the element in which it grabs the viewers attention. It needs a hook in the beginning. It also needs to speed up. However, I love the ending. I won't give it away, though.
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