Rating: 
Summary: The best zombie film since NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
Review: Lucio Fulci's ZOMBIE is an incredible triumph in the zombie film genre. Considered by many to be a sequel to Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD, ZOMBIE effectively works as a prequel of sorts and surpasses Romero's film altogether, especially in the make-up and gore department.
ZOMBIE follows a simple story: Zombies have begun springing up on remote island. Scientist on island sends for help. Boat reaches civilization (New York) with only a zombie aboard. Daughter of scientist sets out for island with three others to search for father. The expected zombie chaos ensues.
Now, the story is predictable and not too imaginative, but what puts ZOMBIE over the top is its incredible make-up and effective scares. You know the zombies are going to pop up here and there and wreak pure, gory havoc, and even though you expect it, it's still terrifying when it happens. And of course there's the famous eyeball meets splinter scene. Yes, it's as bad as you think - and that's good.
The end of ZOMBIE is wonderful and hopeless. Remember the zombie who showed up in New York? He's been busy... ZOMBIE is a must-see and a must-own for horror fans, zombie fanatics, and anyone interested in delving into the Italian gore genre.
Rating:
Summary: Fulci's best!
Review: I consider this one of Fulci's best movies. Great atmosphere, hideous zombies, and an involving story. The story deals with a young woman (Tisa Farrow) and a reporter (Ian McCullough who heads to an uncharted island to investigate her father's whereabouts. Little do they know what their headed for. A crazed scientist who is obssessed with uncovering the secret of the dead coming to life, a horrible plaque that's gotten the island's inhabitants near death, and a voodoo witch doctor who is never seen and is probably responsible for raising the dead. Voodoo drums which are heard throughout add to the atmosphere of the film. Lot of gooey special effect from Italian makeup artist Gianotto DeRossi. His eyeball sequence is not for the screamish. Overall, a great movie for zombie lovers.
Rating:
Summary: A Miracle of the Horror Genre
Review: I am a rabid fan of horror flicks and this is certainly Fulci's finest film. Not for the faint of heart or those with weak stomachs. Truly one of the finest zombie films ever made. Just try to sit through the eye vs. splinter scene without closing your eyes at least once (and then rewinding to see it all again). The music is hypnotizing, the locale is inspired and the zombies are simply divine. The graveyard scene and the climax that follows are among the goriest I have seen. A masterpiece for any zombie movie fan and a must-have for any horror movie collector.
Rating: 
Summary: The best of its kind !
Review: When this title appears on DVD, I ordered it right away. Great movie. The picture transfer is a bit dark but some adjustment on your TV set should do the trick. The 5.1 Dolby Digital sound is quite good. Not much surround effect but loud and clear. My only reservation on the DVD is: Not time encoded. So you don't have a clue how many minutes elapsed and when you stop it, none of my DVD players able to resume to last viewed point. This fact prohibit it to be a 5 stars DVD. On to the story, a doctor in a remote island is trying to find the answers on the virus that make people come back from the dead. The tension is stronger than any recent Scream movies. The Italian horror movies always very gory. If you like this kind of movie, this DVD is for you. Now if only Anchor Bay release "Mountain of cannibal Gods".
Rating:
Summary: I have revised my opinion of this movie
Review: The first few times I saw this film ,I hated it. I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about,but I really wanted to see this film as others saw it(only because so many people love it). So,it was a really hot,dark evening with a thunderstorm threatening to knock the power out,and I was really bored and regretting not buying Torso at the mall earlier, so I pulled out my copy of Zombie and set out to watch it. Lo and behold, I was very entertained and managed to scare myself silly(storms and Italian horror movies make a scary combination). The beginning is somewhat slow, but does a good job setting up the story. There's a zombie here, a zombie there,just enough to show you something's up. By the time they get to the island,though,things really start heating up. All of a sudden,there's zombies everywhere, and these aren't the shambling, blue-skinned ghouls of Dawn of the Dead. These are friggin nasty looking suckers. They have worms crawling through their eye sockets,and their flesh is all rotted and hanging from their bodies. Fulci got the throat-rippings right too, with pulsing blood spurting all over the place. The gore is absolutely superb,especially for 1979, and makes Dawn(another film I was never fond of) look like a sunday school picnic. That said, many people will be bound to hate this film. Some will be bored, some will be nauseated, and some will just laugh. But it's still worth checking out, and if you hate it, you can always scare your friends with it(I have a friend who is deathly afraid of zombies;I already showed her Dawn and Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things,now this...hehe...fun...). I also love Italian horror now, I have no clue why I said before that I didn't (bad brain...bad! Lying is bad, you get a spanking now...hehe... :)).
Rating:
Summary: READ THIS BEFORE YOU BUY THE DVD!
Review: You all know how great this movie is and it's true. This is one of Lucio Fulci's best films and I can't recommend it enough.However, when Anchor Bay Entertainment released this on DVD, it was flawed and they didn't bother to fix it; the color is messed up and it makes the blood appear an almost dark orange among other things. The VHS is perfect and is actually better quality than the DVD. In an interview, an Anchor Bay spokesman revealed that in the future, they may re-release it on DVD. If you buy this, I suggest the VHS or wait until it is rereleased on DVD.
Rating: 
Summary: Must see for zombie fans!
Review: I have been an avid fan of the horror film genre for quite some time, and I highly recommend this title to anyone who is a fan of zombies or of classic horror films. From the middle of this film onward, it is fantastic! Warning: it is a little gruesome!
Rating:
Summary: Finally on DVD!
Review: This is a dream come true for you gore-hounds out there! A great transfer (although kind of dark in places with pixelation). Now you can throw out all those bootlegs! The trailers and radio spots gave me great flashbacks when I first heard and saw them (I was too young to see it in the theater then). Thank you Anchor Bay for immortilizing Fulci properly!
Rating:
Summary: A must-have for the horror fan!
Review: Here it is! The classic zombie film by Italian Goremaster Lucio Fulci. I can't say enough good things about this film. It has absolutely everything a great movie should have--naked women, gore, a splinter in the eye, gut-munching, a carribean atmosphere, and apocalyptic doom, and Mia Farrow's sister Tisa. The soundtrack is ultra-cool and creepy, too. This movie is probably considered by most horror fans to be Fulci's best, although The Beyond does frequently come in first place. What is for sure is that Fulci has made a horror masterpiece that every fan should buy, not rent, immediately. Since I don't want to totally destroy the story for you, let's just say that the zombies in question seem to have come about due to some experiments by a curious doctor played by Richard Johnson. His reasearch partner died and his daughter, played by Tisa Farrow, with a reporter played by Ian McCulloch, go to this island in the Caribbean to find out what's going on. A bad mistake. The zombies end up taking over the whole island, which leads to a great scene in which Spanish conquistadores wake up from the dead and open some throats the old-fashioned way. The end of the movie is a standoff between those who are alive and those who are dead. I'm leaving much out, so get your mouse moving and put this tape in your cart and proceed to the checkout. I realize that some people here have very negative opinions of this film, but ignore them and give it a try. You won't believe how atmospheric and gory this movie is! In fact, I worked myself up into such a lather that I think I might watch it tonight. Anchor Bay Entertainment has done a fabulous job with Zombie. The picture is great and they even threw in some trailers and radio spots at the end of the film.
Rating:
Summary: Fulci at his gory best!
Review: Although this film really has a slow pace and around 40 minutes of dull, droning dialog, it really redeems itself towards the end with one of the more spectacular, gore-soaked, and exciting zombie climaxes I've seen. Not as action-packed or lovable as Dawn of the Dead, the film which undoubtedly inspired the film's three producters Fabrizio De Angelis, Ugo Tucci, and Gianfranco Couyoumdjian, but the film is much gorier and more mean-spirited than most other films from the same time frame. The vicious jungle setting works well, and the nasty zombies that populate it really inspire a good sense of dread and disgust. The film certainly achieves what it set out to. Zombie actually out-grossed Dawn of the Dead with worldwide box-office returns, allowing Fulvia Films and Gico Cinematografica to produce several equally entertaining horror, sci-fi, and action films in the 4-5 years afterward. This is probably the film that helped out the Italian film industry more than any other, including Hercules, Barbarella, or Fistful of Dollars. Fulci followed up Zombie with a slew his best works; City of the Living Dead (NOT the same film as Gates of Hell Part 2: Dead Awakening[which Fulci or anyone else in the film industry had nothing to do with]), The House by the Cemetery, Conquest, The Smuggler, The New York Ripper, and especially The Beyond.
|
