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Zombie Reviews - Metacritic
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  • 1980
  • R
  • Jugendfilm-Verleih
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 1980
  • R
  • Jugendfilm-Verleih
  • 1 h 31 m

Summary Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.

Directed By: Lucio Fulci

Written By: Elisa Briganti, Dardano Sacchetti

  • 1980
  • R
  • Jugendfilm-Verleih
  • 1 h 31 m
  • 1980
  • R
  • Jugendfilm-Verleih
  • 1 h 31 m

Zombie

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
54
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 10 User Ratings
7.1
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Summary Strangers searching for a young woman's missing father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately seeks the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.

Directed By: Lucio Fulci

Written By: Elisa Briganti, Dardano Sacchetti

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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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38% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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13% Negative
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83
There’s something especially primordial, even biblical, about director Lucio Fulci’s grisly spectacle.
By Staff (Not Credited) FULL REVIEW
80
Beneath the video nasty hysteria lies a horror of substantial craft and skill. Its iconic synth theme is on a par with the work of Goblin, whilst its rich cinematography makes the very most of the film’s luscious locales.
By Daniel Green FULL REVIEW
75
Taken on its own terms, it works quite agreeably as a visceral blow to the breadbasket, with one of the most outrageous and apocalyptic final scenes in the entirety of the subgenre.
By Budd Wilkins FULL REVIEW
50
Eventually the action leads to an uncharted island, where the film devolves into an explicit but unoriginal gorefest. [28 May 2009, p.30]
By J.R. Jones
40
The lack of suspense amid the Technicolor carnage disappoints. Subtle it ain't, but the title alone should keep art lovers away.
By Staff (Not Credited) FULL REVIEW
40
A few memorable scenes but this doesn't keep up the pace or plausability sufficiently.
By Kim Newman FULL REVIEW
25
Though the effects work of Giannetto De Rossi is generally excellent and certainly stomach-churning, most of Zombie is slow and unintentionally funny. Fulci's work has its champions, but his films are mostly dim-witted and hold little interest for anyone other than hard-core gore fans.
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30% Mixed
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TheQuietGamer
May 30, 2021
There's not too much going on here narratively other than some references to voodoo made to get the zombie subgenre back to it's roots. The simple premise of exploring an island somewhere in the Caribbean to get answers as to why an abandoned boat turned up in New York is enough to assemble a group of everymen characters. From there it's all about the zombie action. For the most part it's your standard splatter fest that's mostly managed to stand out over the years thanks to some truly impressive gore. Lucio Fulci put some pretty gruesome moments in here. What I really like about that is it never goes all campy on us. Tonally, it's actually a lot like a Romero flick. Only without the social and political commentary. Everything is handled in a self-respecting way sans a bit of naked scuba diving. It's the only scene where Fulci allows for any playfulness as the camera pans over Auretta Gay's lovely body in the most gratuitous ways possible. Everything else is sheer brutal horror. The underwater segments are some of the best in the movie and not just because of the nudity. On top of showing some beautiful coral formations and crowds of exotic fish, there's also a freaking shark fight against a zombie. With a real shark! My mind was blown watching the actor straight up wrestle one of nature's most terrifying predators and knowing that Gay had to swim so close to it. Unforgettable stuff. There are so many memorable moments. Like the misguided foray into a Conquistador graveyard that has some of the best looking zombies I've ever seen or the fiery final stand in the church turned hospital. Fabio Frizzi's score gives the movie a great atmosphere. Really selling the straight-faced tone they were going for. The characters and story are rather basic right up until that generic grim ending, but their encounters with the undead are great and there's always a lot of blood.
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Panchogul
Apr 4, 2020
Zombie (1979) Sinopsis: Un reportero (Ian McCulloch) de Nueva York sigue a una mujer (Tisa Farrow) hasta una isla en donde un doctor (Richard Johnson) enfrenta una epidemia de muertos vivientes. Opinión: Bastante entretenida, visceral y violenta, bien filmada, efectos aceptables para la época y con una que otra escena super gore. Valoración: 4 de 5
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Production Company Variety Film Production
Release Date Jul 18, 1980
Duration 1 h 31 m
Rating R
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Tagline New York has a new problem
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Awards

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Nomination

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