When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing the virus/bacteria into the atmosphere over a ... See full summary »
A woman goes back to the island where her parents were killed. They had been working on a cure for cancer and accidentally raised the dead by angering a voodoo priest. With the woman is a ... See full summary »
A tough female reporter and her cameraman boyfriend team up with a four-man commando unit in the New Guinea jungle whom are fighting flesh-eating zombies.
Directors:
Bruno Mattei,
Claudio Fragasso
Stars:
Margit Evelyn Newton,
Franco Garofalo,
Selan Karay
The members of an expedition in search for the last faithful of Kito, the cannibal god, land on a small island in the Moluccas (East Indies) and are soon hunted by cannibals and zombies, ... See full summary »
Director:
Marino Girolami
Stars:
Ian McCulloch,
Alexandra Delli Colli,
Sherry Buchanan
Strangers looking for a woman's father arrive at a tropical island where a doctor desperately searches for the cause and cure of a recent epidemic of the undead.
Director:
Lucio Fulci
Stars:
Tisa Farrow,
Ian McCulloch,
Richard Johnson
A horror film director is stalked by a mad psychiatrist/serial killer bent on killing people to model the killings after the director's gory death scenes from his movies.
Director:
Lucio Fulci
Stars:
Lucio Fulci,
David L. Thompson,
Malisa Longo
One hundred years after a nuclear war has devastated the planet, society has been reborn into two factions; the underground society and the scavangers above in the wastelands. A group of ... See full summary »
An airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.
Director:
Umberto Lenzi
Stars:
Hugo Stiglitz,
Laura Trotter,
Maria Rosaria Omaggio
A reporter and a psychic race to close the Gates of Hell after the suicide of a clergyman caused them to open, allowing the dead to rise from the grave.
Director:
Lucio Fulci
Stars:
Christopher George,
Catriona MacColl,
Carlo De Mejo
A cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a thirst for human flesh by chemical pesticides being used by area farmers.
Director:
Jorge Grau
Stars:
Cristina Galbó,
Ray Lovelock,
Arthur Kennedy
In New York, Dr. Norman Boyle assumes the research about Dr. Freudstein of his colleague Dr. Petersen, who committed suicide after killing his mistress. Norman heads to Boston with his wife... See full summary »
Director:
Lucio Fulci
Stars:
Catriona MacColl,
Paolo Malco,
Ania Pieroni
A former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing the virus/bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island. Soon the infected populace mutate into flesh-hungry zombies, and a trio of soldiers on leave must team up with a group of tourists and board themselves up in an abandoned hotel as they try to fend off the agile and aggressive living dead. Written by
Scott Lister
In an early scene on the bus, Carole can be seen reading a copy of "Gone With The Wind". See more »
Goofs
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua's hair and beard are visibly longer in the scenes shot after Lucio Fulci left, such as when he is fighting the bald zombie at the abandoned kiosk, and his final scene with the anti-contamination squad. See more »
Quotes
Glenn:
I'm feeling better, Patricia, but I'm thirsty... for your blood!
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Crazy Credits
The opening credits appear over footage of three separate groups of characters travelling to the same destination (the helipad outside the chemical plant). All three groups converge once the credits end. See more »
Off the blocks let me just say that I am a huge zombie fan so I don't make statements like the above lightly. Secondly let me say that this is an Italian zombie film and Fulci only directed 15 minutes of it before handing over to Bruno (Rats, Night Of Terror) Mattei. This is no Dawn of the Dead folks.
That said this is easily one of the most entertaining zombie films I have ever seen.
The script is wonderfully horrible. Just check out the two scientists trying to find an antidote ("Let's try putting these two molecules together").
The zombies come in all varieties. From moaning shufflers, to machete wielding maniacs, to birds!
The gore is plentiful. Legs are bitten off, arms amputated, stomachs burst open.
The pace is fast, flying from one zombie attack to the next.
Then there's the head in the fridge. Oh the head in the fridge! One of the greatest moments in horror since Ash got his hand possessed in Evil Dead 2.
You should know already whether you're the sort of person who's going to like this sort of film. Get some mates and some beer and you'll be in for a fun night.
Did I mention the head in the fridge?!?!?
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Off the blocks let me just say that I am a huge zombie fan so I don't make statements like the above lightly. Secondly let me say that this is an Italian zombie film and Fulci only directed 15 minutes of it before handing over to Bruno (Rats, Night Of Terror) Mattei. This is no Dawn of the Dead folks.
That said this is easily one of the most entertaining zombie films I have ever seen.
The script is wonderfully horrible. Just check out the two scientists trying to find an antidote ("Let's try putting these two molecules together").
The zombies come in all varieties. From moaning shufflers, to machete wielding maniacs, to birds!
The gore is plentiful. Legs are bitten off, arms amputated, stomachs burst open.
The pace is fast, flying from one zombie attack to the next.
Then there's the head in the fridge. Oh the head in the fridge! One of the greatest moments in horror since Ash got his hand possessed in Evil Dead 2.
You should know already whether you're the sort of person who's going to like this sort of film. Get some mates and some beer and you'll be in for a fun night.
Did I mention the head in the fridge?!?!?