Zombie Flesh Eaters
| Zombi 2 | |
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Italian theatrical poster
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| Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
| Produced by | Ugo Tucci |
| Written by | Dardano Sacchetti |
| Starring |
Tisa Farrow Ian McCulloch Richard Johnson Al Cliver Auretta Gay Olga Karlatos Stefania D'Amario |
| Music by | Fabio Frizzi |
| Cinematography | Sergio Salvati |
| Edited by | Vincenzo Tomassi |
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Variety Film
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| Distributed by | Variety Film |
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| Country | Italy |
| Budget | ₤410,000,000 |
| Box office | ₤3,000,000,000 |
Zombi 2 is a 1979 Italian zombie film directed by Lucio Fulci. It was adapted from an original screenplay by Dardano Sacchetti to serve as a sequel to George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978), which was released in Italy with the title Zombi. It stars Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, and Richard Johnson, and features a score by frequent Fulci collaborator Fabio Frizzi. Frizzi's score has been released independently of the film, and he has performed it live on tour.
The film tells the story of a Caribbean island cursed by voodoo, whose dead residents rise as zombies to attack the living. A scientist's daughter journeys to the island after her father's boat turns up abandoned in New York City. Intended by its writer as a return to "classic zombie tales", Zombi 2 was filmed in Italy, with further location shooting in New York and Santo Domingo.
Produced on a small budget of ₤410 million, the film earned several times its production costs back in international gross. It attracted controversy upon its release in the United Kingdom, where it became listed as a "video nasty". However, later years have seen a greater appreciation for the film from critics.
An abandoned sailboat drifts into New York Harbor and is boarded by harbor patrol officers. One is killed by a zombie, which falls overboard after being shot by another officer. The police question the boat owner's daughter, Anne Bowles (Tisa Farrow), who claims she hasn't seen her father for months. At the morgue, the officer's corpse stirs. Anne meets journalist Peter West (Ian McCulloch), and the pair follows her father's trail to the Caribbean island Matul. En route, they befriend Brian Hull (Al Cliver) and Susan Barrett (Auretta Gay), who are sailing around the area and agree to take them to Matul.
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