Brains, Blood, Boomsticks, & Broods

After chocolate dipping bananas and a freshy baked batch of cockies we settled in for an intimate night of schlock with Lucio Fulci, director of Zombie aka Zombi 2. If you care: (When Romero and then apprentice Argento made Dawn of the Dead Argento released his own cut called Zombi. In an effort to capitalize on some of his success Fulci made Zombi 2) Zombie was schlock night’s first Fulci film and I think the two of us (out of 3) that stayed awake for it had a lot of fun. There’s certainly no depth like Romero, but the realism of the zombies (I won’t even say “especially for 1979) was wonderful even by today’s standards. (Damn! When they ate her liver I almost lost my chocolate covered banana.) The movie certainly goes all the way and appreciation for it is no doubt enhanced by which gender you like to see nude, and if it’s men well then you can subtract a .5 brain from the review.

The Great Eye Poke

Most impressive is the shark vs zombie scene. Now infamous in it’s nature, but no doubt worth every bit of attention for the reality of some poor insane bastard, dressed in makeup and fully clothed swimming around with a live shark as he attempts to bite its rubbery belly. I just hope his arm wasn’t bitten off for real, Fulci would have kept that scene, no doubt.

The dialogue is attrocious and dubbed over and over, apparently due to the accents of the original actors. And speaking of accents this movie has them from all over the globe. Where exactly are the Antilles?! By the accents of the actors they could have been in India or Mexico… you never knew….

The special effects and lighting are really nice, and you can feel Fulci’s love for his creation. No social issues are tackled here, and a lot are created, but generally that’s what makes shlock. We debated a lot on the final rating for the evening and settled on a solid:

3/5 Maggots (mmmmmmmm…)

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