Zombie Flesh Eaters, Zombi 2, or simply Zombie: whatever viewers want to call it, the movie is Lucio Fulci’s masterpiece and the best zombie story ever made. A movie with this many different titles should be a synonym for success, and so is the case. This Italian hidden gem was a home video hit and reached cult status over the years, bringing the rising zombie genre to its roots with a refreshing approach to its lore.In the film, an NYC journalist and a woman looking for her father trace evidence back to the small Caribbean island of Matul, a place cursed by voodoo where the dead are rising from their graves to terrorize the living. It’s there that a tropical nightmare results in an epic debate between science and the supernatural.Romero’s zombie movies shaped the contemporary lore of the flesh-eating creatures known as zombies, adding powerful political allegories while shying away from the supernatural appeal of the genre. In his movies, the zombie condition was much more grounded in reality and worked as the catalyst for the unmasking of humanity’s true nature. A lot of these concepts can be found in Fulci’s Zombie Flesh Eaters, but the filmmaker is determined to adapt them to the rising Italian horror scene he helped to strengthen.
Zombie Flesh Eaters, Zombi 2, or simply Zombie: whatever viewers want to call it, the movie is Lucio Fulci’s masterpiece and the best zombie story ever made. A movie with this many different titles should be a synonym for success, and so is the case. This Italian hidden gem was a home video hit and reached cult status over the years, bringing the rising zombie genre to its roots with a refreshing approach to its lore.
In the film, an NYC journalist and a woman looking for her father trace evidence back to the small Caribbean island of Matul, a place cursed by voodoo where the dead are rising from their graves to terrorize the living. It’s there that a tropical nightmare results in an epic debate between science and the supernatural.
Romero’s zombie movies shaped the contemporary lore of the flesh-eating creatures known as zombies, adding powerful political allegories while shying away from the supernatural appeal of the genre. In his movies, the zombie condition was much more grounded in reality and worked as the catalyst for the unmasking of humanity’s true nature. A lot of these concepts can be found in Fulci’s Zombie Flesh Eaters, but the filmmaker is determined to adapt them to the rising Italian horror scene he helped to strengthen.
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