Lucio Fulci's "Zombie" will always hold a special place in my heart. Unlike American zombie films Italians have seemed to perfected the true feeling of dread in certain films, especially Fulci with this masterpiece of gore, and with his later film "The Beyond."
If you are a horror fan, then you already have heard about "Zombie" on multiple occasions. Fulci milks every bit of atmosphere from the Caribbean islands he shot at, creating a very eerie almost Gothic mood. Sadly this is overlooked most of the time for Gianetto De Rossi's grotesque walking corpses and gore effects. Never, even until this day have zombies looked this disgusting and DEAD. Some people may have a hard-on for Savini's make-up in "Day of the Dead", but let's face it...they don't look this good! Given conquistadors from a few hundred years ago would most likely be skeleton's, you can literally smell the stink from these corpses.
"Zombie" is one of my favorite horror movies bar none. While it might not be every one's cup of tea, it gets my vote as the best zombie film ever made.
1 comment:
I agree with your review. Although Romero is a master, I still rank Zombi 2 as my favorite zombie film ever. It has everything I could wish for in a horror film. It`s Fulci`s masterpiece and I`m very happy with me special edition DVD release of it.
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