In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we look back at Lucio Fulci’s 1979 classic “Zombie,” which is not actually a sequel to “Dawn of the Dead” but it is a rather amazing film about the undead rising from their graves…
The success of George A. Romero’s film “Dawn of the Dead” in Italy — with editing by Dario Argento and a new score created by the band Goblin — gave way to producer Fabrizio De Angelis greenlighting a movie that would be marketed as a direct sequel, which was only allowed thanks to Italian copyright laws.
The original choice for a director turned down the project so the studio turned to Lucio Fulci instead. What he crafted — with a screenplay credited to husband and wife duo Elisa Briganti and Dardano Sacchetti — had no ties whatsoever to Romero’s work and Fulci was much happier when the film was marketed in the United States without being regarded as some sort of sequel.
With gruesome effects by Giannetto De Rossi, Fulci ultimately made what would go onto become his most famous film about a woman searching for answers about her father’s mysterious disappearance and it takes her to an island that will soon be overrun by the undead….
In the latest episode of Rewind of the Living Dead, we’re not getting naked to put on scuba gear and we are staying far away from splinters in our eyeballs as we review the 1979 classic “Zombie”…
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