| Zombi 2 | |
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| Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
| Written by | Elisa Briganti |
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| Cinematography | Sergio Salvati[1] |
| Edited by | Vincenzo Tomassi[1] |
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Production company | Variety Film |
| Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
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Running time | 91 minutes[1] |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ₤410 million |
| Box office | ₤3 billion $1,925,000[2] |
Zombi 2 is a 1979 English-language 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 under 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 is set at 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 Italian lira, the film earned several times its production costs back in international gross. It attracted controversy upon its release in the United Kingdom, where it screened as Zombie Flesh Eaters,[3] where it became listed as a "video nasty". However, in the subsequent years the film received a greater appreciation from critics, and has gained a cult following.[4]
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