Rent Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)
3.6 of 5 from 93 ratings
1h 30min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- An abandoned boat in New York Harbour unleashes a deadly flesh crazed Zombie cargo...A young American woman and a journalist investigate a tropical island where a deadly disease is making the dead walk...Soon, thoughts of getting to the bottom of the murderous curse will be forgotten, as Fulci's walking corpses overwhelm the living and reports come in that the Big Apple is swarming with the living dead...
- Actors:
- Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver, Auretta Gay, Stefania D'Amario, Olga Karlatos, Ugo Bologna, Ramón Bravo, Omero Capanna, Dakar, Giannetto De Rossi, Alberto Dell'Acqua, Arnaldo Dell'Acqua, Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, Roberto Dell'Acqua, Franco Fantasia, Lucio Fulci, Leo Gavero, Captain Haggerty
- Directors:
- Lucio Fulci
- Producers:
- Fabrizio de Angelis, Ugo Tucci
- Writers:
- Elisa Briganti, Dardano Sacchetti
- Aka:
- Zombi 2 / Zombie / Island of the Flesh-Eaters / Nightmare Island / The Island of the Living Dead
- Studio:
- Dead Of Night
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- Collections:
- Films by Year, Films From: 1980, Top 10 Films By Year, Top 10 Films of 1979
- Countries:
- Italy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/12/2012
- Run Time:
- 91 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with screenwriter Elisa Brigand moderated by Calum Waddell
- Audio commentary with Fulci biographer Stephen Thrower and horror expert Alan Jones
- UK exclusive introduction to the film from Ian McCulloch
- Aliens, Cannibals and Zombies: A Trilogy of Italian Terror - Actor Ian McCulloch remembers his three classics of Latin horror lunacy - Zombie Flesh-Eaters, Contamination and Zombi Holocaust From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Film - Veteran Fulci screenwriters Dardano Sacchetti (The Beyond) and Antonio Tentori (Cat In The Brain), celebrated UK critic Kim Newman and filmmakers Luigi Cozzi (Contamination), Ruggero Deodato (Cannibal Holocaust) and Russ Streiner (Night Of The Living Dead) share memories of the genesis of corpse-crunching cinema, from Romero s early templates to the gory glory days of Fulci and his many successors
- The Meat Munching Movies of Gino De Rossi: The Special Effects magician behind many Italian splatter classics talks about his most famous gore-drenched greats - and shows props from many plasma-packed masterworks - Including Zombie Flesh-Eaters, City Of The Living Dead, The House By The Cemetery, CannibalFerox, Burial Ground and Piranha II
- Music for a Flesh-Feast Composer Fabio Frizzi Live Q&A from the Glasgow Film Theatre Zombie Flesh-Eaters - From Script to Screen: Dardano Sacchetti shows key pages from his original Island of the Living Dead screenplay
- Trailers and TV Spots
- Easter Eggs
- Disc 1:
- This disc includes the main feature
- Disc 2:
- This disc includes special features
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 06/10/2025
- Run Time:
- 91 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Atmos, English Mono, Italian Dolby Atmos, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, Italian LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English, English Hard of Hearing
- DVD Regions:
- Region 0 (All)
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- New audio commentary by critics Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson
- Audio commentary by screenwriter Elisa Briganti, moderated by Calum Waddell
- Audio commentary by Fulci biographer Stephen Thrower and horror expert Alan Jones
- Sound and Fury: Listening to Zombie Flesh Eaters, a new visual essay by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- Repellent: Memories of Zombie Flesh Eaters, a new visual essay by author and critic Chris Alexander
- Archival introduction by actor Ian McCulloch
- From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Film, a 2012 documentary featuring screenwriters Dardano Sacchetti and Antonio Tentori, critic Kim Newman and filmmakers Luigi Cozzi, Ruggero Deodato and Russ Streiner
- Aliens, Cannibals and Zombies: A Trilogy of Italian Terror, an archival interview with McCulloch
- The Meat-Munching Movies of Gino de Rossi, an archival interview with the celebrated special effects artist
- Zombie Flesh Eaters: From Script to Screen, an archival featurette featuring Dardano Sacchetti showing key pages from his original Island of the Living Dead screenplay
- Music for a Flesh-Feast, a 2012 Q&A with composer Fabio Frizzi at the Glasgow Film Theatre
- Original English language Nightmare Island screenplay
- Theatrical trailers and TV spots
- Easter eggs
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Reviews (1) of Zombie Flesh Eaters
Eyeballs, Maggots and Mayhem! - Zombie Flesh Eaters review by griggs
Italian horror never did subtle, and Zombie Flesh Eaters is no exception — but that’s exactly why it works. Lucio Fulci takes Romero’s undead idea, ships it off to a Caribbean island, and swaps social commentary for maggots, machetes, and magnificent decay. It’s sweaty, sunlit horror that feels exotic, grimy, and gloriously gross.
The acting’s as ropey as ever for Italian horror — all stiff delivery and post-dubbed voices — but you can tell they threw real money at it. The gore, the makeup, and that wild underwater zombie-versus-shark scene all look incredible for what’s basically pulp cinema. Fulci might revel in trash, but he makes it look expensive.
The result’s pulpy, grisly, and weirdly beautiful. Every squelch, scream, and eyeball puncture lands with purpose. It’s nonsense, sure — but the kind of nonsense that gets under your skin and stays there.
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