Though it was billed in Italy as a sequel to George Romero's DAWN OF THE DEAD, which was known as ZOMBIE in that country, this Lucio Fulci-directed gross-out has nothing whatsoever to do with Romero's film. After the opening sequence, undoubtedly inspired by NOSFERATU (1922), a lone
sailboat drifts into a New York City harbor. On it is a zombie who proceeds to devour a hapless cop before falling into the water. As it turns out, Tisa Farrow's father owns the boat, so Farrow charters a small boat and sets sail for the island of Matoul, near St. Thomas, to find out what happened
to her dad. Reporter Ian McCulloch and another couple, Al Cliver and Annetta Gay, accompan...
Released:
1979
Rated:
NR
Length:
91 mins