Zombie Flesh Eaters

[PaulD]

Originally Posted by robertzombie

Buy?

Yeah, buy unofficial releases. Unless he meant illegal downloading which wouldn't make sense either since this film is already available region free.

[zfe1970]

Originally Posted by it'smebilly

I've got the steel book on order too, really hoping Arrow excel themselves with this title, minor nitpick here but it's shame they couldn't have had this out in time for Halloween. Nay mind, as long as it's a belter I can wait a few more weeks, plenty to watch in the meantime.

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first time this movie grapped me was way back in the early 80's,i must of been about 12 and we had a video mag called"video viewer"and it had a double page review of it with stills from the movie,the one that springs to mind is the zombie feast photo,anyway we got the old man to rent it for us,and that was it,i was hooked on this movie,but to my horror we rented the cut versiona couple of weeks later we had the "strong uncut version".I now own this big box version along with all the current dvds and the us blurayand of course the arrow blu ray on order.

[demonknight]

I first came across Zombie flesh eaters in the late eighties in my local music/video store.I'll never forget the incredible video cover,hand coming out of the ground on the front and then the back was covered in gory stills. At the time we didn't have a video player,but a friend of mine had so we rented it out and that's my introduction to Lucio Fulci. The gore in that movie just blew me away. I absolutely love this movie along with COTLD. I also have the Shriek show 2 discer, the BU dvd and bluray 2 discer plus i have it on pre order from amazon, on steelbook and on dvd. Just watched Romero's Day of the dead last night,another fantastic zombie movie,but ZFE is definitely in my top five zombie films. Roll on now what looks like December 3rd.

[Vampix]

I also bought Vipco's uncut cinema version VHS re-release back in the 90s thinking it was going to be the strong uncut version I knew and loved from the pre-cert days.I was pretty disappointed, to say the least, after I had watched it.When I read the blurb on the back cover about it being the full UK cinema version and not having been further cut by the BBFC I realised Vipco weren't trying to rip people off, they were in fact being quite honest.

[LoBo]

I first saw it on the old Anchor Bay DVD in 2003 or 2004. I remember someone recommended me a few zombies films and this was one of them. I have enjoyed it since then. This was also the first Lucio Fulci film i saw. After i saw this, i started to look at his other films and became a fan.

[zfe1970]

Originally Posted by demonknight

I first came across Zombie flesh eaters in the late eighties in my local music/video store.I'll never forget the incredible video cover,hand coming out of the ground on the front and then the back was covered in gory stills. At the time we didn't have a video player,but a friend of mine had so we rented it out and that's my introduction to Lucio Fulci. The gore in that movie just blew me away. I absolutely love this movie along with COTLD. I also have the Shriek show 2 discer, the BU dvd and bluray 2 discer plus i have it on pre order from amazon, on steelbook and on dvd. Just watched Romero's Day of the dead last night,another fantastic zombie movie,but ZFE is definitely in my top five zombie films. Roll on now what looks like December 3rd.

i got to agree with you day of the dead is in my view his best "dead" film of the series but for me zfe is THE zombie of all time(please never remakes it!)

[demonknight]

Originally Posted by zfe1970

i got to agree with you day of the dead is in my view his best "dead" film of the series but for me zfe is THE zombie of all time(please never remakes it!)

For me its gotta be

1.Day of the dead
2.Dawn of the dead '78
3.Zombie flesh eaters
4.City of the living dead
5.Return of the living dead

All excellent movies

[Susan Foreman]

Originally Posted by Beyond72

"What follows in the Caribbean and later in New York is truly terrifying"

Originally Posted by sam tyler

I wonder what a direct sequel would have been like if it picked up with the remaining cast arriving in a zombie infested New York City

Originally Posted by Wes

...which presumably results in a zombie infested Pittsburgh, which slyly positions Zombie Flesh Eaters as a prequel to Dawn of the Dead. I like that...

Originally Posted by PaulD

Oddly enough that's how I always unofficially think of that film. The last shot of ZFE ties in quite nicely as a prequel to Dawn of the Dead

Apparently, the scripted ending of the film is different to what was actually filmed. Quoting from the book 'Eaten Alive: Italian Cannibal and Zombie Films', by Jay Slater:

"The films ending, although similar to the script, has also been modified. The following scene is towards the conclusion of the film, where Peter, Ann and Brian escape from the island - the latter having been bitten by a zombie.

CABIN...BOAT...DAY

Brian is on one of the bunks, tossing and turning. He has a high fever and he is delirious

Ann sits next to him, changing the damp cloth on his forehead

PETE

What do you say we try and get something on the radio? It might cheer us up

He turns it on, but instead of music, they hear the grave VOICE of an announcer

RADIO VOICE

...that the police have managed to isolate the harbour area, confining the phenomena to that part of the city. There are, as yet, no plausible explanations for these 'living dead', or, as they are more commonly known, Zombies

Ann switches off the radio, and looks at Peter with a bitter smile

ANN

What will happen now?

Peter doesn't say anything

144...INT...CABIN...BOAT...DAY

The door to the bilge. Something is BEATING on it from inside with increased vehemence

FRAME FREEZES and then is SUPERIMPOSED with

THE END

The most obvious alteration is the radio announcers message, where in the script the zombies have been contained and are under police control. In the film, the announcer is hysterical, and understandably so. The living dead have spread throughout North America as well as other parts of the world. In fact, his report is catastrophic for the survivors of the zombie holocaust, although it's hard to take seriously when he screams 'I've just been informed that the zombies have entered the building...they're at the door...they're coming in...AAARRRGGGGHHHH!'"

[pedromonkey]

Like most Euro horror films, i first discovered it on Film 4 Extreme back in the early '00s. I was a massive Dawn Of The Dead fan (still am) and randomly landed on it playing. Gotta say, not a huge fan and i think it's overrated. That being said it's still a classic even if i do find it to be one of Fulci's weakest Zombie flicks.

[Vampix]

Originally Posted by pedromonkey

Like most Euro horror films, i first discovered it on Film 4 Extreme back in the early '00s. I was a massive Dawn Of The Dead fan (still am) and randomly landed on it playing. Gotta say, not a huge fan and i think it's overrated. That being said it's still a classic even if i do find it to be one of Fulci's weakest Zombie flicks.

I feel the opposite to you, I find Romero's Dawn of the Dead overrated.That's not to say I don't appreciate the film's importance in horror movie history.I wouldn't be without a copy of 'Dawn' in my collection (I have the Arrow Blu set).I, personally though, would rather watch Zombie Flesh-Eaters than Dawn of the Dead or Night of the Living Dead (1968) most of the time.