After the discovery of a deserted boat in New York, a scientist's daughter and a journalist set off to Matul island to see what happened to an expedition. They later find the island is inhabited by flesh eating zombies which have spread a deadly disease.
Lucio Fulci is well renowned in the horror genre and his take on the zombie sub-genre is well remembered largely due to its false tie in into Romero's zombie movies but also its controversial status. Along with a lot of horror movies that were released in the early eighties, the movie was banned in the UK and labelled a 'video nasty'. Thankfully, now it's available uncut in almost every country for horror buffs to enjoy!
There's some great moments and a highlight has to be a zombie vs shark fight which features a real tiger shark! The movie is riddled with grisly gore- there's a moment in particular involving a splinter that even made me squeamish.
The cinematography is surprisingly solid. It's in widescreen and there's some good shots throughout the film. It's not without its faults though- there's some awkward editing and the English dub is laughably bad at times, although this is a solid zombie film that I quite enjoyed.
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