Zombi 3

Fulci's horror film about infected people on bersek and causing wreak havoc on a island in the Phillippines . A group of scientists at a top secret research center are experimenting with a chemical compound called 'Death One' and attempting to to obtain an antidote. When a terrorist's body , infected with a robbed chemical , is recovered by the US military, and being cremated , a virus/bacteria is unintentionally released into the atmosphere over the small island. Then the commander-in-chief (Mike Monty) orders to kill all people around. Along the way, three U. S. Army soldiers on holiday from their base , are driving around in their jeep. They are Kenny (Deran Sarafian), Roger (Ottaviano Dell'Acqua as Richard Raymond), and Bo (Massimo Vanni as Alex McBride). The three soldiers meet a group of three young tourists . Soon after , they board themselves up in an abandoned hotel as they attempt to fend off the nimble and aggressive living dead . But they are extremely afflicted by the stalking , vicious and agile flesh-eating stiffs relieved .

This medium-budget terror motion picture deals with a group of soldiers and other unfortunate people who run into a pack of infected populace coming back to life by mutating into flesh-hungry zombies , an astonishing epidemic that reanimates them and while terrorizing an unnamed Philippines island . Gory , eerie , pretty repellent , and ghastly cannibal feast in which violent flesh-eating stiffs , zombies-lookalike cause massacre , destruction , slaughter and gory attacks . This creepy horror movie dealing with an ever-dwindling group including an unrelenting shock-feast laced with an army of Zombies appearance roaming here and there , throughout the countryside , villa, military installations and some people besieged inside a hotel delivering the goods , enough to be interesting . Lucio Fulci's success is regularly directed with startling visual content and atmospheric production design ; furthermore special mention for excellent make-up . This frightening movie is plenty of thrills , chills , high body-count executed by the eerie Zombies and photographed in pallid color with lurid images and scary results . This is a so-so excruciatingly Zombie film where the intrigue, tension , suspense appear threatening and lurking in the sunny outdoors , dark nights and every room , and corridors from a gas station , a house , a van , research facility , power plant , jungle and many other places . At the time considered the plus ultra of thoroughly disturbing movie is less stomach-churning for nowadays's standards , yet its fundamental power to thrill remains undiminished . Watch for the great highlights as skull which flies out of the freezer , the infected birds attacking the passengers on the van and other Fulci's marks who repeats ad nauseum . There're some familar faces of the Italian-B series ,such as : Ottaviano Dell'Acqua , Massimo Vanni , Luciano Pigozzi or Alan Collins nicknamed the Italian Peter Lorre , Robert Marius, Mike Monty , and writer Claudio Fragasso and assistant director Bruno Mattei have brief cameos as soldiers in the crematorium scene . Like many Italian movies filmed at the time and release anyway , most of the actors provided their lines in English language and were then re-dubbed for the international markets .

This genuinely frightening story with correct utilization of images-shock in which the camera stalks in sinister style , being adequately photographed by Ricardo Grasseti on location in CBK Power Company Plant, San Juan, and Pagsanjan, Philippines . Creepie and frightening musical score by Stefano Mainetti , in Goblin style , composed by means of synthesizer . The motion picture was middlingly directed by Lucio Fulci , but he had to leave the shooting , that's why he suffered a heart stroke . Producer Franco Gaudenzi asked second unit director Bruno Mattei and writer Claudio Fragasso to take over the director's chair , both of them stayed in the Philippine Islands at the time filming : Strike Command I and its sequel Strke Command II . Lucio Fulci did not love the storyline for Zombi 3 (1988) which he considered to be "terrible", as he wanted to change it but the producers refused. Italian Lucio Fulci made other good terror films as ¨ From beyond¨ , ¨House by the cemetery¨ and ¨New York ripper ¨ deserving cult status. Critics are divided over both the moral and talents of Fulci (1927-1996), who sometimes directed under the alias Louis Fuller. For some reviewers many of his flicks are extremely cruel and savage , yet their gory surface often concealing social, religious , or provoking commentaries or other thoughful , intelligent issues . Nevertheless , most of them considering his works have undeniably provided a considerable influence on the terror genre , creating decent efforts on low budget flicks . Standing out his ¨Don't Torture a Duckling¨ deemed to be one of his best pictures . In 1979, Fulci's film making career successfully another high point with him, breaking into the international market with ¨Zombi 2¨ (1979), an in-name-only sequel to George A. Romero's Zombi: Night of the Living Dead (1978), which had been released in Italy as 'Zombi'. And his big hit ¨New York Ripper¨ , at the time rated as a video nasty , due to it and why the excessive extra violence was heavily cut or prohibited in a large number of countries . With this film established Fulci as a gore director par excellence . Over the next three years, Fulci plied his trade with finesse and flair-play , rivaling even the popularity of his "opponent" the great Dario Argento, with such sanguine classics as ¨City of the Living Dead¨ (1980) and ¨Beyond¨ (1981). These films, as well as the reviled "New York Ripper" (1982) are actually intelligently crafted, with sound commentaries on everything from American life to religion. In Zombi 3 (1988) he creates a rare Zombie thriller that manages to be both scary and skilfully made , but average . Rating : 4.5/10 : very mediocre , it's just one long unrelenting cannibal feast and average budget horror movie that still packs a punch for those who like to be terrorized out their wits.

When a group of men rob a chemical virus from a facility, they are chased and killed. One of them escapes with the container but the glass with the virus breaks and he is infected. The military force finds his body and cremates his corpse unleashing the virus airborne. The locals are infected becoming killer zombies.

"Zombi 3" is a cheesy and trash but also funny zombie movie. The story and the screenplay are lame, the acting is histrionic, but the gross special effect is gruesome, gore and hilarious. The zombies are a complete mess, with some of them moving very slow and others very fast, but I believe that fans like me of the cult Lucio Fulci will find exactly what we expect. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Zumbi 3"

Note: On 30 Aug 2022, I saw this film again.

Off the blocks let me just say that I am a huge zombie fan so I don't make statements like the above lightly. Secondly let me say that this is an Italian zombie film and Fulci only directed 15 minutes of it before handing over to Bruno (Rats, Night Of Terror) Mattei. This is no Dawn of the Dead folks.

That said this is easily one of the most entertaining zombie films I have ever seen.

The script is wonderfully horrible. Just check out the two scientists trying to find an antidote ("Let's try putting these two molecules together").

The zombies come in all varieties. From moaning shufflers, to machete wielding maniacs, to birds!

The gore is plentiful. Legs are bitten off, arms amputated, stomachs burst open.

The pace is fast, flying from one zombie attack to the next.

Then there's the head in the fridge. Oh the head in the fridge! One of the greatest moments in horror since Ash got his hand possessed in Evil Dead 2.

You should know already whether you're the sort of person who's going to like this sort of film. Get some mates and some beer and you'll be in for a fun night.

Did I mention the head in the fridge?!?!?

I can't even began to write a review on this movie as my i.q. has dropped so sharply after watching it. Everything about it, from the atrocious acting to the recycled theme played throughout spoke of utter garbage. It's a miracle we made it all the way through the movie. Weapons are randomly placed throughout the town such as a crate of machine guns in the basement of a motel or a grenade under a jeep that had the blast radius of an atomic bomb. Don't even get me started on the dialog. It was garbage, garbage, garbage!!! For some reason the characters felt they had to spell out everything for us. Like when their car would break down they would say "Looks like our car broke down. I'm going to go to that abandoned gas station right over there and see if i can find some water" - this brings me to my next point - the director's obsession with water. At least three times the characters would wander off alone in search of water as if it was a miracle cure for the zombie disease. It's killing me to write this so i have to stop now. A warning for all those planning to see this movie: don't. You will walk away a mindless, babbling zombie yourself.

I was hoping this was going to be a good movie. "Ooooooh the next instalment." I thought to myself. I plonked the dvd in the player and sat back. The first promising scene with the zombie with a machete really made me sit up. I, like many, am used to zombies shuffling around and moaning a bit. For those few moments i was quite excited. Then nothing entertaining happens for ages as the dull story plods along with little gore to spice it up. Then there is the flying head in a fridge scene, which made me soil myself from laughing so hard. I am glad i have the dvd, just so i can replay that scene again and again. What else can i tell you? The rest of the film is instantly forgettable, horrible dubbing, naff music and so on. If it had more gore then i would be more inclined to recommend it (yes, it is the uncut version i have). I'm sure had Fulci been more involved it would have been better. Oh well. 3 out of 10 for the flying head!!