{"id":20062,"date":"2018-12-06T23:49:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T07:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=20062"},"modified":"2018-12-06T23:49:41","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T07:49:41","slug":"review-zombie-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2018\/12\/review-zombie-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Zombie Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>For as well loved as Zombie<\/em><\/strong> is and the cult following it has garnered in the 40 years since its release, I still was genuinely surprised because more often than not, I usually am disappointed in these kinds of movies.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Zombie
\n<\/span>\u2014 3-Disc Limited Edition \u2014<\/span>
\n(1979)<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Horror
\nBlue Underground | NR \u2013 92 min. \u2013 $45.95 | November 27, 2018<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 12\/06\/2018 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\"\"
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n\"\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Lucio Fulci
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Elisa Briganti (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Tisa Farrow, Ian McCulloch, Richard Johnson, Al Cliver, Auretta Gay, Stefania D\u2019Amario, Olga Karlatos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Audio Commentaries, Featurettes, Galleries, TV Spots, Theatrical Trailers
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray, CD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 7.1), English (DTS-HD MA 1.0), Italian (DTS-HD MA 7.1), Italian (DTS-HD MA 1.0), French (DTS-HD MA 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 2.40
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>34.6 GB
\nCodecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Blue Underground provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
\nThe opinions I share are my own.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"
\n\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\n

THE MOVIE \u2014 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>A New York reporter (IAN MCCULLOCH) follows a woman (TISA FARROW), with the help of a couple (AL CLIVER, AURETTA GAY) with a boat on vacation, to an island where a doctor (RICHARD JOHNSON) faces an epidemic of the undead.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Review: <\/strong>The zombie genre has been going strong for many years though probably exploded due to George A. Romero\u2019s classics, Night of the Living Dead<\/em> and Dawn of the Dead<\/em> which then spawned official and unofficial sequels plus the Zack Snyder well done 2004 remake. It also brought forth many low budget affairs, such as Zombie<\/em><\/strong> (a.k.a. Zombie 2<\/em> and Zombie Flesh Eaters<\/em> in the United States; Island of the Dead<\/em> in Europe and Zombie 2<\/em> in other regions).<\/p>\n

I was familiar with Zombie<\/em><\/strong> mostly through online reviewers like The Cinema Snob who made mention of the film multiple times over the years. In any case, I was genuinely surprised by the film. It\u2019s fairly well edited, the acting is fine though the ADR\/dubbing got distracting at times and the gore effects were fantastic along with the kills, some of which were gross. And that word kind of described the movie: it\u2019s more on the gross than scary, and as someone who can\u2019t stand anything happening to the eye, this one did get to me…<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The film from Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci, someone admittedly I\u2019m not terribly familiar with having only seen The Beyond<\/em>, Manhattan Baby<\/em> and now Zombie<\/em><\/strong>. He was certainly a talented director with his own unique brand of horror though didn\u2019t have quite the same mainstream-ish notoriety compared with Romero.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
\n

SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

This 3-disc limited edition set comes housed in an extra-wide HD keep case and comes with a lenticular slip cover<\/strong> and the inner cover is reversible revealing the film\u2019s poster artwork. Also, there are three variants to choose from: A \u2013 Bridge, B \u2013 Splinter and C \u2013 Worms, I received the latter though my personal favorite is \u201cB\u201d. There is a quite bit of content which is good thing considering how many releases of this there are out there, including a third CD disc<\/strong> with the film\u2019s soundtrack.<\/p>\n

Disc 1:
\n<\/strong>Audio Commentaries:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n