AKA Zombi 2, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Island of the Living Dead

1979, Directed by Lucio Fulci

This trailer’s soundtrack screams “Early eighties!” even louder than fluorescent socks.

Italian gore master Lucio Fulci throws more blood around in this movie than most horror directors manage in a lifetime. Not that you’d know from the trailer, which appears to be a failed attempt at ‘arty’.

This was one of the infamous ‘video nasties’ banned by on VHS by the UK in the mid-eighties. It was massively popular, however, and as such home-copied tapes were passed around so everyone could see the cool underwater bit where a zombie fights a shark. It was eventually released uncut on DVD a few years ago under the ‘Zombie Flesh Eaters’ title, showing the entirety of the infamous scene where a woman has her eye slowly gouged out by a bit of wood.

This movie isn’t a sequel to anything but was apparently released as “Zombi 2″ as an attempt to cash-in on the success of Dawn of the Dead, which was released as “Zombi” in Italy. Despite Zombie being written before Dawn of the Dead. Confusing.

Favourite bit: “Barf Bag”

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AKA Super Snooper

1980, Directed by Sergio Corbucci

An indestructible, psychokinetic policeman who keeps jumping out of windows? The worst nightmare of every criminal! And glazier.

This comedy really doesn’t look as hilarious as the voice-over man would have us believe. Lots of slapstick and face pulling and not much else – but who knows, maybe they left all the good bits out of the trailer.

And yes, at the end he ‘hilariously’ shoots a nuclear missile out of the sky, surely killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people. Ho ho! Actually, I have to doff my cap to any comedy which features both public executions and thermonuclear explosions.

Favourite bit: The look on Superfuzz’s face as he’s being electrocuted.

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