Okay, so I realize that this is a pretty familiar scene. Along with being one of the highpoints of Lucio Fulci’s seminal Zombi 2, it was also used — out of context — in a television commercial a few years ago. I can’t remember what the commercial was for but I do remember being ticked off whenever I was on twitter and I saw people who had probably never even heard of Lucio Fulci going, “Awww! I love the Shark/Zombie makeout commercial!”
(Oh! Wait, I do remember — it was one of those “Windows So-and-So was my idea!” commercials. God, I hated that advertising campaign.)
Anyway, here’s a scene I truly love, shown in its proper context — the Zombie/Shark fight from Lucio Fulci’s 1979 masterpiece Zombi 2. One thing I always wondered was whether or not that the shark came back as a zombie shark.
I kinda hope it did.
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One of the best scenes in any zombie film ever made. I think I was ten when I first saw this scene. As much as the rest of the film scared the hell out of me this scene was too awesome to be scared of.
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You sat through this film when you were 10?! I was close to 30 the first time I saw it, and I was gritting my teeth during some scenes (such as the opening throat-ripping scene on the boat and the bamboo shaft through the eye). I’ve developed some pretty thick gore calluses since then. But you must have been one tough little guy. 🙂
Great scene.
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Nah, I just had older cousins and younger uncles who didn’t mind me sitting in with them.
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