tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post5680599794375631804..comments2024-02-21T20:51:54.249+00:00Comments on The Celluloid Highway: Celluloid Sounds - Zombi 2 (1979)Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]http://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-19845940765750010552012-01-05T17:34:16.764+00:002012-01-05T17:34:16.764+00:00@ Greg - I would join you in bopping away to the m...@ Greg - I would join you in bopping away to the monster mash, but I'm too busy eating someone!<br /><br />@ Johnny - You may have a case for the sequences you mention in CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD and HOUSE BY THE CEMETARY, but the scenes under discussion from ZOMBI 2 I believe have a certain power and impressiveness. I think you're getting ZOMBI 2 mixed up with the EVIL DEAD, which is an Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-81712028903857514482012-01-05T04:11:15.115+00:002012-01-05T04:11:15.115+00:00Quote: "The opening sequence aboard the boat,...Quote: "The opening sequence aboard the boat, the sequence in the Conquistador graveyard, and the lead up moments to the infamous splinter in the eye scene are all great moments of tension..."<br /><br />That's certainly nice if they work for you in that regard.<br /><br />Personally, I tend to laugh hysterically at the splinter scene, akin to the 'drill through the head' johnny6666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16749738500273163297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-88683007143623770622012-01-05T00:06:01.387+00:002012-01-05T00:06:01.387+00:00Why, yes that is indeed a nose in my cocktail! My ...Why, yes that is indeed a nose in my cocktail! My nose in fact, by the looks of it. Must of fallen off during that last game of Pinochle. Now what do ya say we shuffle our bones on over to the dance floor, muffie, they're playing our song: The Monster Mash!Greg Stuart Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11939384500810162186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-4189364006951098842012-01-04T16:43:34.365+00:002012-01-04T16:43:34.365+00:00@ Kev D - I don't agree with Johnny at all on ...@ Kev D - I don't agree with Johnny at all on the tension or lack thereof in ZOMBI 2. The opening sequence aboard the boat, the sequence in the Conquistador graveyard, and the lead up moments to the infamous splinter in the eye scene are all great moments of tension. I think the distinction I would make regarding DAWN OF THE DEAD and ZOMBI 2 is that Romero's film is a more professional Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-39431325536547785582012-01-04T08:20:55.299+00:002012-01-04T08:20:55.299+00:00Oh, and Johnny's Sanatra/Buble crack: classic!...Oh, and Johnny's Sanatra/Buble crack: classic!<br /><br />Nice write up, too, shaun.Greg Stuart Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11939384500810162186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-79481893673447914722012-01-04T08:19:01.834+00:002012-01-04T08:19:01.834+00:00I think I mentioned once before - on some long for...I think I mentioned once before - on some long forgotten bend'o The Highway, that I haven't seen ZOMBI 2 yet. And I must admit, though I love the horror genre (and have seen more than my fair share of nightmare inducing gems, cult favorites, chop-shlock, rape-revenge-flicks, et-al), it's not the genre I seek out most. That is to say, I'm not one of those horror fans that's Greg Stuart Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11939384500810162186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-22541281279802413092012-01-03T23:04:56.402+00:002012-01-03T23:04:56.402+00:00I don't know that I agree with Johnny about th...I don't know that I agree with Johnny about the lack of tension... but I do feel that Dawn is a better movie overall.<br /><br />REGARDLESS, the music in Zombi 2 trumps the music in Dawn, I don't care what anyone says.<br /><br />Great post.Kev D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13557162668726460610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-75955946584731627232012-01-03T14:31:51.187+00:002012-01-03T14:31:51.187+00:00I guess I'll be booking Michael Buble then! :-...I guess I'll be booking Michael Buble then! :-)Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-72114021871465599462012-01-03T14:31:01.252+00:002012-01-03T14:31:01.252+00:00Cheers Johnny, I knew I could rely on you for furt...Cheers Johnny, I knew I could rely on you for further information regarding Cascio's involvement.Shaun Anderson [The Celluloid Highway]https://www.blogger.com/profile/18066744649878418309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-28656659602645297082012-01-03T07:00:06.528+00:002012-01-03T07:00:06.528+00:00"Although Cascio gets a credit on Zombi 2 I’m..."Although Cascio gets a credit on Zombi 2 I’m not certain as to the extent of his contribution."<br /><br />This link to an interview with Frizzi might help somewhat, Shaun:<br /><br />http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2008/06/23/interview-fabio-frizzi/johnny6666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16749738500273163297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-68498229722196539972012-01-03T06:49:31.722+00:002012-01-03T06:49:31.722+00:00Quote: "Zombi 2 is... wonderfully free of the...Quote: "Zombi 2 is... wonderfully free of the adolescent social commentary that so blighted George A. Romero’s infantile zombie pictures."<br /><br />'Zombi 2' is also free of pacing, tension, acting and any discernible degree of cinematic intellect. <br /><br />;) <br /><br />Don't get me wrong - the film is dumb fun in its own stupid way (especially when playing to a johnny6666https://www.blogger.com/profile/16749738500273163297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751360814489146754.post-57424702141272994592012-01-01T15:50:23.272+00:002012-01-01T15:50:23.272+00:00Good stuff, Shaun. I first saw ZOMBI 2 as a teenag...Good stuff, Shaun. I first saw ZOMBI 2 as a teenager in the '80s, and enjoyed it for its ridiculous gore. Watching it again many years later, it leapt to a special place in my horror-haunted heart, and I found I much prefer it to DAWN OF THE DEAD... which I too was never a particularly huge fan of. The main score is just one of my favorites ever!Will Erricksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16285306262078600804noreply@blogger.com