Retro Picture Show
presents
ZOMBIE & BURIAL
GROUND Double Feature
Friday, March 10th
at 10pm
$18 Members | $22
Public
Retro Picture Show returns with Lucio Fulci’s ZOMBIE (1979) and BURIAL GROUND (1980), both on
35mm!
ZOMBIE (1979)
Produced in response to the worldwide success of
George A. Romero’s DAWN OF THE DEAD (titled ZOMBIES in Italy), Lucio Fulci’s
ZOMBIE (titled ZOMBIE 2 in Italy) stands on its own as a ground-breaking
visceral horror experience. This international smash-hit kick-started a
short-lived but incredibly prolific Italian exploitation movie industry of
zombies and cannibal films.
ZOMBIE has some of the most gut-wrenching scenes of
bodily violation ever seen. From slow motion tracheotomies to exploding heads
and the agonizing scene of the lovely Olga Karlatos’ beautiful eye being pulled
into a wooden splinter. There is even an underwater battle between a zombie and
a shark – guess who wins. (Italy, 1979, 92 mins, Dir. Lucio Fulci, 35mm)
BURIAL GROUND (1980)
What began as a carefree weekend at a stately Scottish
mansion turns to bone-chilling terror when the dead rise, in all their decaying
glory, to greet the living.
A young mother and her son are invited to spend a
weekend on the country estate of a Scottish aristocrat. The house is also
occupied by a strange guest, known only as “The Professor.” No one pays much
attention to him, but he is the key to the impending horrors. The attacks begin
during the night – gruesome and unspeakable acts of terror committed by living
corpses. It appears that nothing can stop this madness, as the dead take their
place as rulers of the living. (Italy, 1980, 85 mins, Dir. Andrea Bianchi,
35mm)