From Romero to Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Italian Zombie Movie

Dec 3, 2012

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★ 5.7

Overview

The history of Italian zombie cinema, beginning with the breakout worldwide influence and success of George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and continuing through to Lucio Fulci's trend-setting Zombie Flesh-Eaters (Zombi 2) and its many imitators.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

High Rising Productions

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Cast

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Ruggero Deodato

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Luigi Cozzi

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Russell Streiner

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Kim Newman

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Dardano Sacchetti

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Alex Chandon

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David McGillivray

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Antonio Tentori

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