Fun (because it's so dumb) Itallian zombie flick set in the Phillipines was intended as a sequel to 1979's Zombie; but it turns out to be quite the hoot.

Scientists discover a serum that can return the dead back to life and find an epidemic on their hands after the toxin is set loose upon the countryside. So while the toxin is turning everyone left-right-and-centre into flesh-munchers the government is running around (in suits stolen directly from George A. Romero's The Crazies) shooting everything and some soldiers are trying to stay alive.

Infamous as the film director Fulci (despite getting full directing credit) quit during filming with noted hack Bruno (Rats:Night Of Terror) Mattei finishing it; this is one inane ride with plenty of amusing gore effects that range from decent to lousy, some humourous zombie attacks (including the whole "live dismembered head in the fridge" one) and a general sense of "give me a break!".

Highly entertaining cheese has an okay premise of making the zombification a disease; but there's just too many ridiculous things to make it anything but a giddy and inept joy. You even get a jive talking DJ who gives a paranoid "save the environment" speech.

Not as bad as its reputation though pretty stinky.

Directed By: Lucio Fulci.
Written By: Claudio Fragasso.

Starring: Deran Sarafian, Beatrice Ring, Richard Raymond, Alex McBride.