Considering it’s Bruno Mattei’s last film, I was expecting something monumentally awful. Thus I was a little disappointed when the movie turned out to be merely bad. Just when I thought my expectations were low enough that I couldn’t possibly be let down, good old Bruno finds a way to surprise me yet again.
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#1 by lyzard on July 6, 2009 - 1:51 am
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“Augustus Color”? Man, oh, man…
#2 by Braineater on July 6, 2009 - 6:45 am
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You prefer Julian Color?
#3 by MatthewF on July 6, 2009 - 9:16 am
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So it was called the ‘beginning’ because it was, eh, um, yeah, there is some Italian tax break for movies called ‘Zombie ‘?
#4 by MatthewF on July 6, 2009 - 9:17 am
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ah I meant to type ‘Zombie (something)’
#5 by Braineater on July 6, 2009 - 12:02 pm
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I think “The Beginning” is a perfect title for a middle that will never have an end.
Technically, I suppose it might just be a poor translation (poor translation in a Bruno Mattei film? Ooh, there’s a shock). The Italian title is Zombi: la creazione, which makes a little more sense. But the official export title is The Beginning (or The Beginnig), so that’s what I’m sticking with.
#6 by MatthewF on July 7, 2009 - 4:09 am
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Because there aren’t enough italian movies called Zombi
#7 by Nathan Shumate on July 8, 2009 - 9:00 pm
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Hey, at least this Zombie picture had zombies in it. For a while there, “zombie” simply meant “cheap Italian non-giallo.”
#8 by El Santo on July 9, 2009 - 6:57 am
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“Hey, at least this Zombie picture had zombies in it. For a while there, ‘zombie’ simply meant ‘cheap Italian non-giallo.’ ”
And when you remember that Monster Hunter— aka Zombie 6— is basically an uncredited mix-and-match remake of the first two Halloween movies, even the non-giallo part starts to look optional.
#9 by Braineater on July 9, 2009 - 12:13 pm
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And when you realize the US cut of A Virgin Among the Living Dead was once put out as Zombie 4, even the “movie” part starts to look optional.