this unfavourably to similar material in 1929's Un Chien Andalou. Newman did compliment several sequences as interesting, particularly one underwater scene depicting a zombie attacking a shark, but found that overall the film did not "keep up the pace or plausibility sufficiently". On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 42% based on , with a weighted average rating of 5.30/10. Its consensus reads "Zombi 2 is an absurdly graphic zombie movie legendary for some gory scenes and nothing in between". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 54 out of 100 based on reviews from 8 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Footnotes References External links Zombi 2 at Variety Distribution 1979 films 1979 horror films 1970s Italian-language films Italian sequel films Apocalyptic films Films directed by Lucio Fulci Films scored by Fabio Frizzi Films set in the Caribbean Films shot in the Dominican Republic Films set in New York City Films set on fictional islands Films shot in Italy Films shot in New York City Obscenity controversies in film Italian splatter films Italian zombie films Zombi (film series) Films about Voodoo Unofficial sequel films Italian supernatural horror films Video nasties 1970s exploitation films Films about viral outbreaks Italian exploitation films