One of those 'so bad it's good' productions, Zombie holocaust has to be seen to be believed. (And even then you still won't believe it). The only thing the film has going for it are it's tragically inept gore 'effects' so make sure you see an uncut version. Not so much a zombie movie as a cannibal movie, the film 'stars' Italian exploitation fave Ian Mcculloch as some kind of doctor sent to investigate a strange tropical island, where he finds the requisite mad doctor performing experiments on the locals. He is pleased to see mcculloch though, as he is "anxious to experiment on a white male brain". If you want serious horror look elsewhere, but if you love cheesy movies go ahead and jump right on in.

A mad scientist is in New York as he's taking some human parts from the hospital and graveyards and is part of a cannibal cult leaving police baffled. A group of explorers and researchers alike seek to find who is behind this mad raving scientist and cult by going to an island, while on the island the doctor conducts ghastly experiments to create zombies as he's really a mad scientist who has cannibal tribes to do his work for him.

Entertaining and well made Italian horror flick that is both a zombie movie and a cannibal movie as well but without the animal cruelty like in most Italian cannibal flicks. Ian McCullough is just as great in his performance like in "Zombi 2" ( a.k.a. Zombie), the story is kind of mediocre but the nudity and gore make up for that in this gut-munching and enjoyable horror movie with memorable moments like the boat-motor zombie head death scene or the realistic operation scenes that isn't for the squeamish.

Also recommended: "Zombi 2" ( a.k.a. Zombie), "Night of the Living Dead ( 1968 and 1990)", "Dawn of the Dead ( 1978)", "Day of the Dead", "Land of the Dead", "The Dead Next Door", "Jungle Holocaust", "Cannibal Ferox", "Mountain of the Cannibal God", "Hell of the Living Dead ( a.k.a. Night of the Zombies)", "Nightmare City ( a.k.a. City of the Walking Dead)", "The Toxic Avenger", "Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror", "City of the Living Dead ( a.k.a. Gates of Hell)", "Re-Animator", "Bride of Re-Animator", "Beyond Re-Animator", "The Return of the Living Dead series", "Flesh for Frankenstein", "Caligula", "Pieces", "Dawn of the Dead ( 2004)", "Zombi 3", "Man from Deep River", "Cannibal Apocalypse", " I Drink Your Blood", "Eaten Alive! ( 1980)", "Driller Killer", and "Cannibal Holocaust".

A real tearjerker. I laughed so hard I almost cried to death. I watched this film when I was 14 and it really changed my life. It turned me into an extreme horror fan, only to be disappointed with tons of garbage films afterwards that never really compared to The Butcher knife's sharpness. If anyone knows some even better, more gory and obscure films, please let me know. PS Did anyone else get a headache from all of the piercing screaming and sound or was it just me