# ID this old zombie movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899 "2016-08-25T12:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899/1 "2016-08-25T12:56:59Z")
I remember seeing a trailer for a zombie movie when I was very young, so that puts the time frame somewhere between the late 70s and the early 80s (1982 max, I’d say). What I saw was a couple goofing around on what looked like an otherwise deserted beach. Except not. Cut to one particularly decayed zombie shambling towards the couple. Back to the couple, still unaware of what’s approaching. Cut back to the zombie. That’s all I remember. From what I can now guess I’d say it was an Italian movie. Think of **Fulci** or someone like that. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899/2 "2016-08-25T13:44:47Z")
Lucio Fulci’s _Zombi 2_? (Link boxed for brief nudity.) [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViXN7D3E7aI) ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899/3 "2016-08-25T13:53:00Z")
I can’t check right know but I’ll let you know if it’s the right one, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2016, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899/4 "2016-08-25T14:00:33Z")
> [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](#): > > I can’t check right know but I’ll let you know if it’s the right one, thanks. [Here’s one without nudity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9JuX__CPYQ), though it’s mostly shooting and biting and doesn’t show much of the island. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899/5 "2016-08-26T00:55:02Z")
Might be Oasis of the Zombies. AKA Oasis of the Living Dead. AKA Treasure of the Living Dead Trailer cued up to possibly relevant part (I’m not sure but think the chick there might be topless so 2-click rule to be safe, but even if she is it’s too small and blurry to really matter.) [OASIS OF THE ZOMBIES Trailer - YouTube](https://youtu.be/USzOWDS52cs?t=1m23s) ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899/6 "2016-08-26T04:42:11Z")
Could be the ending of a 1974 Spanish movie called The Ghost Galleon aka Horror of the Zombies. [Still image](http://www.tasteofcinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/The-Ghost-Galleon.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899/7 "2016-08-26T08:28:14Z")
_Zombi 2_ is the most likely so far. The… let’s say… _esthetics_ fit my memories perfectly and the fact that it takes place on an island makes it likely to have a scene on a beach at some point. Still, I haven’t found the exact scene I was remembering. I guess I’ll have to watch the whole thing to make sure… The other two movies look a bit too dark - the scene I’m thinking of was taking place during the day, and there was only one zombie. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899/8 "2016-08-26T14:29:03Z")
I could be wrong … but there was a time when Zombie 2 was like my favorite movie, and I don’t recall a “carefree couple on the beach” scene. Your description reminds me more of Burial Ground aka Nights of Terror from 1981. Does the second half of [this trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18DjkGae2OI) ring a bell? It doesn’t have the scene you’re describing but it might be elsewhere in the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899/9 "2016-08-27T14:27:25Z")
That’s not it but I see that the zombies in the trailer have the cruddy look that I’m looking for, which suggest that it may indeed well have been a European movie. American zombies had a more “polished” look, so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899/10 "2016-08-27T16:36:47Z")
It could be **Dr. Butcher, MD** , another cheapo Italian movie from 1980 that went under a bunch of other titles. There’s a snippet of a beach scene at 1:55 of [this trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVvr2aCIgFo) (NSFW) ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899/11 "2016-08-27T18:40:51Z")
Oh, that scene was a bit too short to be certain but it’s a very likely candidate ! The movie looks terrible, though. I’m afraid to watch it, but for the wrong reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Sasori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sasori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sasori)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-old-zombie-movie/763899/12 "2016-09-02T19:15:53Z")
ISTR a scene like that in Joe D’ Amato’s _Le Notti erotiche dei morti viventi_ aka _Erotic Nights of the Living Dead_ aka _Nite of the Zombies_. It’s not shown in this edited trailer, but you might remember the couple on the beach. Or at least George Eastman’s facial hair. 🙂 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF0iGkPnaq0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FF0iGkPnaq0)