Review of Doctor Butcher M.D. (1980) by Tim S — 30 Mar 2012

What more could you ask for in a horror movie. This one has a mad scientist, zombie, cannibals, gore, insane ways of killing people, an operating table scene, some cheesy lines, some bad acting. This should be a horror fan's holy grail.

Zombie Holocaust (aka Dr. Butcher M.D. [Medical Deviate]) is a pretty entertaining ride. The movie starts out with a medical assistant who is stealing body parts from cadavers. Doctors soon find out that he is a modern day cannibal and they trace the tribe back to an island which is inhabited by the flesh eaters. The group of city people are slowly killed by the cannibals but the survivors soon find out that a mad doctor is turning some of the natives into zombies.

Some of the gore in this movie is quite well done and is pretty gruesome. A zombie gets a boat motor shoved right in it's face, a woman has her skull sawed open and her brain removed, some cannibals rip out a man's eyes and feast on them. There are so many great death scenes in this movie that you almost watch it just for them. They are so well done too that they almost go hand in hand with some of Fulci's death scenes.

The acting is decent, the movie doesn't rely on it. It relies on storyline, gore, and nudity, which there is a decent amount of. Ian McCulloch does a fairly good job as the protagoist, and Donald O'Brein does quite a good job as the mad doctor.

All together this is a pretty good zombie/cannibal film and is reccommended for a fan of both genres. Once you get past the acting then it's highly entertaining and is worht the watch.