Review of Doctor Butcher M.D. (1980) by Gordon S — 11 May 2011
A rip-off of a rip-off . . . or you can call it a "follow-up" to an "homage" of Dawn of the Dead. ZOMBI HOLOCAUST gets its title from CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (instead of cannibals there are zombies AND cannibals) and was released in The Untied States of America as DOCTOR BUTCHER MD (Medical Deviate) through Terry Levine and featured a segment from Roy Frumkis' Tales That Will Rip Your Heart Out with a bunch of Zombies rising from their graves; Roy Frumkis also brought us (horror fans) the ALL-TIME-CLASSICS: DOCUMENT OF THE DEAD (the incredible, excellent documentary of DAWN OF THE DEAD and STREET TRASH (the movie where the homeless guys play catch with a guy's scrotum) .
ZOMBIES HOLOCAUST (Zombi is plural of Zombie in Italian), stars Ian Maculloch who also starred in Lucio Fulci's Zombie in a similar role, a newspaper reporter,.
Honestly, I find Zombi Holocaust to be pretty corny . . . but the soundtrack (that is actually playing on my computer as I write this) is awesome and is by the guy who did the soundtrack for Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals (aka TRAP THEM AND KILL THEM).
DOCTOR BUTCHER that played in the states has a different soundtrack.
The zombies in Zombi Holocaust are actually lobotomized victims of Dr. Butcher (Dr. Umbreo played by DONALD O'BRIEN) and run around like wrestlers.
Oh actually the working-title of Zombi Holocaust was Regina Dei Cannibali (Queen of the Cannibals) . . . Ian McCulloch's girlfriend Andrea Deli Colli is kidnapped by the cannibals who begin to worship her as their queen . . .under her influence, Andre Della Colli leads the cannibals to storm Dr. Butcher's hospital, the same set used in Zombi 2 and they burn it down along with Dr. Butcher and his lobotomized Zombies.
This review of Doctor Butcher M.D. (1980) was written by Gordon S on 11 May 2011.
Doctor Butcher M.D. has generally received mixed reviews.
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