Review of Doctor Butcher M.D. (1980) by Andre D — 02 Mar 2009

Extremely cheesy but very fun rip-off of Fulci's Zombi 2, itself somewhat of a rip-off of Dawn of the Dead. Ian McCullough, in a role identical to his own in Zombi 2 (right down to the name Peter), accompanies several others to a remote tropical island to discover the mystery behind some recent acts of Cannibalism in New York.

Don't let the title fool you; there's more cannibals present than zombies and the zombies themselves leave the gut-munching to the natives. The film is more of an attempt to blend the cannibal-zombie genres.

Of course, ideally such a film would feature an epic zombies versus cannibals battle, but alas, it was not to be. Still, Zombie Holocaust (also known by the hilarious name Dr. Butcher MD) is an entertaining hunk of meat that would be great to riff with friends.