Post #45816 by procinema29 on Sun, Aug 3, 2003 2:19 AM

For a long time I've felt that the "Zombie Shark Fight" in "Zombie" was a moment of exploitation bliss: We have a half-naked girl diving in the scene, and a shark, and a zombie, all involved in a nice fight. It's a three-course exploitation meal. People who have never seen this invariably lean back and say, "I dunno if this is good, but it sure is unique!"

I understand that the shark trainer played the zombie, and that the original zombie actor chickened out when it came time to film the fight scene because he was (for some strange reason) nervous.

Although the zombie appears to be losing the battle when we leave the scene, he does get to bite the shark a couple of times, and I don't think I ever saw a man bite a shark in any other movie.

I visited Retroplanet, and saw the Blood Island movies listed there...those have a real nice atmosphere, and when I saw the trilogy recently, I was surprised at how well-written the films were. They're great favorites of mine...

[ Edited by: procinema29 on 2003-08-03 02:25 ]