I'm not even sure where to start; this wasn't the first time I've seen this (I saw it as _Zombie_ years ago) but dang if it ain't still a classic Italian zombie flick. Wow... complete with the cheesy music, the spaced-out sound effect, the extreme close-ups of the eyes as someone is frozen in terror. And the acting...oh my heavens, yes...the acting! Definitely Academy Award-winning stuff here! Everything from the agonized tossing of the head in despair as the zombies close in, to the grim face of determination as the hero lines up the head shot for the kill...and misses completely. This was so much fun to watch all over again. And yes, it's cheesier than a Wisconsin dairy farm but I have to give super big props to the makeup artists. Even by 30-year-old standards, the makeup and special effects here were some of the best you can see in a zombie movie. And whomever came up with the concept of an underwater zombie going head-to-head with a great white shark... Just wow. I know I'm biased simply because I'm old and I remember watching these movies from "back in the day" when they were still hot-off-the-presses (and "video" was something to do with PacMan or Space Invaders) but after watching this again, yeah...definitely still fun. The story, the acting, it's all completely laughable, yet somehow the film still manages to make you slightly uncomfortable while you're watching it. If you're a fan of zombie movies and you've never watched this one, you really should give it a try. You might end up hating it because it's dated and the acting is pretty lame, but you have to at least watch it for the zombie effects. Well worth it!

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