Zombi 3 (1988) poster
1988 · zombie · infection · gore

Zombi 3

Directed by Lucio Fulci1h 35m1988
ElsewhereIMDb4.96kTMDB5.2154
  • heavy
  • brisk
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, kinetic, extreme zombie / infection, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing a virus and bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island.

Our read · Zombi 3 (1988) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive zombie · infection · gore entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want over-the-top Italian zombie splatter with military chaos.

ends unsettlingit leaves you shakena rollercoastergrips from the openattention 2/5feels its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgoregraphic violence

Skip it tonightSkip if cheap gore, bad dubbing, and incoherent plot will annoy you.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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