The shonkiest zombie FX we've ever seen

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Zombie Holocaust (1980)

Intended effect: Zombie gets his head caved in with an outboard motor.

What it actually looks like: A catering-sized hand blender being driven into a piece of pottery filled with melted chocolate.

Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)

Intended effect: A a zombie has an underwater fight with shark and gets his arm ripped off.

What it actually looks like: A man in a big fish tank, trying to ram a fake meat arm into a slightly bemused-looking shark's mouth.

Night Of The Zombies (1981)

Intended effect: Not really sure. Something to do with plastic skeletons and bubble bath.

What it actually looks like: Plastic skeletons being sprayed with bubble bath.

Zombie Lake (1980)

Intended effect: Zombies get cooked with a flamethrower.

What it actually looks like: Some men with a lot of lighter fuel on their jackets either sitting down or falling over, really slowly.

City Of The Living Dead (1981)

Intended effect: A woman is forced to puke up her intestines through mindpower.

What it actually looks like: A woman spitting out a big pile of pigs innards. The most shocking thing about this effect is that the poor actress had to hold that stuff in her mouth for any length of time.

Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)

Intended effect: A girl gets a big splinter in her eye.

What it actually looks like: A piece of wood being driven into a soft boiled egg. This 'notorious' scene of ocular trauma was considered so shocking by the British censors that it was cut from every release of this film until 2005.

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