Hell of the Living Dead
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| Directed by | Bruno Mattei |
| Produced by | Isabel Mulá |
| Written by | José María Cunillés (as J.M. Cunilles), Rossella Drudi, Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei (as Vincent Dawn) |
| Starring | Margit Evelyn Newton |
| Distributed by | Anchor Bay |
| Release date(s) | 1981 |
| Running time | 101 min. USA/99 min. Italy |
| Language | English |
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[edit] Plotline
Hell Of The Living Dead is a 1980 horror film directed by Bruno Mattei. The films is also known as "Virus" (which is the original Italian title of the film), as well as "Night Of The Zombies" and " Zombie Creeping Flesh".
Hell Of The Living Dead is the story of 4 commandos who are sent in to Papua New Guinea to investigate the cause of a chemical leak at the research facility "Hope." The 4 commandos stumble upon reporter Lea and her cameraman. After discovering that the dead are walking and devouring the living due to the chemical leak, the group attempt to flee the country.
[edit] AKA
Perhaps one of the most "alternatively titled" films of all time: aka Zombie Creeping Flesh aka Virus aka Cannibal Virus aka Night of the Zombies (USA) aka Zombie Inferno aka Zombie of the Savanna aka Zombi 5: Ultimate Nightmare (Italy)
[edit] Trivia
- Mattei originally went under the pseudonym of Vincent Dawn in the credits.
- Stock footage from the film Vallée, La (1972) was used for the native scenes.
- In interview, Mattei confesses that he drew inspiration from Romero's "Dawn of the Dead" score by Goblin for the soundtrack. In reality, large tracts of the Dawn score have been blatantly lifted and inserted into the film.
- Set in Papua New Guinea, the film was actually shot in Spain - and it shows. A large quantity of natural history library footage of varying film stock quality has been inserted to help 'fool' the viewer the action depicted takes place in a tropical clime. Cue slow motion shots of tree-leaping monkeys, and diving water-fowl.
- Claudio Fragasso, the writer of the screenplay, said in an interview that he had directed one half of the movie.
- Irish thrash band Gama Bomb have a song of the same name on their 2006 album Survival of the Fastest.
[edit] External links
- Review at DVD Maniacs - includes screenshots of the film
- Review at World Greatest Critic
- Hell of the Living Dead at the Internet Movie Database
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