From here on it should have been an awesome film but the Directors, Bruno Mattei (who used the name Vincent Dawn) - this action speaks volumes - and Claudio Fragasso (who also co-wrote the story with Jose Maria Cunilles) decided to go an entirely different route than you would ever imagine. An entertaining movie that's filled with cheesy gore effects and bad acting. Even if this wasn't in dubbed English, the acting would still have been bad. Bruno Mattei is an average film maker at best, but he does created a watchable movie. Music by Zombie. Would someone please explain to me why the hell anyone would consider something like Dawn of the Dead or Lucio Fulci's Zombie's 2 superior to Bruno Mattei's masterpiece, Hell of the Living Dead. What I've mostly read about this movie is criticism. Hell is ten times better than anything Lucio Fulci ever did, bold statement? I don't think so. Lucio Fulci's work is boring, the gore scenes are literally the only positive thing. Most Italian horror is a bit on the boring side anyway, even Beyond the Darkness, the grim masterpiece that it is, is a tad boring, Hell of the Living Dead is not boring, for 70's standards, as well as todays. The fact that the score is very "borrowed" means nothing to me, I mean, who the hell cares? Stealing Goblin tunes was a stroke of genius. So, don't believe the nay sayers, Hell of the Living Dead is quality horror.

The film follows a pair of journalists and a unit of soldiers who travel round in a Jeep and experience a variety of encounters with zombies after an accident at a chemical plant.

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The story is nothing new: an accident at a chemical plant unleashes a virus that infects the recently deceased and turns them into shambling, flesh craving zombies. An elite SWAT team is hired to get to the bottom of things and they travel to New Guinea where the plant is located, hooking up with a bombshell reporter (Margit Evelyn Newton) and her cameraman, and encounter danger every step of the way.

Co-directed by Bruno Mattei and Claudio Fragasso, architect of the infamously bad 'Troll 2,' the movie is hilariously plagued by various other distractions. Working under the pseudonym Vincent Dawn and co-written by Hervé Piccini, the story supposedly takes place over two centuries after nuclear war but everyone and everything remains trapped in 1984, from the clothing and hair to the technology. A computer the size of a living room with a 12-inch monitor is nothing more than a wall of buttons, and a rotary pay phone still stands intact on a sidewalk. Even funnier is that these relatively young characters actually know what these devices are and how to use them. One Hare Krishna dude spews encyclopedia-like verbiage as if comically adding another futuristic air. Altogether, however, it makes for a fun time with a side-splitting twist at the conclusion. (Movie Rating: 3/5) I WILL say that if you're even looking at this title, then you should KNOW what you're in for, and for what this movie IS, it's GREAT. Hell of the Living Dead (also known as Night of the Zombies, Virus, or Zombie Creeping Flesh) is a 1980 Italian-Spanish zombie horror film written by Claudio Fragasso and directed by Bruno Mattei. I think I would recommend this movie only to the people who are able to turn off their brains and just get some tasty fun with those old garbage films, if you can't do that, I'm sorry but this is definetly not for you so, don't even mind watching it, you're probably not going to like it since, well, it's NOT good.Hell of the Living Dead ( Italian: Virus – L'inferno dei morti viventi) is a 1980 Italian horror film directed by Bruno Mattei. The film is set in a laboratory in Papua New Guinea that releases a dangerous chemical, turning the technicians and locals into zombies. A French news reporter ( Margit Evelyn Newton) and her crew land on the island to investigate. In Papua New Guinea, secret research laboratories called "Hope Centers" work to help feed impoverished nations... or so they claim. Unfortunately, one of the labs' projects, Operation Sweet Death, has a chemical leak that causes the facility—and the country—to be overrun by zombies. Eye Scream: A zombie forces its hand into its victim's mouth, and pops her eyeballs out from the inside.

Of course there will be those who say that this is a cheap Italian film from over 40 years ago what did you expect? However, 88 Films have previously released this film with a colour grade that appears to be more realistic, more consistent and more naturalistic (albeit with its own problems in some areas) and it’s the fact that this has been changed, with no word on why (in fact, I’ve seen some responses from 88 Films to this issue on other forums that simply dismiss these colour changes wholly) that bothers. Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. Hostage Situation: A group of terrorists take hostage of Consulate, demanding closure of the Hope Centers. When someone says a movie is so-bad-it's-good, they usually mean that it's unintentionally comedic. "Virus" is so inept that it is enjoyable in a way it was not intended to be, but it doesn't fit the traditional so-bad-it's-good classification. (Actually, there was one scene in Virus that I thought was really funny. It involves breasts--you'll know it when you see it.) Here's why I liked Virus: all the ridiculousness adds together to form a fascinating and impossibly cohesive whole. The final product is sort of like a surrealist meditation on human insignificance.Hell of the Living Dead was released in Spain in November 1980 and in Italy in August 1981 and released in the United States in 1983. [15] [16] It was described as "moderately profitable" in Glenn Kay's book Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide. [17] It has been released under several titles, including Virus, Night of the Zombies and Zombie Creeping Flesh. [18] Critical reception [ edit ] Films says this version is a “Brand new 4K Remaster from the Original Negatives presented in High Definition (2160p) in 1.85:1 Aspect Ratio”. Director Bruno Mattei noted that the production began as a specific request from the producer. [3] Mattei planned to make a film inspired by 1978's Dawn of the Dead, but wanted a lighter tone for the film. [4] Mattei said that initially two screenplays were written, and that the producers rejected the screenplay that Mattei preferred. [5] The film was Mattei's first to be made under the name Vincent Dawn, a request made specifically by the film's Spanish production side. [6] Hell Rats of the Living Dead (8:40, SD) – This interview with Mattei was conducted as part of the older DVD double feature and remains one of the only on-camera interviews with the director (he isn’t even quoted in print all that much).