1980·Horror·1h 41m
7.0
★
A rat causes a chemical leak at a Papua New Guinea research facility, leading a group of eco-terrorists to demand the closure of all facilities. When a team of Interpol commandos are enlisted to eliminate the terrorists, they find themselves embroiled in a zombie outbreak.
Directed by Bruno Mattei
nuclear power plant
zombie
video nasty
chemical disaster
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Cast
Margit Evelyn Newton
Lia Rousseau
Franco Garofalo
Zantoro (as Frank Garfield)
Selan Karay
Vincent
Josep Lluís Fonoll
Osborne (as Luis Fonoll)
Cesare Di Vito
TV Speaker
Bernard Seray
Prof. Barrett's Assistant
Víctor Israel
Zombie priest
Claudio Fragasso
SWAT Officer at Embassy Siege (uncredited)
Alfonso Giganti
Interviewer (uncredited)
Bruno Mattei
SWAT Officer at Embassy Siege (uncredited)
Antonio Molino Rojo
SWAT Leader (uncredited)
Gennarino Pappagalli
Mr. Farrara - TV Executive (uncredited)
Crew
Bruno Mattei
Director
Rossella Drudi
Writer
Claudio Fragasso
Writer
Antonio Belart
Production Design
Claudio Fragasso
Assistant Director
Claudio Fragasso
Story
Agostino Marangolo
Music
Claudio Simonetti
Music
Luis Bacalov
Music
Popular Reviews
17 reviews
David Clausson
5.0★ · 11/03/24
Dawn of the Dead on an island with National Geographic footage thrown in. The gore is quite extreme in some parts
Dawn of the Dead on an island with National Geographic footage thrown in. The gore is quite extreme in some parts
Rich
2.0★ · 05/28/24
sure the gore at the end was cool but that does not at all make up for how unbelievably boring the rest of it was
sure the gore at the end was cool but that does not at all make up for how unbelievably boring the rest of it was
Jonas Bu.
6.0★ · 04/20/24
,,Wisst ihr das ihr alle Idioten seid? Umlegen muss man euch, umlegen und verbrennen!“
,,Er spricht mit Ihnen, der hat durchgedreht!“
Ach ja ,,die Hölle der lebenden Toten“, ein absolut dummer aber genau auch deswegen wirklich spassiger Film. Hier werden Umweltaktivist-... nein Umweltterroristen bekämpft, Zombies wie Kleinkinder behandelt und der komplette Soundtrack einfach dreist von Goblin geklaut. Dazu wird dann natürlich auch einen Kannibalen Stamm etabliert und wie beim Italienischen Film gewohnt schön gesplattert.
Das ist wirklich kein guter Film aber dafür ein umso unterhaltsamerer.
,,Wisst ihr das ihr alle Idioten seid? Umlegen muss man euch, umlegen und verbrennen!“
,,Er spricht mit Ihnen, der hat durchgedreht!“
Ach ja ,,die Hölle der lebenden Toten“, ein absolut dummer aber genau auch deswegen wirklich spassiger Film. Hier werden Umweltaktivist-... nein Umweltterroristen bekämpft, Zombies wie Kleinkinder behandelt und der komplette Soundtrack einfach dreist von Goblin geklaut. Dazu wird dann natürlich auch einen Kannibalen Stamm etabliert und wie beim Italienischen Film gewohnt schön gesplattert.
Das ist wirklich kein guter Film aber dafür ein umso unterhaltsamerer.
va24mar
4.0★ · 12/08/21
1980 | Italian Horror | Zombies
Hm, I kinda expected to have more fun with this one. "Virus" aka "Hell of the Living Dead" aka "Night of the Zombies" aka "Zombie of the Savanna", like with so many of these low budget italian films one could go on listing all the different titles the film has all over the world for hours, was my first 'real' film by Bruno Mattei after I had only seen Fulci's "Zombi 3" in which he shot about half of the film together with Claudio Fragasso. Here, too, he collaborated with Claudio Fragasso, who wrote the script as well as directed part of the film.
As I said, I expected more, although of course I knew that this was cheap italo schlock that not only rips a lot of films but also uses/steals footage of other films as well as music. All in all, the film was just not entertaining for me and even the zombie action wasn't quite convincing and was rather uninteresting. I wasn't completely bored, but the film is kinda boring in places and just not entertaining enough.
The score is strong, some of the zombie effects and make-up look good and the end with the eyes is without question the highlight of the film, but otherwise there was little that I really liked. But that won't stop me from enjoying more Bruno Mattei films in the future.
Hm, I kinda expected to have more fun with this one. "Virus" aka "Hell of the Living Dead" aka "Night of the Zombies" aka "Zombie of the Savanna", like with so many of these low budget italian films one could go on listing all the different titles the film has all over the world for hours, was my first 'real' film by Bruno Mattei after I had only seen Fulci's "Zombi 3" in which he shot about half of the film together with Claudio Fragasso. Here, too, he collaborated with Claudio Fragasso, who wrote the script as well as directed part of the film.
As I said, I expected more, although of course I knew that this was cheap italo schlock that not only rips a lot of films but also uses/steals footage of other films as well as music. All in all, the film was just not entertaining for me and even the zombie action wasn't quite convincing and was rather uninteresting. I wasn't completely bored, but the film is kinda boring in places and just not entertaining enough.
The score is strong, some of the zombie effects and make-up look good and the end with the eyes is without question the highlight of the film, but otherwise there was little that I really liked. But that won't stop me from enjoying more Bruno Mattei films in the future.
1980 | Italian Horror | Zombies
Hm, I kinda expected to have more fun with this one. "Virus" aka "Hell of the Living Dead" aka "Night of the Zombies" aka "Zombie of the Savanna", like with so many of these low budget italian films one could go on listing all the different titles the film has all over the world for hours, was my first 'real' film by Bruno Mattei after I had only seen Fulci's "Zombi 3" in which he shot about half of the film together with Claudio Fragasso. Here, too, he collaborated with Claudio Fragasso, who wrote the script as well as directed part of the film.
As I said, I expected more, although of course I knew that this was cheap italo schlock that not only rips a lot of films but also uses/steals footage of other films as well as music. All in all, the film was just not entertaining for me and even the zombie action wasn't quite convincing and was rather uninteresting. I wasn't completely bored, but the film is kinda boring in places and just not entertaining enough.
The score is strong, some of the zombie effects and make-up look good and the end with the eyes is without question the highlight of the film, but otherwise there was little that I really liked. But that won't stop me from enjoying more Bruno Mattei films in the future.
Hm, I kinda expected to have more fun with this one. "Virus" aka "Hell of the Living Dead" aka "Night of the Zombies" aka "Zombie of the Savanna", like with so many of these low budget italian films one could go on listing all the different titles the film has all over the world for hours, was my first 'real' film by Bruno Mattei after I had only seen Fulci's "Zombi 3" in which he shot about half of the film together with Claudio Fragasso. Here, too, he collaborated with Claudio Fragasso, who wrote the script as well as directed part of the film.
As I said, I expected more, although of course I knew that this was cheap italo schlock that not only rips a lot of films but also uses/steals footage of other films as well as music. All in all, the film was just not entertaining for me and even the zombie action wasn't quite convincing and was rather uninteresting. I wasn't completely bored, but the film is kinda boring in places and just not entertaining enough.
The score is strong, some of the zombie effects and make-up look good and the end with the eyes is without question the highlight of the film, but otherwise there was little that I really liked. But that won't stop me from enjoying more Bruno Mattei films in the future.
Corey Johnson
4.1★ · 04/20/19
Cheesy Italian gore that’s at times really genuinely compelling but is mostly just kind of bland.
Cheesy Italian gore that’s at times really genuinely compelling but is mostly just kind of bland.