Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
- Original title
- Virus
- Directed by
- Claudio Fragasso, Bruno Mattei
- Genre
- horror film, science fiction film, cannibal film, zombie film
- Country
- Italy, Spain
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 152 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A chemical leak at a Papua New Guinea lab creates zombies. A French news crew arrives to investigate and tries to survive.
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What happens
Hell of the Living Dead (Italian: Virus) is a 1980 horror film directed by Bruno Mattei (credited as Vincent Dawn). 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. Hell of the Living Dead was a project developed by producers and given to director Bruno Mattei, who attempted to create a film similar to 1978's Dawn of the Dead but lighter in tone. It was shot in five weeks in Spain with a script that was not Mattei's first choice and a score by the band Goblin, taken from other film scores that the band had performed. The film generally received negative reviews, noting bad dialogue and being derivative of Dawn of the Dead. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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