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Zombies of Hell of the Living Dead
Also called: Virus, Zombie Creeping Flesh, Night of the Zombies
Bruno Mattei's film follows a reporter and her crew into a region where a leaked chemical has turned people into flesh-eaters. It is a product of the Italian zombie vogue that followed Dawn of the Dead's release there. Reviews were largely negative.1
First appeared
1980
Released 1980Source work
Hell of the Living Dead (1980)
Bruno Mattei (as Vincent Dawn)Made in
Italy, Spain
What causes it
Science gone wrong
An experimental chemical leaks from a research facility under a project code-named Operation Sweet Death.How you become one
Exposure to the chemical, or being attacked by a zombie.
When did it first appear?
1980Released 1980
field notes
What the sources say
1
Shot in five weeks in Spain, with stock footage standing in for New Guinea1
2
The Goblin score was largely recycled from the band's earlier work1
3
One critic called it perhaps the most blatant imitation of Dawn of the Dead ever made1
4
Also released as Virus, Night of the Zombies and Zombie Creeping Flesh1
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