Hell of the Living Dead

This film (drama)Also known asVirus，is aItaly, SpainProducerwomen sex，At1980Released in year 。The dialogue language isItalian, English, Spanish，Current Douban rating5.6(For reference only)。

On an island in Papua New Guinea, a chemical factory experiment causes dead rats to come back to life. After biting the workers, the factory becomes overrun with zombies. Four SWAT members collectively go to Papua New Guinea to investigate the incident. Upon reaching a small town, they encounter a group of journalists investigating the accident, one of whom sees a child bitten by a zombie. While resting in his father's arms in a car, the child is found to have turned into a zombie and is eating his father's intestines. They also discover that the priest in the church has become a zombie. When they reach the local indigenous tribe, another incident occurs where zombies attack the locals. After a series of close escapes, they arrive at the experimental building and finally discover that the zombie outbreak was caused by a toxic gas leak from the experiment. In the end, of course, none of the main characters survive. Director Bruno Mattei mentions in the behind-the-scenes footage that this film includes some shadows from "Dawn of the Dead," such as the appearance of large groups of zombies and the need to shoot them in the head to kill them. The scenes are mainly set in jungles, tribes, and factories. The film opens with an explanation of the cause of the zombies. Although set in Papua New Guinea, it is evident that parts of it are synthesized and likely filmed in Europe. The director has also directed "Rats" (1984) and contributed about 40% to the production of "Zombi 3." The film is extremely bloody, and while it may seem a bit fake now, it is still quite enjoyable. Fans of zombie films with a bloody twist might want to give it a look. ======================================================== An accident occurs in a chemical factory located in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, where leaking chemicals cause corpses to resurrect, and the resurrected corpses begin to attack the primitive tribal residents in the jungle. A group of journalists unexpectedly encounters another group of armed SWAT members, and the two teams work together to escape the zombie hordes in the jungle. This is an incredibly ridiculous film, with several examples of its absurdity: The production team weirdly uses clips from what seems like a National Geographic documentary, inserting footage of wildlife and tribal life in Papua New Guinea awkwardly into this zombie film. A group of SWAT members actually just drives around the Spanish countryside, but due to the editing of many wildlife documentary clips into the movie, it gives the feeling of being in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. However, the editing is quite rough. As the team passes through a tribal village, the female lead, with a serious expression, jumps out and declares: "The tribal people are dangerous and unpredictable. I have experience; the only way to pass through safely is for me to go in front, alone..." She then promptly starts stripping off her top to reveal her beautiful breasts. Following that, she, with her face painted in tribal camouflage and wearing a leaf bikini, leads the group through the village while jumping around. I've never seen such a complete display of nudity for no reason; it's quite absurd. One SWAT member puts on a ballet costume inside a jungle hut and performs a dance imitating Gene Kelly's "Singing in the Rain," only to immediately turn into a zombie victim. This film has been touted as one of the worst films in history. It took only five weeks to complete filming. In fact, it is a pretty entertaining movie, containing all the typical elements of a zombie film, such as zombie children eating their fathers, groups of zombies feasting on victims, resurrected companions turning against their fellow survivors, and the necessity to destroy the head to kill the zombies, etc. One of the bloodiest scenes involves the female lead being attacked, with close-ups on her face as her tongue is pulled out by the zombie horde, followed by her hand digging into her mouth until her eyeballs pop out—pretty gruesome. Postscript: Famous director Quentin Tarantino has made comments expressing his appreciation for this film, reigniting public interest in this old classic. The director Bruno Mattei admits he hadn’t watched this movie in many years and had to revisit it to understand why Quentin Tarantino liked it. Another work by director Bruno Mattei is "Rats: Night of Terror" from 1984.