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Summary: Comical
Review: This is a review for the 'NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIES' DVD instead of 'Hell of the Living Dead' DVD. There are no differences except for the titles-same movie. But the transfer is horrible on this version honestly when people sometimes say it is so dark that you couldn't even see what is going on they are pulling your leg-BUT!!!!!!!!!! I swear to GOD this is so dark I'm really confused as to why the company released this print. Do What I did buy them both stick the 'Hell of the Living Dead' DVD in the 'Night' case w/the artwork and sell this dvd with the anchor bay art on ebay.
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Summary: ZOMBIE FANS FLOCK... ALL OTHERS: BEWARE!
Review: This is one of the cheap knock-offs of DAWN OF THE DEAD, right down to the ripped-off soundtrack. It is poorly made, and sort of slow in parts (especially the terrible National Geographic stock wildlife footage)... but if you're into Zombies or European gore from the 70's/80's... this film is a MUST. When the zombies attack, the movie really kicks. Expect the usual gore as the cast is butchered. Great apocalyptic ending, too. I give this 4 stars from the view point of a zombie fanatic, if you like Zombies, you're at the right stop!!
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Summary: The Hudson Hawk of zombie films
Review: This is the zombie film you get when you've already got all of the decent ones, and just need a complete zombie dvd collection. Where does one go when you've managed to buy the whole Romero and Fulci catalog? Well, you can get some good runners up like Burial Ground, Dead Alive, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, Return Of The Living Dead and Zombie Holocaust, but then what? You can stoop to getting Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, and if you're able to still live with yourself, you can pick up this and Zombi 3(both associated with Bruno Mattei!). This is for the hardcore zombie movie collector, no doubt about it. That's why I got it. I was also curious, coz for years I had the cruddy VHS copy under the title Night Of The Zombies. In that VHS copy, I could barely see what was going on, the quality was so bad. I basically got this just to SEE it. I'll admit, I watch it once and awhile, but I do warn you-This is pretty bad, even by the low standards of the genre. I know alot of Italian horror fans who disown this film. There's no point in explaining the plot, coz it's not that important or original. The interview with the director is pretty funny. He says himself that he doesn't like his films! So, with that said, buy at your own risk.
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Summary: euro zombie flick at it's best worst
Review: this movie can be fun, it's all in how you watch it. if anyone has ever seen mystery science theater 3000, then you'll know exactly what i mean. kick back and take it for what it is worth; a bad no brainer. (repeat to yourself "it's just a show i should really just relax") the ultra macho dialogue from not only the swat team, but the scientist is priceless. somehow two of the world's top scientists (who both have about three days of stubble) discussing the assets of their female coworkers, almost seems like realism in this mucho macho italio/spanish zombie flick. the fact that the swat team never quite gets the idea that zombies don't die unless you shoot them in the head is a continious laugh. we (my friends and i) even made a drinking game out of the flims use national geographic cuts (the use of stock footage is so bad that only a true ed wood fan could appriciate it). anytime it comes up you yell "stock footage!" if you miss it (which you'd have to be pretty drunk to start with to miss it), you drink. now here is the priceless bit. when the well known reporter has to walk to the native camp alone, and proceeds to take her shirt off, say, "excuse me boys, while i get my walkin breasts out." makes the whole movie worthwhile. If that isn't good enough, now the dvd issue has an interview of ole' bruno himself..who claims that his use of stock footage is seamless!?! i think i broke something laughing at that one...i think i will have to get all this man's films, i love his work...but then again all my taste is in my mouth...just where i like it. until the next zombie flick review, this is captain evil signing off.
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Summary: "I don't like the sound of those drums..."
Review: This movie is a classic! Full of wonderfully cheesy diologue, extremely gory special effects, horrible editing, terrible dubbing, and hilarious melodrama, this movie is a high-point in bad zombie film history. It's like "Dawn of the Dead" meets "The Gods Must Be Crazy", complete with out of place stock footage that doesn't even match the quality of the actual film...you've gotta love it! The poster art bears a striking resemblance to Fulci's "Gates of Hell" ( I think that might actually be the same zombie). There are 2 classic vomiting scenes which I laughed so hard at I replayed again for a second laugh. The gore in this movie is so over-the-top and some of it is actually shown in the stock footage. Even the make-up on the living dead is inconsistant. The majority of this film takes place on an island, which adds to the fun. Lots of stock footage of actual tribes dancing in their native dress (these scenes have been edited into the movie to make you actually believe that the cast is witnessing this). The two main actors look so much alike that at times it looks as though the same actor is playing 2 parts. Gratuitous nudity is also involved when the female lead sheads her clothing and dons herself with tribal art to fit in with the natives. Unfortunately, she puts it on her face so badly it makes her look almost dog-like. I'm a huge fan of zombie and cannibal movies and am giving this movie ***** for it's campy entertainment value, unintentional humor, over-the-top gore sequences, and the fact that there actually ARE zombies in this movie. I watched it alone for the first time to spare myself the embarrassment of having wasted money on such a dull film (like I did with the dreadfully boring, unfunny and zombieless "Cannibal Apocalypse"), but now I am going to have to share this one with friends. Yes, this is a bad film, but there's never a dull moment here.
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Summary: Bad, yes, but very entertaining
Review: This movie is really bad, but I found it to be very entertaining. It starts off well enough in some high tech facility that looks like a nuclear power plant but isn't.There are two guys in homemade radiation suits. On guy finds what looks like a dead rat, but isn't. After holding the seemingly dead rat by its tail to show his comrade, the camera cuts and a live rat is inserted. The live rat then waists no time in inserting itself into the first guy's homemade radiation suit. Then a blood squib explodes blood inside the suit, which is a pretty effective scene while the comrade looks on in horror. Then the opening credits with Dawn of the Dead music happens and the scene shifts to a hostage situation. A long haired swat team takes out a long haired enviro-terrorist group who are killing people to raise awareness of the impending zombie threat. Then the long haired swat team is sent to New Guinea, with orders so secret, they aren't even allowed to know what they are. They run smack into that scene from Night of the Living Dead where the little girl turns into a zombie and turns on her mother, only here, Mattei throws us for a loop by changing the sexes of the principals. Then they run into the best made up zombie in the whole movie as well as one of the best scenes in the whole movie. Apparently, he was a priest when he was alive. But now he's a zombie who likes to eat people and makes no apologies for it. Then there's a whole bunch of scenes inter cut with an actual documentary on New Guinea after which the movie takes on an Apocalypse Now feel as we come upon an abandoned mansion. At this point, the cast starts to drop like flies as we make our way to the Hope Center where we kind of learn that the cure for world hunger is to turn people into people hungry zombies. Then everybody dies, just like in Hamlet. The four stars are for the entertainment value. Its probably about one and a half to two stars for quality.
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Summary: amazingly bad! its great
Review: what can i say about this film its got everything, terrible script,actors talking utter rubbish,pathetic fx,lots of gore,what a great film! if you are a fan of trash cinema[and i am] then you need to buy this dvd.... so to sum it up if you like good zombie flicks ie romero then you may not enjoy this but if you love the italian rip offs zombie 3 etc then dont think buy.the picture quality is quite good but not as good as some of the ab discs but its uncut,w/s 16*9 and contains a very interesting 9 min interview with the director bruno.
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