Hell of the Living Dead (1980)

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101 min - Horror | Sci-Fi - 20 January 1984 (USA)

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Reviews: 122 user | 69 critic

A tough female reporter and her cameraman boyfriend team up with a four-man commando unit in the New Guinea jungle whom are fighting flesh-eating zombies.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Margit Evelyn Newton	...	Lia Rousseau
	Franco Garofalo	...	Zantoro (as Frank Garfield)
	Selan Karay	...	Vincent
	José Gras	...	Lt. Mike London (as Robert O'Neil)
	Gabriel Renom	...	Pierre (as Gaby Renom)
	Josep Lluís Fonoll	...	Osborne (as Luis Fonoll)
	Pietro Fumelli	...	Man on TV (as Piero Fumelli)
	Bruno Boni	...	Reporter
	Patrizia Costa	...	Woman in Bar
	Cesare Di Vito	...	TV Speaker
	Sergio Pislar	...	Technician Lawson
	Bernard Seray	...	Prof. Barrett's Assistant
	Víctor Israel	...	Zombie priest
	Pep Ballester	...	Josie's Husband (as Pep Ballenster)
	Joaquín Blanco	...	Professor Barrett

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Storyline

After a chemical leak at the Hope Centre in Papua New Guinea (an organization devoted to feeding underdeveloped countries) turns its staff into flesh-eating zombies, a four-man commando squad led by Mike London are sent to investigate. They run into a TV news crew led by celebrity reporter Lia, who are after the same story, but when they discover that the entire country has been overrun by zombies, what are the chances of them getting the message across? Unlike most zombie films, this actually tries to make a serious point - that if we don't feed the Third World, they'll come and feed on us! Written by Michael Brooke <michael@everyman.demon.co.uk>

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When the creeping dead devour the living flesh! See more »

Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Italy | Spain

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

20 January 1984 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Die Hölle der lebenden Toten See more »

Filming Locations:

Badalona, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Beatrice Film, Films Dara See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Telecolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

Stock footage from the film La vallée was used for the native scenes. See more »

Goofs

Plot holes: After Pierre is killed in the elevator. Zantoro shoots at a zombie missing an eye. He clearly fires his machine gun into the zombie's chest. A close up shows the male zombie squirm and fall backward dead from the shots. Which is incoherent because Zantoro (and other characters) know the zombies can only be killed by head shots or incapacitation to the brain. See more »

Quotes

Zantoro: [the swat team is in a native graveyard] Hey, Vincent! What happened to all those cute little wild naked native girls you promised us?
Vincent: There's one right in front of ya, look!
[gestures at corpse]
Vincent: She may not look like much to you, but in bed, she's out of this world!
Zantoro: No thanks. I kinda prefer my girls more meaty. You take her.
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Connections

Referenced in Discovering 'Evil Dead' (2002) See more »

Soundtracks

Most of the soundtrack music by Goblin was borrowed from
the films "Dawn of the Dead" and "Alien Contamination". See more »

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