aka Night of the Zombies
In the wake of any successful film there will always be imitators. Bruno Mattei's 3rd-rate Hell of the Living Dead copies many aspects of Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978), from costume design, pivotal scenes and most notably, original music used unofficially from the band Goblin. The dull story follows a paramilitary squadron and two reporters as they traverse the jungle (and eventually the city) in search of the contaminate's source. The zombies' movements are uneven; some viciously attack at a moment's notice while others standby like frozen robots as characters taunt them. The dubbing is poor with clumsy dialogue added to fill holes in translation. Each character a paper thin caricature of the role they occupy. Sigh...I could go on, but this should be enough to keep any living creature from laying eyes on this turd.
½ very familiar blue jumpsuits out of 5
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