Hell of the Living Dead
- Year: 1980
- Country of origin: Italy, Spain
- Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Director: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso
- Length: 99 min
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They eat the living.
Film Synopsis
Hell of the Living Dead (1980) follows an elite military unit sent to contain an environmental disaster caused by a toxic gas that reanimates the dead in a remote jungle region. As they join forces with a stranded journalist and encounter both corporate secrecy and indigenous communities, the mission deteriorates amid relentless zombie assaults. This horror film blends graphic gore and exploitation spectacle in a chaotic tale of contagion and collapse.
Hell of the Living Dead 4K UHD, Blu-ray & DVD editions
See which disc extras are included across selected editions.
| Disc Extras | Severin BD-ALL 4K/US 2025 | 88 Films BD-ALL 4K/UK 2023 | Blue Underground BD-ALL/US 2014 | 88 Films BD-ALL/UK 2017 | Blue Underground DVD-0/US 2007 | Anchor Bay DVD-0/US/OOP 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth | ||||||
| Bonded by Blood | ||||||
| Attack of the VHS Zombies: Zombie Creeping Flesh and the Video Era | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea In Barcelona - Locations Tour with Actor José Gras | ||||||
| Beauty and the Dead - Interview with Actress Margie Newton | ||||||
| The Beauty and the Zombies - Interview with Actress Margie Newton | ||||||
| Go to Hell - Interview with Director Bruno Mattei | ||||||
| Hell Rats of the Living Dead - Interview with Director Bruno Mattei | ||||||
| I Will Never Be a Zombie - Interview with Actor Bernard Sera | ||||||
| Lt. Mike London Is Back! - Interview with Actor José Gras | ||||||
| Margie Among the Living Dead - Interview with Actress Margie Newton | ||||||
| My Big Chance - Interview with Actor Franco Garofalo | ||||||
| My Son Is a Zombie - Interview with Actor Pep Ballester | ||||||
| Peter and the Test Tube Babies’ “Zombie Creeping Flesh” - Interview with Peter Bywaters | ||||||
| Poor Zombies - Interview with Co-Writer Claudio Fragasso | ||||||
| Producing the Apocalypse - Interview with Producer José María Cunillés | ||||||
| Vincent and Clyde - Interview with Co-Writer Claudio Fragasso | ||||||
| Welcome to Hell - Interview with Writers Claudio Fragasso and Rossella Drudi | ||||||
| Writing the Dead - Interview with Writer Rossella Drudi | ||||||
| Stills Gallery | ||||||
| Biographies | ||||||
| International Theatrical Trailer | ||||||
| Italian Theatrical Trailer |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Severin’s 4K UHD includes a soundtrack CD.
- 88 Films’ 4K UHD includes a booklet with writing by Francesco Massaccesi and a foldout poster. The included Blu-ray is also available separately.
- Blue Underground’s “Blood-Soaked Double Feature” Blu-ray also includes Rats: Night of Terror (1984).
- 88 Films’ “The Italian Collection” Blu-ray includes an 8-page booklet with writing by Marek Zarcharkiw (“Operation Sweet Death: Destined to Fail”).
- Blue Underground’s DVD is also available as a “Midnight Movies Zombie Double Feature” with Nightmare City (1980).
- Anchor Bay’s DVD includes a booklet. It is also available as a “Horror Double Feature” with Rats: Night of Terror (1984) and in the “Fright Pack: Walking Dead” box set.
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