Once again foreign horror filmmakers jumped on the George Romero zombie bandwagon and came up with another stinker. Borrowing ideas from Romero's "Living Dead" films and THE CRAZIES, this offering details the results of a disastrous chemical leak in Papua, New Guinea, that has turned the
natives into man-eating zombies. An Italian TV crew led by a tough female reporter (Margit Evelyn Newton) turns up to cover the story and has to be rescued by a squad of trigger-happy soldiers. With the arrival of the military, the gore really begins to splatter. Cheap makeup effects,
unintentionally funny dialog, and lots of blood are the order of the day for this film. While dire...
Released:
1983
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins