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After a chemical leak at the Hope Centre in Papua New Guinea (an organisation 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 Lea, 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!
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Among the video nasties of the 1980's were some truly appalling films, and this is undoubtedly one of them. But full marks to Vipco for releasing this wide-screen remastered and fully uncut version, so that now you can see exactly what you were missing.
The plot involves a zombie invasion that starts in a chemical plant and spreads to a jungle location where some hapless tourists and reporters join forces with a Special Forces extermination squad in an attempt to survive/end the zombie outbreak. However, the film's appeal (if any) is not in the story, it's in the laugh-a-minute bad acting, dubbing and diabolical over-use of stock footage. Check out the heroine's visit to a native village, as shots of her alone in someone's back garden are intercut with random footage of genuine native rituals from any number of film shoots around the globe...it's mind numbingly cheap. The film does of course have some outrageous gore, and yes, you can finally see the climactic death by "eyeballs poked out by means of a hand through the mouth" scene in all it's glory, but that's long after you may have dozed off from the boredom of the preceding 80 or so minutes of crappy sub-Fulci zombie snacking and horrendous overacting. Its way below the quality of "Zombie Holocaust" and even "Nights Of Terror", so ask yourself if it's really worth the bother, before you shell out your cash.
Comes with other Vipco trailers, stills gallery (nice shot of the eyeballs!) and scene selection.
The plot involves a zombie invasion that starts in a chemical plant and spreads to a jungle location where some hapless tourists and reporters join forces with a Special Forces extermination squad in an attempt to survive/end the zombie outbreak. However, the film's appeal (if any) is not in the story, it's in the laugh-a-minute bad acting, dubbing and diabolical over-use of stock footage. Check out the heroine's visit to a native village, as shots of her alone in someone's back garden are intercut with random footage of genuine native rituals from any number of film shoots around the globe...it's mind numbingly cheap. The film does of course have some outrageous gore, and yes, you can finally see the climactic death by "eyeballs poked out by means of a hand through the mouth" scene in all it's glory, but that's long after you may have dozed off from the boredom of the preceding 80 or so minutes of crappy sub-Fulci zombie snacking and horrendous overacting. Its way below the quality of "Zombie Holocaust" and even "Nights Of Terror", so ask yourself if it's really worth the bother, before you shell out your cash.
Comes with other Vipco trailers, stills gallery (nice shot of the eyeballs!) and scene selection.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Zombie Creeping Flesh was shot inside 2 weeks with next to no budget. Mattei used Wildlife and news documentary footage to give it an 'epic' feel.
To his credit he pulled it off as it felt bigger than it actually was even though at times there is no cohesion where it jumps off from the story to birds flying in the air or slow motion shots of monkeys jumping through the trees or dubbed UN meetings!
The funny thing is that in the runing time of the film there probably is as much borrowed footage as there is actually shot footage!!
There is also some hilarious gaffes due to the aforementioned shooting schedule where there is a long sequence of documentary footage of African tribesman then goes straight to the heroes being surrounded by half a dozen guys with 70's afros and a zombie opening the door to a moving jeep, getting in and then closing the door, hardly creeping flesh!!!!
The dubbing is hilarious. I've got a sneaking suspision that if the original dialouge was translated into English it wouldn't match what you hear when you are watching it.
With what I mentioned this film should be an unwatchable mess but Creeping Flesh is an experience, it is low buget entertainment and is great if you just want to sit down after a hard days work and want to watch something to lighten your mood.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
After an accident in a chemical plant in New Guinea that causes the locals to turn into zombies, a special squad is sent to sort out the problem. Along the way they are joined by a journalist and her camera man and after fighting off the zombie hordes they reach the chemical plant were the truth behind the plant is revealed.
Lets be frank, Zombie Creeping Flesh is an awful movie, but it's a lot of fun with it's terrible dubbing, bad acting, over the top gore, inappropriate use of stock footage, Margrit Evelyn Newton's lovely breasts and it's use of music from Dawn of the Dead, Beyond the Darkness and Contamination.
Vipco's (now also available on the Beyond Terror label) UK DVD is presented in a nice 1.85:1 widescreen transfer (Non-anamorphic) and is completely Uncut. There are no extras of note. The R0 US DVD from Anchor Bay and Blue Underground (as Hell of the Living Dead) are also fully uncut with a nice looking anamoprhic transfer and have some decent extras including a 9 minute interview with Bruno entitled 'Hell Rats of the Living Dead' (which is also on the USA DVD of Rats - Night of Terror) the trailer and picture gallery. Anchor Bay also released it as part of a double bill dvd with Rats.
Lets be frank, Zombie Creeping Flesh is an awful movie, but it's a lot of fun with it's terrible dubbing, bad acting, over the top gore, inappropriate use of stock footage, Margrit Evelyn Newton's lovely breasts and it's use of music from Dawn of the Dead, Beyond the Darkness and Contamination.
Vipco's (now also available on the Beyond Terror label) UK DVD is presented in a nice 1.85:1 widescreen transfer (Non-anamorphic) and is completely Uncut. There are no extras of note. The R0 US DVD from Anchor Bay and Blue Underground (as Hell of the Living Dead) are also fully uncut with a nice looking anamoprhic transfer and have some decent extras including a 9 minute interview with Bruno entitled 'Hell Rats of the Living Dead' (which is also on the USA DVD of Rats - Night of Terror) the trailer and picture gallery. Anchor Bay also released it as part of a double bill dvd with Rats.
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"..COOL ZOMBIE CLASSIC.."
Yet again another great zombie classic from the 80's, this movie was previously cut but is now presented in all its gory glory in this U.S uncensored version! Read more
Published 9 days ago by S. Drury
utter garbage
This is the worst film i have ever seen. Stock footage of rotting corpses monkeys etc..It's not funny like a lot of bad films it just makes you feel bored and a bit nauseous.
Published 21 months ago by Mr. R. Whalley
Hilarious, preposterous and ever so much fun
This is one of my all time favourite Italian Zombie films. The whole thing is just so cheesy and unintentionally comical. Read more
Published on 2 April 2010 by NELMES316
Zombie: Creeping Flesh.
I also agree with the reviewer below, Hell of the Living Dead was an awful film but it was a fun and trashy zombie flick. Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2010 by Puzzle box
A Bruno Mattei movie by any other name still smells as sweet.
You may know this movie as Zombie Creeping Flesh, you may know it as Hell Of The Living Dead, you may know it simply as Virus or one of the twenty plus names it's known as around... Read more
Published on 18 July 2007 by LOL*DONGS
uncut they dont now what uncut is
a fantastic film i have a real uncut version
but this has at least 10 to 15 mins cut from it
but this has at least 10 to 15 mins cut from it
Published on 15 Sep 2003 by mr g ratcliffe
The title should give away the quality of this film...
I have to disagree with the two previous reviewers on this page by saying that this film is not good at all. Read more
Published on 10 Sep 2002 by L. Andrews
Zombies rule!!!
Well, what can i say about Zombie Creeping Flesh?. It has everything a good zombie film should have.. loads of gore, hundreds of rotting zombies and of course.... Read more
Published on 23 Jun 2002 by "brisey3k"
The flesh indeed creeps!!
Zombie Creeping Flesh, like many zombie classics includes loads of ultra violence, blood guts and best of all, crappy acting!!. Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2002 by "brisey3k"
Totally brilliant
This film is a work of art. The storyline fantastic and the way the director blends the atmospheric chill with the gory backbone of the film creates the perfect media synergy
Published on 17 April 2002 by Jonathan Dijksman
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