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Night of the Zombies [VHS]

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2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Every review in this section seems to be referring to the Bruno Mattei movie Night of the Zombies. This product, however, is a movie of the same name directed by Joel M. Reed. It has nothing to do with tropical island zombies, but rather WWII-era Nazi zombies! NOTZ (get it?) is about a CIA special-agent investigating deserters from the U.S. Army Chemical Corps unit. Once in Germany, he uncovers a plot of world domination involving...Nazi zombies! This movie is terrible, but in a good way. I suspect an updated version could be done much better, but if you like cheese you'll appreciate this one.

Though this movie was overall was only like 30 minuets without the jungle stock footage, its preatty awesome. This is a must for zombie fans, and people who like hard to find horror movies.

Night of The Zombies is hilarious. It is more hilarious if you're a fan of the horror genre or daytime dishtowel-dramas. The line "Daddy would have gotten us Uzi's." is worth the rental price, and the late fees are more than paid for by the teen scream queens coming to terms with their coming of age in a world of xenophobic zombies.

This movie was made in the mid eighties, when "Attention, K-Mart Shoppers" was just a hilarious thing to say in a movie. To those that find this phrase-turn sympathetic, zombie-phile or not, it's a durned good piece of 80's-fantasy.

A reviewer brings up a good point in making us aware that the information listed for the video on this page is for the Joel M. Reed 'Night of the Zombies' and not the Bruno Mattei/Vincent Dawn 'Night of the Zombies'. He misses the point that the reason everybody else has reviewed the Bruno Mattei 'Night of the Zombies' on this page is because that is what they got when they ordered a copy. This is the only listing for 'Night of the Zombies' and the Bruno Mattei film is more common and popular than the Joel M. Reed Film. If you look in the used and new section you will find both movies. You need to examine the listing carefully to make certain which movie you are ordering. Unfortunately when two movies have the same name, this causes quite a bit of confusion in the listing, especially when both movies are obviously the same subject; and it does not help that they share the same release year (although I believe the Reed film was made several years before it found a release and a place on Elvira's show). Reed's film is about Nazi zombies (not to be confused with 'Oasis of the Zombies') who apparently have nothing better to do than battle each other (while plotting to take over the world?) while being investigated by an ex-porn star playing a CIA man. Mattei's film is about Interpol commandos on the island of New Ginuea who end up babysitting a reporter and cameraman while fighting zombies on their way to the Hope Center, a synthetic nourishment plant, where a freak accident started this situation. I would rate Mattei's film at 3 stars just for its entertainment value and Reed's film at two stars for its lack of the same, but it is a good movie to poke fun at (why do you think Elvira ran it). Reed's film is low on the gore scale and Mattei's film is high on the gore and repulsion scale. By the way, if the name Joel M. Reed sounds familiar, think 'Bloodsucking Freaks'.--Bob

This entry into the zombie movie hall of shame is worth viewing a few times. The zombies are the italian purple and red kind for the most part. The acting is horrible, the plot is that of Dawn of the Dead, the soundtrak is stolen from Dawn of the Dead, but it's a worthy try at a "good" zombie flick. But, weirdest part of the movie: The journalist lady gets nekkid to go into the tribal village in Papua New Guinea, then gets makeup on out of nowhere while stock footage is edited in with no remorse! It's a weird Natl Geographic gone horribly wrong.

There is not one good thing to say about this italian schlock-fest about a bunch of dim-bulb swat team members who are called in New Guinea to control the local zombie problem. 40% of the film is stupid stock footage of animals, and the rest is a poorly photographed, directed, and edited jumble of pointless nudity, and really bad gore effects. Avoid this like the black plague! PLEASE!

i had to take away 1 star for the quality because its hard to see whats happening at night but if that were better i would have givin it 5 this movies really cheesey and gorey so be aware if your looking for something serious

The beggening is really good. A worker in a chemical plant gets spayed by some type of chemical that (of course) turns him into a zombie. I don't want to give away the entire movie but lets fast forward to a group of guys and a girl on a zombie safari in Africa. It was a really good movie, and I recomend it. It is fun to watch it 3 or 4 times, and is a great Halloween movie (guess when I watched it)!

This movie is great if you're in the mood for a 'light-hearted' horror movie. It's got lots of action, gore, and excitement!! Get a group together and watch it for fun.

Okay, if you haven't yet seen this movie, know right off the bat that there are three things which would make someone sorry they saw it. The first is the dubbing. In some places it's very good while in others it's pathetic. Then you have the acting. Again, in some places it's very good while in others it's pathetic. And finally there's the stock footage from a New Guinea documentary which appears liberally throughout this film. Another thing to beware of is the darkened scenes which at times leaves the viewer unable to tell which characters are in the scene. But now all that aside, there are actually some very positive things about this movie that I believe make it worth seeing. One of those things is the impressive facility that is the central focus of the film's beginning. Called the Hope Center 1, it is research plant dedicated to finding a way to destroy the overpopulated third world inhabitants in a brand new way that will not leave a trail back to the industrialized nations that are behind the facility. An accident unleashes a toxic cloud of gas that creates the zombies which will terrorize people for the rest of the film. In this movie, we are given a concrete reason for the zombies' existence, unlike Romero's and Fulci's movies. Those who are looking for a zombie bloodbath movie will enjoy this without any doubt, for we are treated to one bloodbath after another from the first five minutes until the very last scene. The heros if this film are four Interpol members and two reporters, all of whom are interested in discovering the truth behind the sudden outbreak of cannibalism on this Pacific island. The scene at the United Nations involving a verbal exchange between a representative of New Guinea and two white representatives is especially interesting. Despite all that's wrong with this film, one cannot help but root for the six living characters and hope that they win out in the end. I would recommend this to any zombie fan who has yet to see this movie.