Just finished watching Mattei's ISLAND OF THE LIVING DEAD, this was typically old school Mattei, obviously recorded on digital and somewhat giving it that tv look, budget problems aside i must admit to quite enjoying this despite all its flaws (bad acting, dodgy dubbing etc). The story basically centres round a group of people who are shipwrecked on an island, here on things start to happen, we have as well as the undead, vampires who like to drain their victims before eating them, the gore cheesy at times as it is still has a number of effective scenes and the zombies don't look too bad, better than a lot of the undead in recent flicks. The sequel ZOMBIES; THE BEGINNING, basicall takes off from the end of the first, the survivor goes back to the island with a military group to look for survivors, however its not long before the shit hits the fan and we are treated to the usual zombie gore and a few twists and turns along the way, anyone who has watched and enjoyed past Mattei films should check out these as they are enjoyable in a bad but good senario
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