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| − | [[Image:Hell Of The Living Dead.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''DVD Cover of | + | [[Image:Hell Of The Living Dead.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''DVD Cover of Hell of the Living Dead'']] |
| − | '''Hell of the Living Dead''' (Italian: Virus - l'inferno dei morti viventi) is a 1980 Italian-Spanish low-budget horror film, inspiried by [[Dawn of the Dead (1978)|Dawn of the Dead]], and directed by Bruno Mattei. It has been released under several titles, including | + | '''''Hell of the Living Dead''''' (Italian: Virus - ''l'inferno dei morti viventi'') is a 1980 Italian-Spanish low-budget horror film, inspiried by [[Dawn of the Dead (1978)|Dawn of the Dead]], and directed by Bruno Mattei. It has been released under several titles, including ''Virus'', ''Night of the Zombies'' and ''Zombie Creeping Flesh''. The film generally received a negative reviews. |
| − | + | At a top-secret chemical research facility called "Hope Center #1", a major accident occurs, causing a gas leak that turns all the employees, as well as people living in the area, into zombies. Elsewhere, a special forces detachment consisting of four commandos rescues the American consulate in Barcelona, Spain from a siege by eco-terrorists. The commandos are then sent to the infected area of Papua New Guinea, where the accident occurred earlier, where they encounter a reporter investigating reports of mysterious attacks on the local population. Soon, the commandos and their allies are beset by flesh-hungry zombies. | |
{{Film Title}} | {{Film Title}} | ||
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= Handguns = | = Handguns = | ||
==Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose== | ==Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose== | ||
| − | A [[Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose]] is used by a policeman during the US | + | A [[Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose]] is used by a policeman during the US consulate crisis. |
[[Image:Smith&Wesson.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose (left side) - .357 Magnum]] | [[Image:Smith&Wesson.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose (left side) - .357 Magnum]] | ||
[[Image:Hell Of The Living Dead handgun police.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Hell Of The Living Dead handgun police.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
==Star Model Super B== | ==Star Model Super B== | ||
| − | A [[Star Model Super B]] is used by one | + | A [[Star Model Super B]] is used by one eco-terrorist. |
[[image:B-super-large.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Star Model B Super aka Star Modelo Super - 9x19mm]] | [[image:B-super-large.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Star Model B Super aka Star Modelo Super - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[image:Hell Of The Living Dead handgun eco.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[image:Hell Of The Living Dead handgun eco.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
==Star Model BM== | ==Star Model BM== | ||
| − | A [[Star Model BM]] is used by | + | A [[Star Model BM]] is used by one policeman. |
[[Image:Star BM.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Star Model BM - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:Star BM.jpg|thumb|none|350px|Star Model BM - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[image:Hell of The Living Dead Star BM 1.JPG|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[image:Hell of The Living Dead Star BM 1.JPG|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
==Smith & Wesson Model 10== | ==Smith & Wesson Model 10== | ||
| − | The [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] | + | The [[Smith & Wesson Model 10]] is seen in the hands of Lia Rousseau (Margie Newton). |
[[Image:HA-537.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model of 1899 M&P (1899-1902) - .38 Special]] | [[Image:HA-537.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Smith & Wesson Model of 1899 M&P (1899-1902) - .38 Special]] | ||
[[Image:Hell of the Living Dead revolver 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lia Rousseau aims the revolver.]] | [[Image:Hell of the Living Dead revolver 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Lia Rousseau aims the revolver.]] | ||
| − | [[Image:Hell of the Living Dead revolver 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The slightly | + | [[Image:Hell of the Living Dead revolver 2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The slightly different view of the same scene.]] |
== Single Action Army-style revolver == | == Single Action Army-style revolver == | ||
| − | A [[Single Action Army]]-style revolver is used by commandos (obviously, this is | + | A [[Single Action Army]]-style revolver is used by commandos (obviously, this is the same gun being passed from hand to hand). It is missing an ejector rod and may actually be some cheap copy, like the [[Röhm RG-66]]. |
[[Image:Rohm RG-66.jpg|thumb|none|350px|For comparsion: Röhm RG-66 - .22 Magnum]] | [[Image:Rohm RG-66.jpg|thumb|none|350px|For comparsion: Röhm RG-66 - .22 Magnum]] | ||
| − | [[Image:Hell Of The Living Dead handgun police chief.jpg|thumb|none|600px|SWAT Leader (Antonio Molino Rojo) holds the revolver.]] | + | [[Image:Hell Of The Living Dead handgun police chief.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The SWAT Leader (Antonio Molino Rojo) holds the revolver.]] |
| − | [[Image:Hell of the living dead Unknown revolver 1-1.JPG|thumb|none|600px|Zantoro holds | + | [[Image:Hell of the living dead Unknown revolver 1-1.JPG|thumb|none|600px|Zantoro holds revolver.]] |
[[Image:Hell of the Living DeadUnknown revolver 1-2.JPG|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Hell of the Living DeadUnknown revolver 1-2.JPG|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
== Arminius HW-1G == | == Arminius HW-1G == | ||
| − | The [[Arminius HW-1G]] also | + | The [[Arminius HW-1G]] is also used. |
[[File:Arminius-HW-1G.JPG|thumb|none|350px|Arminius HW-1G gas revolver - 9mm K blank firing]] | [[File:Arminius-HW-1G.JPG|thumb|none|350px|Arminius HW-1G gas revolver - 9mm K blank firing]] | ||
[[Image:Hell of the Living Dead Arminius 1.JPG|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Hell of the Living Dead Arminius 1.JPG|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
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= Submachine Guns = | = Submachine Guns = | ||
| − | == Thompson | + | == Labora Fontbernat M1938 (Modified as Thompson-Style Submachine Guns) == |
| − | + | [[M1A1 Thompson]] submachine guns is used by members of the police and members of the eco-terrorist group during the US consulate crisis. These are actually modified Labora Fontbernat M1938, adapted for firing some kind of blanks, with moving bolts and visible gun smoke (which, alas, comes not from the barrel, but from somewhere in the receiver). These guns are also used by the commandos during their new mission in Papua New Guinea. They are depicted both with or without an M1928 rear sight but never with a M1A1's. One model with a vertical foregrip seems to be the trademark weapon of Zantoro, but due to a continuity error, this weapon is carried by other members of the team. | |
| − | [[File:soldierwolf,20070107412.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M1A1 Thompson with 20-round magazine and Cutts compensator - .45 ACP]] | + | [[File:Labora Fontbernat M1938.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Labora Fontbernat M1938 - 9x19mm Par or 9x23mm Largo]] |
| + | [[File:soldierwolf,20070107412.jpg|thumb|none|400px|For comparison: M1A1 Thompson with 20-round magazine and Cutts compensator - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:Hell of the living dead Thompson 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A policeman with his SMG.]] | [[Image:Hell of the living dead Thompson 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A policeman with his SMG.]] | ||
[[Image:Hell of the living dead Thompson 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Hell of the living dead Thompson 3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| − | [[Image:Hell of the living dead Thompson 7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Zantoro ([[Franco Garofalo]]) with fake Thompson.]] | + | [[Image:Hell of the living dead Thompson 7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Zantoro ([[Franco Garofalo]]) with the fake Thompson.]] |
[[Image:Hell of the living dead Thompson 8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Hell of the living dead Thompson 8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Hell of the living dead Thompson 13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Hell of the living dead Thompson 13.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
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= Rifles = | = Rifles = | ||
== CETME Model B == | == CETME Model B == | ||
| − | The [[CETME Model B]] is used by the | + | The [[CETME Model B]] is used by the commandos during the siege of the US consulate and during their mission in Papua New Guinea. |
[[Image:Cetme b30.jpg|thumb|none|400px|CETME Model B - 7.62x51mm]] | [[Image:Cetme b30.jpg|thumb|none|400px|CETME Model B - 7.62x51mm]] | ||
| − | [[Image:Cetme 3 hell of the living dead.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Vincent (Selan Karay), Captain London (José Gras), Zantoro ([[Franco Garofalo]]) and Osborne (Josep Lluís Fonol) before their assault]] | + | [[Image:Cetme 3 hell of the living dead.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Vincent (Selan Karay), Captain London (José Gras), Zantoro ([[Franco Garofalo]]), and Osborne (Josep Lluís Fonol) before their assault.]] |
[[Image:Cetme 12 Hell of the living dead.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Cetme 12 Hell of the living dead.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Hell of the living dead cetme 10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Hell of the living dead cetme 10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
| − | [[Image:Cetme 7hell of the living dead.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|Zantoro and London looking for | + | [[Image:Cetme 7hell of the living dead.jpeg|thumb|none|600px|Zantoro and London looking for zombies in Papua New Guinea.]] |
| − | [[Image:Cetme 8 Hell of the living dead.jpg|thumb|none|600px|London's rifle just jammed]] | + | [[Image:Cetme 8 Hell of the living dead.jpg|thumb|none|600px|London's rifle just jammed.]] |
== Winchester Model 70 == | == Winchester Model 70 == | ||
| − | The | + | The eco-terrorists' leader (Tito Lucchetti) carries a bolt-action rifle which appears to be a pre-1964 [[Winchester Model 70]]. |
[[Image:Pre64WinModel70.jpg|none|thumb|400px|Pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 - .30-06]] | [[Image:Pre64WinModel70.jpg|none|thumb|400px|Pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 - .30-06]] | ||
[[Image:Hell of the living dead r700 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px]] | [[Image:Hell of the living dead r700 6.jpg|thumb|none|600px]] | ||
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= Launcher = | = Launcher = | ||
== Federal 201Z Gas Riot Gun == | == Federal 201Z Gas Riot Gun == | ||
| − | A [[Federal Gas Riot Gun]] is seen in the | + | A [[Federal Gas Riot Gun]] is seen in the hands of a policeman in Papua New Guinea in footage taken from ''La Vallée'', a documentary on a tribe in Papua New Guinea. |
[[Image:Federal_M201-Z_Riot_Gun.JPG|thumb|none|450px|Federal M201-Z - 37mm. Upgrade from the L-5, the M201Z has a secondary ladder sight behind the latch and the barrel is ringed for a sling swivel. The L-5 has a plain smooth barrel.]] | [[Image:Federal_M201-Z_Riot_Gun.JPG|thumb|none|450px|Federal M201-Z - 37mm. Upgrade from the L-5, the M201Z has a secondary ladder sight behind the latch and the barrel is ringed for a sling swivel. The L-5 has a plain smooth barrel.]] | ||
[[Image:Hell of the living dead Federal Gas Riot Gun 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | [[Image:Hell of the living dead Federal Gas Riot Gun 1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:25, 1 April 2021
Hell of the Living Dead (Italian: Virus - l'inferno dei morti viventi) is a 1980 Italian-Spanish low-budget horror film, inspiried by Dawn of the Dead, and directed by Bruno Mattei. It has been released under several titles, including Virus, Night of the Zombies and Zombie Creeping Flesh. The film generally received a negative reviews.
At a top-secret chemical research facility called "Hope Center #1", a major accident occurs, causing a gas leak that turns all the employees, as well as people living in the area, into zombies. Elsewhere, a special forces detachment consisting of four commandos rescues the American consulate in Barcelona, Spain from a siege by eco-terrorists. The commandos are then sent to the infected area of Papua New Guinea, where the accident occurred earlier, where they encounter a reporter investigating reports of mysterious attacks on the local population. Soon, the commandos and their allies are beset by flesh-hungry zombies.
The following weapons were used in the film Hell of the Living Dead:
Handguns
Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose
A Smith & Wesson Model 19 Snub Nose is used by a policeman during the US consulate crisis.
Star Model Super B
A Star Model Super B is used by one eco-terrorist.
Star Model BM
A Star Model BM is used by one policeman.
Smith & Wesson Model 10
The Smith & Wesson Model 10 is seen in the hands of Lia Rousseau (Margie Newton).
Single Action Army-style revolver
A Single Action Army-style revolver is used by commandos (obviously, this is the same gun being passed from hand to hand). It is missing an ejector rod and may actually be some cheap copy, like the Röhm RG-66.
Arminius HW-1G
The Arminius HW-1G is also used.
Submachine Guns
Labora Fontbernat M1938 (Modified as Thompson-Style Submachine Guns)
M1A1 Thompson submachine guns is used by members of the police and members of the eco-terrorist group during the US consulate crisis. These are actually modified Labora Fontbernat M1938, adapted for firing some kind of blanks, with moving bolts and visible gun smoke (which, alas, comes not from the barrel, but from somewhere in the receiver). These guns are also used by the commandos during their new mission in Papua New Guinea. They are depicted both with or without an M1928 rear sight but never with a M1A1's. One model with a vertical foregrip seems to be the trademark weapon of Zantoro, but due to a continuity error, this weapon is carried by other members of the team.
Zantoro (Franco Garofalo) with the fake Thompson.
Rifles
CETME Model B
The CETME Model B is used by the commandos during the siege of the US consulate and during their mission in Papua New Guinea.
Vincent (Selan Karay), Captain London (José Gras), Zantoro (Franco Garofalo), and Osborne (Josep Lluís Fonol) before their assault.
Winchester Model 70
The eco-terrorists' leader (Tito Lucchetti) carries a bolt-action rifle which appears to be a pre-1964 Winchester Model 70.
Launcher
Federal 201Z Gas Riot Gun
A Federal Gas Riot Gun is seen in the hands of a policeman in Papua New Guinea in footage taken from La Vallée, a documentary on a tribe in Papua New Guinea.
