A group of scientists has set up a research center on a small Philippine island in order to find a cure for cancer. They come up with an anti-virus and a vaccine which they try upon the locals. The virus do not cure cancer, it instead kills all man it contaminates. A voodoo priest gets angry because his daughter was killed in these tests so he wakes up the dead ("You wanted to defy hell, now hell has accepted the challenge!") and set an army of zombies lose upon mankind.

Twenty years later another group of scientists arrive to the "island of the living dead" to find out what happened all those years ago. Also there are a bunch of shipwrecked mercenaries and their girlfriends, one (Candice Daly) who saw her parents be eaten alive on the island twenty years ago. When the zombies start to attack all survivors take refuge in a solitary hospital in the jungle where they also find a huge amount of heavy weapons. The fun can begin.

Of course this is not any grand scale apocalyptic epic, the film was shot in two weeks straight more or less only beacuse the camera equipment was temporarily available (Bruno Mattei used it during the days for Strike Commando 2). But it shows that Fragasso and his fellow filmmakers had fun making it, improvising with whatever they got at hand, throwing the red (and green) stuff around by the buckets. The Filipino zombies here wear black hoods (ninja style), jumps when they attack and can run as fast as anyone else around, making the flick feel more like Demons in the jungle. It's not particularly well made, but it is highly enthusiastic, energetic, fast paced and gory as shit in compensation. A way more cool and enjoyable entry into the living dead genre than anyone could have expected, with a fantastic score by Al Festa. Recommended, but not for buttheads.

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