Bruno Mattei’s ‘Hell of the Living Dead’ & ‘Rats: Night of Terror’ Hit 4K UHD via Severin Films

Severin Films will release Hell of the Living Dead and Rats: Night of Terror on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on May 27.

Directed by cult Italian filmmaker Bruno Mattei, both movies have been newly restored in 4K from their original camera negatives.

Also known as Virus and Zombie Creeping Flesh, Hell of the Living Dead is a 1980 zombie film from writers Claudio Fragasso (Troll 2) and José María Cunillés. Margit Evelyn Newton, Franco Garofalo, Selan Karay, and José Gras star.

An accident at a chemical plant unleashes a horrific virus, and an elite SWAT team is sent to New Guinea to investigate. But when they arrive on the hellish island, they discover a plague of flesh-eating zombies.

Special Features:

• Go To Hell – Interview With Director Bruno Mattei
• The Beauty And The Zombies – Interview With Actress Margie Newton
• My Big Chance – Interview With Actor Franco Garofalo
• Lt. Mike London Is Back! – Interview With Actor José Gras
• My Son Is A Zombie – Interview With Actor Pep Ballester
• Producing The Apocalypse – Interview With Producer José María Cunillés
• Papua New Guinea In Barcelona – Locations Tour With José Gras
• Peter And The Test Tube Babies’ “Zombie Creeping Flesh” – Interview With Punk Singer Peter Bywaters
• Trailer

1984’s Rats: Night of Terror is a post-apocalyptic horror film written by Fragasso and Hervé Piccini (Devil Fish). Ottaviano Dell’Acqua, Geretta Geretta, Massimo Vanni, and Gianni Franco star.

In the year 225 A.B. (After the Bomb), a group of dystopian bikers discover an abandoned research laboratory filled with food, water… and thousands of rats. But these are no ordinary vermin; these are super-intelligent mutant rodents with a ravenous appetite for human flesh.

Special Features:

• Mad Rats: The Making Of A Cult – Interviews With Co-Writer/Uncredited Co-Director Claudio Fragasso; Actors Ottaviano Dell’Acqua, Massimo Vanni, Ann-Gisel Glass And Jean-Christophe Brétignière; Composer Luigi Ceccarelli; And Still Photographer Gianni Leacche
• Of Rats And Men – Interview With Director Bruno Mattei
• Richard And The Rats – Interview With Actor Ottaviano Dell’Acqua
• Chocolate And Rats – Interview With Actress Geretta Geretta
• Last Rat Standing – Interview With Actor Gianni Franco
• Rats Dance – Interview With Composer Luigi Ceccarelli
• Bruno And Claudio, I Knew Them Well – Interview With Executive Producer Roberto Di Girolamo
• Bonded By Blood – Retrospective Making-Of With Co-Writer/Uncredited Co-Director Claudio Fragasso And Actors Ottaviano Dell’Acqua, Franco Garofalo, Margie Newton And Massimo Vanni
• “Under The Black Sky” Music Video With Geretta Geretta
• Trailer

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