Critical Reception
Hell of the Living Dead received a negative reception from critics, and is considered a so-bad-it's-good movie by many critics. Allmovie wrote, "Dawn of the Dead spawned many an Italian-made ripoff but none of them were ever as awful or crazy as Bruno Mattei's jaw-dropping Hell of the Living Dead. is so incredibly, cluelessly bad that it makes perfect fare for cult-flick fans to use on their next 'bad movie night.'" DVD Verdict said of the film, "Did you like Romero's Night of the Living Dead? How about the sequels Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead? If so, then you're going to absolutely hate Hell of the Living Dead."
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