Synopsis

Sharon, the only survivor of the explosion of the salvage ship Dark Star, is having a hard time with the insurance company in furnishing them with a satisfactory explanation about her accident. She tells the story of her horrible experience, but is considered crazy - no one believes her when she tells about the existence of living dead on an island that can't be found on any nautical map.

About one year later...

Barker, representative of an important pharmaceutical company, is the only one to believe Sharon, and as there is no news of a scientific crew sent six months earlier to capture some samples of those beings, he convinces her to join the rescue team and take part in the mission. Sharon and the rescue team arrive on the island armed and equipped like marines, and set forth to carry out their task.

They reach what seems to be a lab, and discover diverse glass coffins containing horrible genetically-altered mutants, apparently dead. All of a sudden a woman with her belly torn open emerges from the vapours and attacks Barker, who is saved by the swift intervention of Taylor.

Their detectors signal another moving presence... they find a baby boy-monster... they are able to destroy it with the help of a flame-thrower.

When the members of the scientific crew are located, it is decided to go and recover them in order to leave the island.

They come across remains of human fetuses. They battle against horrible creatures - the living-dead children of genetic mutations. Some of them fall prey to those monsters...

They must leave the island, but the submarine won't be back for another ten days. An S.O.S. is sent.

Truth comes to light: it is Barker who has the task of bringing back one of those creatures to his company... even at the cost of their lives.

After escaping from the attack of a myriad of living-dead mutants, Taylor and Sharon discover something hellish: The Nest, where the female members of the scientific crew are used as incubators for those horrendous mutant children - a new generation of zombies. With their flame-thrower they burn all those little zombies. An explosion follows. Sharon manages to escape, but...


Zombies: The Beginning trailer (downloadable 3.6 MB WMV file)

Source: Twitch article "Trailer for Bruno Mattei's ZOMBIES: THE BEGINNING (ZOMBI: LA CREAZIONE)"

Someone should make a alternate version of this film that tells the story from the point of the insurance investigators.

This looks amazing. Well, Bruno Mattei "amazing." I wonder why his three recent films haven't seen proper releases. I'm guessing they are just too awesome for the public to handle.

EDIT: I uploaded the trailer to YouTube for anyone who doesn't want to download it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQY0qNp-Y3w

It does look awesome, actually it has to be Mattei's most stylish work ever, judging from what I see in the trailer. Plus it looks less cheap than some of his recent works. Can't believe this 75 year-old guy still keeps making like 3 movies a year as if its still 1983! He deserves respect for this fact alone.

Dude! The Coneheads... as a horror film!

I'd like to see what he'd do with Sea Monkeys.

William S. Wilson wrote:

When one views a video on YouTube, it's downloaded as a file onto his/her computer (into a Temporary Internet Files folder, for example) - in this case, a 4.4 MB one. The abovelinked Windows Media Video (WMV) file is only 3.6 MB, yet provides superior video quality.

Hmmm, didn't know that. What is the naming convention? .swf?

The "get_video" files lack file extensions; however, they are Flash Video (FLV) files.

Zombies: The Beginning trailer caps set

Distribution rights for Zombies: The Beginning are to be offered for sale by FilmExport Group s.r.l. at this year's American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica, California; the movie is scheduled to be screened there on November 4th and 5th.

American Film Market (AFM): Zombies: The Beginning

Today (May 21, 2008) is the first anniversary of the death of Bruno Mattei.

Zombies: The Beginning trailer (Windows Media Video)

Island of the Living Dead trailer (Windows Media Video)

The Jail: A Women's Hell trailer (Windows Media Video - viewer discretion is advised)

I don't know what it is about Mattei. I want to see this even though I've sat through THE TOMB and fast forwarded through most of LAND OF DEATH.

How are his "erotic thrillers" made around the same time: Venetian Caprice, Privé, etc.

I haven't seen any of Mattei's erotic thrillers that were produced around that time.