Distribution rights for Bruno 'Vincent Dawn' Mattei's Zombies: The Beginning (Zombi: la creazione) are to be offered for sale by FilmExport Group s.r.l. at this year's Marché du Film in Cannes; as was reported here on ScreenAnarchy back on April 12th, distribution rights for his Island of the Living Dead (L'isola dei morti viventi) and The Jail: A Women's Hell (Anime perse) - a.k.a. "The Jail: l'inferno delle donne" - are also to be offered for sale there by FilmExport Group. Zombies: The Beginning is a sequel to Island of the Living Dead.
Here's a synopsis for Zombies: The Beginning from FilmExport Group: "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 slide show (156 KB animated GIF)
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Island of the Living Dead trailer (downloadable 33.9 MB WMV file)
The Jail: A Women's Hell trailer (downloadable 3.2 MB WMV file - viewer discretion is advised)
