and that it added little originality to the zombie genre in the vein of other films such as Return of the Living Dead and Day of the Dead. Both AllMovie and Muir noted the film's similarity to Dawn of the Dead, with Muir referring to it as "perhaps the most blatant rip-off of Dawn of the Dead ever produced". Mattei later expressed that he felt the film's dialogue was "pretty stupid" and that like all his films, he would reshoot it if possible. When asked how she felt about the film in 2013, actress Margit Evelyn Newton responded that "Obviously seeing it now, I would change some things. But that is okay. Virus has helped me get more work." Fragasso commented on the film later saying that the film "designed with lots of love, but in the end it came out a test tube baby, a kind of abortion [...] But I'm satisfied with the end results." See also List of horror films of 1980 List of Italian films of 1980 List of Spanish films of 1980 References Footnotes Sources External links 1980 films 1980 horror films Apocalyptic films Films about cannibalism Italian zombie films Films shot in Spain Films directed by Bruno Mattei Films scored by Goblin (band) Films about viral outbreaks Spanish zombie films 1980s Italian films Italian exploitation films Italian science fiction horror films Italian splatter films Italian action horror films Films set in Papua New Guinea