After Death
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Italian film poster for After Death
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| Directed by | Claudio Fragasso |
| Screenplay by | Rossella Drudi |
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| Music by | Al Festa |
| Cinematography | Luigi Ciccarese |
| Edited by | Daniele Alabiso |
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Flora Film
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| Distributed by | Variety Film |
| Country | Italy |
After Death is an Italian zombie film. The film is set on a remote island where a voodoo curse that raises the dead from their graves to feast on the flesh of the living. When a boat containing a group of explorers which includes a young girl who experienced the zombie uprising years earlier, makes an emergency docking on the island, the crew find that their only hope for survival is a protective idol given to the young girl by her mother years ago.
Researchers at a remote jungle island outpost discover the natives are practicing voodoo and black magic. After killing the local priest (James Sampson), a voodoo curse begins to raise the dead to feed on the living in retribution. The researchers on the island are killed by the newly risen zombies, except for Jenny (Candice Daly), the daughter of a scientist couple. She escapes, protected by an enchanted necklace charm given to her by her mother shortly before her death.
She returns years later as an adult with a group of mercenaries to try to uncover what happened to her parents. Shortly after arriving at the island their boat's engine dies, stranding them. Meanwhile, elsewhere on the island a trio of hikers discover a cave, the same cave leading to the underground temple where the original curse was created. After accidentally reviving the curse, the dead once again return to kill any who trespass on their island. The mercenaries encounter their first zombie, who injures a member of the team.
Taking shelter in the remains of the old research facilities medical quarters, they are soon joined by Chuck (Jeff Stryker), the only surviving hiker. Arming themselves with weapons left behind by the long dead research team, they make their stand as the dead once again rise. One by one they are injured or killed, one of whom sacrifices himself to blow up the medical facility and his newly undead team members. Jenny and Chuck flee, the only survivors remaining. They stumble upon the cave once again, where the zombies appear and attack. Chuck is killed, and Jenny apparently becomes an advanced zombie. The ending is ambiguous.
Director Claudio Fragasso's wife, Rosella Drudi did not receive credit for the story for Zombi 3 but is credited as the sole author of the screenplay credit for After Death. The film stars Jeff Stryker who is better known for his roles in both straight and gay pornography films. The film was his first non-pornography role. The remaining majority of the cast were English-speaking performers but their voices were dubbed in post-production.
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