Nightmare City.
A reporter(mexican chap Hugo stiglitz) is on assignment to interview a nuclear scientist who is supposed to be arriving at a airport. but when a unidentified carrier plane does a emergency landing, the army are suspicious and surround it. and what happens next is that an army of zombies emerge from the plane and go on a killing rampage with axes and knives drinking the blood of their victims and spreading contamination.
the reporter then buggers off and later tracks down his Dr wife and fight for their lives as the zombies take over.
Director Umberto lenzi does his own interesting take on the zombie saga but with some interesting twists. these are not your traditional style Fulci or Romero zombies at all and are much more mobile than the usual shuffling specimims. these buggers are very athletic and clever and can run, use weapons and fire guns, and that makes them even more dangerous. and they are not into flesh eating either and are more like vampires as they need to drink blood to sustain themselves. although they do seem to enjoy ripping off womens blouses and stabbing them in the boobs.
very entertaining film indeed, with a nice synth score and non stop action that's never boring for a second, and with some exciting scenes set at a funfair.
The twist climax is a bit of a let down though, and reminded me a bit of The Slayer. and the lead actors are a bit forgettable too, although Mel Ferrer gets to co-star again. 79 out of 100.