June 2: Junesploitation’s topic of the day — as suggested by F This Movie— is Zombies! We’re excited to tackle a different genre every day, so check back and see what’s next.

What do you watch when you’ve seen nearly every major zombie movie?

You hunt.

Directed by Alex Visani, who wrote the script with Tom Larini and Dan Sabatta — who also appear in the movie — Zombi New Millenium is all about Daniel (Sabatta), a black magic user who has created a new zombie virus that can be spread by mobile phones and television screens (Demons 2, you know?) and the zombies all look a lot like, well, Demons.

Daniel’s plan was to become rich and immortal, using his theory that there are three dimensions: Earth, Hell and the internet. He believes that demons gain their power through humans, so by using a computer programmer, he’s made a subliminal virus that will allow him to have power over the demons, but of course they take over the programming and spread their virus everywhere, creating demons and zombies that spread their infection and destroy humanity.

Visani has moved on to make movies like Born Dead, Blades In the Darkness, Stomach and Mind Creep. This is obviously an early effort, but even here there are some interesting moments, like the idea of phone calls causing transformations and people tearing their faces off. I mean, if I made a movie when I was young, I would have ripped off the intestines eating from Antropophagus and been indebted to Luigi Cozzi and Lucio Fulci too. I mean, I still would if I made a movie now.

Don’t expect much more than a grainy videotaped film that is indebted at once to Italian splatter and Japanese ideas. But hey — greater things were in the future. Everyone starts somewhere.

You can watch this on YouTube.