[3] It was famously re-released in the U.S. later in 1980 under the title Walk of the Dead, with distributor Independent Artists adding a "Shock Notice" gimmick to the prints wherein inserted red warning flashes preceded each gory murder.

Each time a victim is murdered, they are brought back to life by an East Indian mystic named Kantanka (Paul Naschy) to join his army of female zombies.

All Seasons Entertainment released the film on VHS in the United States in the 1980s in its original Vengeance of the Zombies version with the red warning flashes removed,[4] while Vogue Video in Canada released it on VHS in the altered Walk of the Dead version with the red warning flashes intact.

[6] Steve Barton of Dread Central rated it 4/5 stars and wrote, "Sexy, erotic, scary, and disturbing, Vengeance of the Zombies has it all!

"[8] Adam Tyner of DVD Talk wrote, "Naschy likened the movie to a drug-induced nightmare in his autobiography, and it's every bit as odd and incoherent as that suggests.