Let Sleeping Corpses Lie

Starring:Cristina GalbÃ³, Ray Lovelock, Arthur Kennedy, Aldo Massasso, Giorgio Trestini, Roberto Posse, JosÃ© Lifante, Jeannine Mestre, Gengher Gatti, Fernando Hilbeck, Vera Drudi, Vicente Vega, Francisco Sanz, Paul Benson, Anita Colby (II), JoaquÃn Hinojosa, Vito Salier, Isabel Mestres
Director: Jorge Grau
Studio: Anchor Bay
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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One of the best zombie shockers of the 1970s, this Spanish-Italian coproduction (also known as The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue and Don't Open the Window, among other titles) is a real international affair. Inspired by George Romero's genre-shattering American hit Night of the Living Dead, it was shot in England by a Spanish director with a largely British cast, and supplemented by Spanish zombies and American character actor Arthur Kennedy as a bitter Irish police detective (with only a hint of a brogue). He's investigating a sudden rash of violent murders (the work of Satanists, he's convinced) and closes in on a pair of newcomers to the sleepy Northern England town, longhaired antique dealer Ray Lovelock and his nervous traveling companion Christine GalbÃ³. Only they know the real culprits: newly deceased corpses, revived by agricultural experiments in ultrasonic radiation that are also turning newborns into vicious little monsters. Director Jorge Grau delivers all the stumbling zombies and gory flesh feasts you could hope for in a 1974 movie, but more importantly he creates the rare zombie thriller that manages to be both scary and smartly done. Some of the twists are a bit more far-fetched than others (why does dabbing blood on the eyes of long-dead cadavers magically bring them to life, and how would a zombie even know to try?), but it's a minor quibble in the face of the startling blood frenzy and Grau's satisfying dark dramatic twists.

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One of the best zombie shockers of the 1970s, this Spanish-Italian coproduction (also known as The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue and Don't Open the Window, among other titles) is a real international affair. Inspired by George Romero's genre-shattering American hit Night of the Living Dead, it was shot in England by a Spanish director with a largely British cast, and supplemented by Spanish zombies and American character actor Arthur Kennedy as a bitter Irish police detective (with only a hint of a brogue). He's investigating a sudden rash of violent murders (the work of Satanists, he's convinced) and closes in on a pair of newcomers to the sleepy Northern England town, longhaired antique dealer Ray Lovelock and his nervous traveling companion Christine Galbó. Only they know the real culprits: newly deceased corpses, revived by agricultural experiments in ultrasonic radiation that are also turning newborns into vicious little monsters. Director Jorge Grau delivers all the stumbling zombies and gory flesh feasts you could hope for in a 1974 movie, but more importantly he creates the rare zombie thriller that manages to be both scary and smartly done. Some of the twists are a bit more far-fetched than others (why does dabbing blood on the eyes of long-dead cadavers magically bring them to life, and how would a zombie even know to try?), but it's a minor quibble in the face of the startling blood frenzy and Grau's satisfying dark dramatic twists.

Description

The Epic Zombie Shocker!

Two traveling companions, George ( Ray Lovelock of AUTOPSY) and Edna ( Christine Galbo of THE KILLER MUST KILL AGAIN), come across a small town infested with the "living dead" that are satisfying their cannibalistic hunger on anyone they come across. Discovering that an agricultural machine using radiation waves is at the root of all the havoc, George and Edna fight for survival and their innocence as they are pursued by a relentless detective ( Arthur Kennedy of THE ANTICHRIST and FANTASTIC VOYAGE) who is convinced they are responsible for the ghoulish acts of violence plaguing the countryside. All this leads to a gruesome showdown at the Manchester Morgue - an ending that knots a horrifying twist in the lives of all involved!

Also know as THE LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE and DON'T OPEN THE WINDOW, this carefully constructed and beautifully photographed tale of the undead roaming the English countryside comes from acclaimed Spanish Director Jorge Grau.

Customer Reviews:

Wake The Dead..........2007-06-27

LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE is as good or better than any of my all-time favorite zombie movies. Yes, it's right up there w/ NIGHT, DAWN, and DAY OF THE DEAD! LSCL has a similar sense of building dread and awfulness! It's sort of like Fulci's ZOMBIE, THE BEYOND, and CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD in its darkness and malevolence. Needless to say, I love it! At first, I thought it might be goofy, until the ghouls started walkin'! The story is cool, w/ a seemingly innocent cause for the zombie plague. The rural setting adds to the utter isolation and desparate atmosphere of doom. Believe me, you won't know who will die next! No story-book endings here! Highly recommended...

Blame the Farmers!!.......2007-06-26

"Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" belongs to two sub-genres of horror which were very popular in the 1970's and 80's. The first of these is the Zombie film, also incorporating elements from cannibal films. The influence of Romero's "Night of the Living Dead" is very notable on this film, scenes such as the films heroine being attacked in her car by a vagrant zombie and the shocking finale when the hero is shot dead by the bigoted police inspector are among many moments liberally borrowed from Romero's trailblazing effort. But this is more than a mere pastiche or tribute, and this is due to it being an ecological horror film. The revolt of nature occurs here due to a revolutionary method of insect extermination utilised by the ministry of agriculture. This piece of hi-tech equipment uses radiation and sound waves to drive crop pests to insanity, and confirms director Jorge Grau's determination to challenge modernity with a paranoid and destructive depiction of technology and a vision of the city which shows it as a monstrously polluted and virtually unliveable space. So as well as an excellent zombie film, replete with a number of superior moments of gore, this is a film which highlights the dichotomy between city and countryside (a pre-occupation of much Italian horror), the bigotry of a more repressed older generation towards the young (long hair and faggot clothes!!) represented by the bitter police inspector, and a general feeling of paranoia toward technological progress and modernity. This Spanish/Italian co-production, which utilises the green and pleasant lands of England beautifully, works as a straight forward down and dirty horror flick, but also as an intelligent if bleak film, which more than holds its own with the film that inspired it.

very cool film.......2007-06-15

This film follows in the footsteps of NOLD thats for sure, however, it comes out like "children shouldn't play with dead things". Its truly a one of a kind zombie film that shouldn't be over looked and different way of making a zombie film and truly one of the best i've seen in awhile. Highly Recommended!!

waste of money and time!!.......2007-06-14

This movie should not even be associated with the zombie genre!! Let's state the obvious the movie is boring and drags on FOREVER, and it never picks up. I love Blue Underground but they dropped the ball by wasting there money releasing this garbage!! Stear far away from this atrocity.

very creepy movie.......2007-05-07

the mood of this film is very dark, and i'll admit it is very very creepy...one of the best zombie movies of that ever made

Average customer rating:

Wake The Dead...
Blame the Farmers!!
very cool film
waste of money and time!!
very creepy movie

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Starring: Cristina Galbó , Ray Lovelock , Arthur Kennedy , Aldo Massasso , and Giorgio Trestini
Director: Jorge Grau
Manufacturer: Anchor Bay
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ASIN: 630597229X
Release Date: 2000-10-24

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Customer Reviews:

Wake The Dead..........2007-06-27

Blame the Farmers!!.......2007-06-26

very cool film.......2007-06-15

waste of money and time!!.......2007-06-14

very creepy movie.......2007-05-07

the mood of this film is very dark, and i'll admit it is very very creepy...one of the best zombie movies of that ever made

Let the Sleeping Corpses Lie (Limited Edition)

Average customer rating:

Wake The Dead...
Blame the Farmers!!
very cool film
waste of money and time!!
very creepy movie

Let the Sleeping Corpses Lie (Limited Edition)
Starring: Cristina Galbó , Ray Lovelock , Arthur Kennedy , Aldo Massasso , and Giorgio Trestini
Director: Jorge Grau
Manufacturer: Anchor Bay
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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The Mario Bava Collection, Volume 1 (Black Sunday / Black Sabbath / The Girl Who Knew Too Much / Kill Baby Kill / Knives of the Avenger)

ASIN: 6305972338
Release Date: 2000-10-24

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Customer Reviews:

Wake The Dead..........2007-06-27

Blame the Farmers!!.......2007-06-26

very cool film.......2007-06-15

waste of money and time!!.......2007-06-14

very creepy movie.......2007-05-07

the mood of this film is very dark, and i'll admit it is very very creepy...one of the best zombie movies of that ever made

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