The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave
Starring:Antonio De Teffè, Marina Malfatti, Erika Blanc, Giacomo Rossi-Stuart, Rod Murdock, Umberto Raho, Roberto Maldera, Joan C. Davis, Ettore Bevilacqua, Maria Teresa Tofano, Brizio Montinaro, Paola Natale
Director: Emilio Miraglia
Studio: Alpha Video
Product Type: DVD
Average customer rating:
- Watchable nonsense delivers a few thrills and chills
- Coming out of the grave
- Unpleasant Yet Oddly Gripping
- HORRIBLE transfer, but there is good news
- One of my favorite Italian horror movies
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The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave
Starring: Antonio De Teffè , Marina Malfatti , Erika Blanc , Giacomo Rossi-Stuart , and Enzo Tarascio
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Release Date: 2004-02-24 |
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Watchable nonsense delivers a few thrills and chills.......2007-05-11
With its lounge-lizard music, unclad beauties, bursts of violence, and potboiler plot, "The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" is a respectable (if that's the right word) example of Italy's "giallo" genre. Odd plot, though: the villain isn't the rich owner of the manor who lures young women to his dungeon and kills them, but the opportunists around him who try to manipulate the situation to get control of the guy's wealth.
From these Amazon reviews, it's clear there are several DVDs of this movie out there. For what it's worth, mine featured a nice, crisp, widescreen image, an Italian soundrack with subtitles, and several extras. So there is at least one decent DVD of this movie available for your viewing pleasure.
But, be warned (minor spoiler to follow)... even coming from a genre not known for its subtlety, you really get some over the top stuff here. The barrel of sulfuric acid that shows up in the last minute of the movie is a particular hoot. The scene had everything but the words "Acme Sulfuric Acid Comapny" on the side of the barrel and the villain doing an exaggerated "oops" double take as he pitches headlong into it.
But, in the end, hey, the movie's fun. And that's all that counts.
Coming out of the grave.......2006-12-21
Don't let the ghoulish title or the campy box fool you. "The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" is no goofy zombiefest or cliched ghost story -- instead it's more of a manipulative mystery, with director Emilio Miraglia sprinkling the story with unexpected twists and giallo-like murders.
Evelyn Cunningham died in childbirth some time ago. Ever since, mentally-unbalanced Lord Alan Cunningham (Antonio De Teffè) has had a nasty new hobby -- he has "attacks" where he lures young redheads to his rambling estate, and kills them horribly. Even a seance to contact his beloved Evelyn doesn't help his mental state.
Then he meets beautiful Gladys (Marina Malfatti), and quickly marries her. But as Alan tries to get on with his life, the castle is haunted by a red-haired, white-gowned ghost that beckons him -- and the murder of several people there. Alan is being slowly driven out of his mind, but has Evelyn come out of the grave -- or is there something even more sinister at work?
"The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" has many of the trappings of a giallo film -- Miraglia even gives the audience a nudge-wink by having the mystery killer wear a pair of yellow ("giallo") gloves. But this movie isn't strictly a giallo -- more like a modern gothic with a few twists of "House on Haunted Hill."
It's not the best of such films -- it moves very slowly, and some of the scenes (such as the skeletal ghost-on-the-bridge scene) are just too silly. But it's made up for with some incredibly spooky "hauntings," mad camerawork, and the lush interior of the crumbling castle. Miraglia even throws in some bizarre, grotesque moments, such as the disposal of a body by dumping it into a fox kennel.
And the finale is a outrageous double twist that is unlikely, but very interesting -- just when you think you've got the whole plot figured out, Miraglia yanks the rug out from under your feet. Even if the plot still has some big holes in it, it's pretty entertaining and an exciting end to a slow-moving storyline.
Teffè plays the most difficult character of the piece -- his character is really psychotic at the beginning, although by the middle of the movie he's more pitiable than detestable. Malfatti is somewhat less compelling, but does well enough as Teffè's wife, while Enzo Tarascio plays the smarmy playboy very well.
It's pretty hard to find a decent print of this movie. Sinema Diablo's is horribly distorted and not worth watching, the Alpha is very bad quality, and St Clair Vision is even worse, incredibly discoloured and scratchy. The best one I've seen is from Brentwood's "Tales From the Boneyard," which has excellent colour and sound, although it's a little bright at times.
"The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" is a lot better than its name would suggest, and its twisty spooky story is genuinely creepy in a "giallo" kind of way. Definitely worth watching.
Unpleasant Yet Oddly Gripping.......2006-12-10
THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE is one of a class of movies that is not meant to be a pleasant diversion. From the opening scene of the hero-villain's attempt to escape from a psychiatric asylum, one can see that he is meant as the inverse of the inner Vincent Price erudite gentleman slaughterer minus wit and charm. This wealthy count picks up hookers and disembowels them, thereby incurring the audience's disgust and odd fascination as to motive. As the convoluted plot proceeds, the count begins to unfold his motivation like an onion. We see Gothic paintings of his late red-haired wife who has died under mysterious circumstances. We further see his marriage to a tall blond whose own role in the plot I shall not reveal. There is also quite a bit of gratuitous female nudity that given the circumstances fits in nicely with the weird Eurohorror background. Part of the problem I had, besides trying to overlook the poor quality of the film's flutterings and shoddy splicings, was the undertone of nihilism that kept me off balance. There is at the film's core a metaphoric black hole that swallows up all morality, leaving a darkness that is as bleak as the ubiquitous greyness that smothers the flatness of the grim colors. When it was over, I had the feeling that this movie must be what the first level of Dante's Purgatory must be like.
HORRIBLE transfer, but there is good news.......2006-06-14
There is no reason whatsoever that this fun, campy and atmospheric horror movie should have ever been released on such a substandard, laughably bad print. Bleeding colors, blurry images, extreme fades in the audio along with crackles and hiss.
Thankfully the newly released Emilio Miraglio Killer Queen box set by No Shame not only has a cleaned up and remastered version of Evelyn but also the even better, gorier and more thrilling "The Red Queen Kills 7 Times", also remastered with highly improved audio/video. It also has interviews with cast and crew, 20 page booklet, lobby postcards, and a sculpted figure. All for $30.
Thank you No Shame for showing these [...] companies how it should be done. Twelve dollars for that tattered piece of [...]that looks like it was copied straight off a warped Betamax tape? Sinema Diablo, you deserve to be out of business.
One of my favorite Italian horror movies.......2005-09-15
The way this movie starts out, I thought it was going to be like a Jess Franco movie the first time I saw it. But after the movie got going, it turned into a variation on the giallo films. Since everyone else on here has covered the plot basics in their reviews, I will do mine on the dvd itself. Since I have a region free player, I bought the X-Rated Kult DVD from Xploited Cinema. Obviously the dvd itself is uncut; and although the picture could stand to be a little more clear, for the most part it looks a lot better than the crappy Alpha version I first saw. The extras on it are bare and limited to nothing more than trailers for other X-Rated Kult dvd releases, most of which are available in better format on NTSC. To anyone who has seen this movie and longs for a better version, if you have a region free player I would recommend picking this up as I doubt anyone here will put it out any time soon. Unless Shriek Show, Blue Underground or Mondo Macabro decides to.
Average customer rating:
- Watchable nonsense delivers a few thrills and chills
- Coming out of the grave
- Unpleasant Yet Oddly Gripping
- HORRIBLE transfer, but there is good news
- One of my favorite Italian horror movies
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The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave
Starring: Antonio De Teffè , Marina Malfatti , Erika Blanc , Giacomo Rossi-Stuart , and Enzo Tarascio
Director: Emilio Miraglia
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Release Date: 2003-09-23 |
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NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE,THE (DVD MOVIE)
Customer Reviews:
Watchable nonsense delivers a few thrills and chills.......2007-05-11
With its lounge-lizard music, unclad beauties, bursts of violence, and potboiler plot, "The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" is a respectable (if that's the right word) example of Italy's "giallo" genre. Odd plot, though: the villain isn't the rich owner of the manor who lures young women to his dungeon and kills them, but the opportunists around him who try to manipulate the situation to get control of the guy's wealth.
From these Amazon reviews, it's clear there are several DVDs of this movie out there. For what it's worth, mine featured a nice, crisp, widescreen image, an Italian soundrack with subtitles, and several extras. So there is at least one decent DVD of this movie available for your viewing pleasure.
But, be warned (minor spoiler to follow)... even coming from a genre not known for its subtlety, you really get some over the top stuff here. The barrel of sulfuric acid that shows up in the last minute of the movie is a particular hoot. The scene had everything but the words "Acme Sulfuric Acid Comapny" on the side of the barrel and the villain doing an exaggerated "oops" double take as he pitches headlong into it.
But, in the end, hey, the movie's fun. And that's all that counts.
Coming out of the grave.......2006-12-21
Don't let the ghoulish title or the campy box fool you. "The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" is no goofy zombiefest or cliched ghost story -- instead it's more of a manipulative mystery, with director Emilio Miraglia sprinkling the story with unexpected twists and giallo-like murders.
Evelyn Cunningham died in childbirth some time ago. Ever since, mentally-unbalanced Lord Alan Cunningham (Antonio De Teffè) has had a nasty new hobby -- he has "attacks" where he lures young redheads to his rambling estate, and kills them horribly. Even a seance to contact his beloved Evelyn doesn't help his mental state.
Then he meets beautiful Gladys (Marina Malfatti), and quickly marries her. But as Alan tries to get on with his life, the castle is haunted by a red-haired, white-gowned ghost that beckons him -- and the murder of several people there. Alan is being slowly driven out of his mind, but has Evelyn come out of the grave -- or is there something even more sinister at work?
"The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" has many of the trappings of a giallo film -- Miraglia even gives the audience a nudge-wink by having the mystery killer wear a pair of yellow ("giallo") gloves. But this movie isn't strictly a giallo -- more like a modern gothic with a few twists of "House on Haunted Hill."
It's not the best of such films -- it moves very slowly, and some of the scenes (such as the skeletal ghost-on-the-bridge scene) are just too silly. But it's made up for with some incredibly spooky "hauntings," mad camerawork, and the lush interior of the crumbling castle. Miraglia even throws in some bizarre, grotesque moments, such as the disposal of a body by dumping it into a fox kennel.
And the finale is a outrageous double twist that is unlikely, but very interesting -- just when you think you've got the whole plot figured out, Miraglia yanks the rug out from under your feet. Even if the plot still has some big holes in it, it's pretty entertaining and an exciting end to a slow-moving storyline.
Teffè plays the most difficult character of the piece -- his character is really psychotic at the beginning, although by the middle of the movie he's more pitiable than detestable. Malfatti is somewhat less compelling, but does well enough as Teffè's wife, while Enzo Tarascio plays the smarmy playboy very well.
It's pretty hard to find a decent print of this movie. Sinema Diablo's is horribly distorted and not worth watching, the Alpha is very bad quality, and St Clair Vision is even worse, incredibly discoloured and scratchy. The best one I've seen is from Brentwood's "Tales From the Boneyard," which has excellent colour and sound, although it's a little bright at times.
"The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" is a lot better than its name would suggest, and its twisty spooky story is genuinely creepy in a "giallo" kind of way. Definitely worth watching.
Unpleasant Yet Oddly Gripping.......2006-12-10
THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE is one of a class of movies that is not meant to be a pleasant diversion. From the opening scene of the hero-villain's attempt to escape from a psychiatric asylum, one can see that he is meant as the inverse of the inner Vincent Price erudite gentleman slaughterer minus wit and charm. This wealthy count picks up hookers and disembowels them, thereby incurring the audience's disgust and odd fascination as to motive. As the convoluted plot proceeds, the count begins to unfold his motivation like an onion. We see Gothic paintings of his late red-haired wife who has died under mysterious circumstances. We further see his marriage to a tall blond whose own role in the plot I shall not reveal. There is also quite a bit of gratuitous female nudity that given the circumstances fits in nicely with the weird Eurohorror background. Part of the problem I had, besides trying to overlook the poor quality of the film's flutterings and shoddy splicings, was the undertone of nihilism that kept me off balance. There is at the film's core a metaphoric black hole that swallows up all morality, leaving a darkness that is as bleak as the ubiquitous greyness that smothers the flatness of the grim colors. When it was over, I had the feeling that this movie must be what the first level of Dante's Purgatory must be like.
HORRIBLE transfer, but there is good news.......2006-06-14
There is no reason whatsoever that this fun, campy and atmospheric horror movie should have ever been released on such a substandard, laughably bad print. Bleeding colors, blurry images, extreme fades in the audio along with crackles and hiss.
Thankfully the newly released Emilio Miraglio Killer Queen box set by No Shame not only has a cleaned up and remastered version of Evelyn but also the even better, gorier and more thrilling "The Red Queen Kills 7 Times", also remastered with highly improved audio/video. It also has interviews with cast and crew, 20 page booklet, lobby postcards, and a sculpted figure. All for $30.
Thank you No Shame for showing these [...] companies how it should be done. Twelve dollars for that tattered piece of [...]that looks like it was copied straight off a warped Betamax tape? Sinema Diablo, you deserve to be out of business.
One of my favorite Italian horror movies.......2005-09-15
The way this movie starts out, I thought it was going to be like a Jess Franco movie the first time I saw it. But after the movie got going, it turned into a variation on the giallo films. Since everyone else on here has covered the plot basics in their reviews, I will do mine on the dvd itself. Since I have a region free player, I bought the X-Rated Kult DVD from Xploited Cinema. Obviously the dvd itself is uncut; and although the picture could stand to be a little more clear, for the most part it looks a lot better than the crappy Alpha version I first saw. The extras on it are bare and limited to nothing more than trailers for other X-Rated Kult dvd releases, most of which are available in better format on NTSC. To anyone who has seen this movie and longs for a better version, if you have a region free player I would recommend picking this up as I doubt anyone here will put it out any time soon. Unless Shriek Show, Blue Underground or Mondo Macabro decides to.
Average customer rating:
- Watchable nonsense delivers a few thrills and chills
- Coming out of the grave
- Unpleasant Yet Oddly Gripping
- HORRIBLE transfer, but there is good news
- One of my favorite Italian horror movies
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The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave
Starring: Antonio De Teffè , Marina Malfatti , Erika Blanc , Giacomo Rossi-Stuart , and Enzo Tarascio
Director: Emilio Miraglia
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Release Date: 2003-07-22 |
Customer Reviews:
Watchable nonsense delivers a few thrills and chills.......2007-05-11
With its lounge-lizard music, unclad beauties, bursts of violence, and potboiler plot, "The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" is a respectable (if that's the right word) example of Italy's "giallo" genre. Odd plot, though: the villain isn't the rich owner of the manor who lures young women to his dungeon and kills them, but the opportunists around him who try to manipulate the situation to get control of the guy's wealth.
From these Amazon reviews, it's clear there are several DVDs of this movie out there. For what it's worth, mine featured a nice, crisp, widescreen image, an Italian soundrack with subtitles, and several extras. So there is at least one decent DVD of this movie available for your viewing pleasure.
But, be warned (minor spoiler to follow)... even coming from a genre not known for its subtlety, you really get some over the top stuff here. The barrel of sulfuric acid that shows up in the last minute of the movie is a particular hoot. The scene had everything but the words "Acme Sulfuric Acid Comapny" on the side of the barrel and the villain doing an exaggerated "oops" double take as he pitches headlong into it.
But, in the end, hey, the movie's fun. And that's all that counts.
Coming out of the grave.......2006-12-21
Don't let the ghoulish title or the campy box fool you. "The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" is no goofy zombiefest or cliched ghost story -- instead it's more of a manipulative mystery, with director Emilio Miraglia sprinkling the story with unexpected twists and giallo-like murders.
Evelyn Cunningham died in childbirth some time ago. Ever since, mentally-unbalanced Lord Alan Cunningham (Antonio De Teffè) has had a nasty new hobby -- he has "attacks" where he lures young redheads to his rambling estate, and kills them horribly. Even a seance to contact his beloved Evelyn doesn't help his mental state.
Then he meets beautiful Gladys (Marina Malfatti), and quickly marries her. But as Alan tries to get on with his life, the castle is haunted by a red-haired, white-gowned ghost that beckons him -- and the murder of several people there. Alan is being slowly driven out of his mind, but has Evelyn come out of the grave -- or is there something even more sinister at work?
"The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" has many of the trappings of a giallo film -- Miraglia even gives the audience a nudge-wink by having the mystery killer wear a pair of yellow ("giallo") gloves. But this movie isn't strictly a giallo -- more like a modern gothic with a few twists of "House on Haunted Hill."
It's not the best of such films -- it moves very slowly, and some of the scenes (such as the skeletal ghost-on-the-bridge scene) are just too silly. But it's made up for with some incredibly spooky "hauntings," mad camerawork, and the lush interior of the crumbling castle. Miraglia even throws in some bizarre, grotesque moments, such as the disposal of a body by dumping it into a fox kennel.
And the finale is a outrageous double twist that is unlikely, but very interesting -- just when you think you've got the whole plot figured out, Miraglia yanks the rug out from under your feet. Even if the plot still has some big holes in it, it's pretty entertaining and an exciting end to a slow-moving storyline.
Teffè plays the most difficult character of the piece -- his character is really psychotic at the beginning, although by the middle of the movie he's more pitiable than detestable. Malfatti is somewhat less compelling, but does well enough as Teffè's wife, while Enzo Tarascio plays the smarmy playboy very well.
It's pretty hard to find a decent print of this movie. Sinema Diablo's is horribly distorted and not worth watching, the Alpha is very bad quality, and St Clair Vision is even worse, incredibly discoloured and scratchy. The best one I've seen is from Brentwood's "Tales From the Boneyard," which has excellent colour and sound, although it's a little bright at times.
"The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" is a lot better than its name would suggest, and its twisty spooky story is genuinely creepy in a "giallo" kind of way. Definitely worth watching.
Unpleasant Yet Oddly Gripping.......2006-12-10
THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE is one of a class of movies that is not meant to be a pleasant diversion. From the opening scene of the hero-villain's attempt to escape from a psychiatric asylum, one can see that he is meant as the inverse of the inner Vincent Price erudite gentleman slaughterer minus wit and charm. This wealthy count picks up hookers and disembowels them, thereby incurring the audience's disgust and odd fascination as to motive. As the convoluted plot proceeds, the count begins to unfold his motivation like an onion. We see Gothic paintings of his late red-haired wife who has died under mysterious circumstances. We further see his marriage to a tall blond whose own role in the plot I shall not reveal. There is also quite a bit of gratuitous female nudity that given the circumstances fits in nicely with the weird Eurohorror background. Part of the problem I had, besides trying to overlook the poor quality of the film's flutterings and shoddy splicings, was the undertone of nihilism that kept me off balance. There is at the film's core a metaphoric black hole that swallows up all morality, leaving a darkness that is as bleak as the ubiquitous greyness that smothers the flatness of the grim colors. When it was over, I had the feeling that this movie must be what the first level of Dante's Purgatory must be like.
HORRIBLE transfer, but there is good news.......2006-06-14
There is no reason whatsoever that this fun, campy and atmospheric horror movie should have ever been released on such a substandard, laughably bad print. Bleeding colors, blurry images, extreme fades in the audio along with crackles and hiss.
Thankfully the newly released Emilio Miraglio Killer Queen box set by No Shame not only has a cleaned up and remastered version of Evelyn but also the even better, gorier and more thrilling "The Red Queen Kills 7 Times", also remastered with highly improved audio/video. It also has interviews with cast and crew, 20 page booklet, lobby postcards, and a sculpted figure. All for $30.
Thank you No Shame for showing these [...] companies how it should be done. Twelve dollars for that tattered piece of [...]that looks like it was copied straight off a warped Betamax tape? Sinema Diablo, you deserve to be out of business.
One of my favorite Italian horror movies.......2005-09-15
The way this movie starts out, I thought it was going to be like a Jess Franco movie the first time I saw it. But after the movie got going, it turned into a variation on the giallo films. Since everyone else on here has covered the plot basics in their reviews, I will do mine on the dvd itself. Since I have a region free player, I bought the X-Rated Kult DVD from Xploited Cinema. Obviously the dvd itself is uncut; and although the picture could stand to be a little more clear, for the most part it looks a lot better than the crappy Alpha version I first saw. The extras on it are bare and limited to nothing more than trailers for other X-Rated Kult dvd releases, most of which are available in better format on NTSC. To anyone who has seen this movie and longs for a better version, if you have a region free player I would recommend picking this up as I doubt anyone here will put it out any time soon. Unless Shriek Show, Blue Underground or Mondo Macabro decides to.
DVD:
- Curse of Demon Mountain
- Scared to DeAth
- Sisters of Death
- The Gruesome Twosome (Special Edition)
- The Exorcist
- Horror Hotel
- Creaturealm: From the Dead/Demons Wake
- Don't Answer the Phone
- Dementia 13
- Dr Blood's Coffin
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Smoke
ECW - It Ain't Seinfeld
Killer Inside Me
DVD: Cocoon 2 - The Return
Ant And Dec - The Best Of SM:TV Live
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