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The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue

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The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue (1974)

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Reviews Counted: 12 Fresh: 9  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Synopsis: George (Lovelock, AUTOPSY) is a hippie biker on his way to the countryside for a long weekend holiday. While stopping at a gas station, his motorcycle is accidentally hit by an attractive young girl named Edna (Galbo). The bike is rendered useless, so Edna offers him a ride, as long as they drop... George (Lovelock, AUTOPSY) is a hippie biker on his way to the countryside for a long weekend holiday. While stopping at a gas station, his motorcycle is accidentally hit by an attractive young girl named Edna (Galbo). The bike is rendered useless, so Edna offers him a ride, as long as they drop by her sister Katie's cottage first. The unlikely traveling companions get lost and stop at a farm for directions. There, George is greeted by a pair of employees from the experimental section of the Ministry of Agriculture as they test a new ultrasonic radiation device designed to drive parasites into killing each other. Meanwhile back at the car, Edna is violently pursued by a crazed man who appears to be already dead. After the agriculturists insure her it was merely the village loon, and the journey continues. Moments before they arrive at the cottage the same man who attacked Edna viciously murders Katie's husband. The police are quick to peg the wife as the primary suspect, and order George and Edna to remain in town during the investigation. As they lose faith in the fascist police force, the couple launches a secret investigation of their own. Suspecting the nearby agricultural experiments may be the cause of this morbid chain of events, they attempt to get more information from a local hospital. The result is a plethora of terrifying confrontations with zombies from the basement morgue--brought back from the dead to feast on the living. [More]

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Starring: Ray Lovelock, Arthur Kennedy, Cristina Galbo, Jeannine Mestre, Jose Lifante

Director: Jorge Grau
Producer: Edmondo Amati
Screenwriter: Sandro Continenza, Juan Cobos, Marcello Coscia, Miguel Rubio
Composer: Giuliano Sorgini

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 26, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 0
  • 2-Disc Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
  • Dolby 2.0 Surround - English
  • Mono - English
  • Disc 1: THE LIVING DEAD AT MANCHESTER MORGUE

Additional Release Material:

  • Radio Spot
  • Trailer - 1. International Trailer
  • 2. U.S. Trailer
  • TV Spot

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Poster Gallery

Disc 2:

  • Featurette - 1. BACK TO THE MORGUE - Locations Featurette with Director Jorge Grau
  • Interview - 1. ZOMBIE FIGHTER - Interview with Star Ray Lovelock
  • 2. ZOMBIE MAKER - Interview with Special Effects Artist Ginanetto De Rossi
  • 3. 2000 Interview with Director Jore Grau

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Doom hangs over the thing like a pall.

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05/27/08
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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... Grau delivers the gore with a certain amount of restraint, never allowing the violence to overwhelm the film and building up a good amount of suspense between attacks.

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03/17/08
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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2/4

This minor cult classic has its fans, to be sure, but it never really pays off.

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02/28/08
Eric Henderson
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01/22/08
Time Out
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Artfully builds its atmosphere of spiritual (and social) unrest.

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10/27/07
Rob Humanick
Projection Booth
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Cópia nada ambiciosa de A Noite dos Mortos Vivos que, apesar de tudo, se revela bastante interessante e incômoda.

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03/20/06
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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8/10

Director Jorge Grau has an incredible eye and creates a lavish horror spectacle.

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09/28/05
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum
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08/27/05
Emanuel Levy
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3/5

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04/27/04
Nicolas Lacroix
EnPrimeur.ca
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07/24/01
Almar Haflidason
BBC
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offers everything a genre fan would want in a good zombie flick

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07/24/01
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
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4/5

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07/24/01
Mike Bracken
Mike Bracken's Horror Films
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68/100

The protagonists obviously ignore the advice mentioned in the title.

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07/24/01
Scott Weinberg
Apollo Guide
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