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Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti (Let Sleeping Corpses Lie) (Don't Open the Window) (1974)

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When state officials test out a new experimental pest-control device that uses subsonic waves to kill insects, it produces an unwelcome but interesting side-effect: the noise is enough to wake the dead -- literally -- and the corpses of the recently deceased begin to rise from their dirt-naps with ravenous appetites for warm human flesh. Since the predicted zombie jubilee starts off with more than a whimper than a bang (actually it's more of a wheeze, since these are particularly asthmatic

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Scenic settings, guts, and a residual contact high from the counterculture movement converge in one of the zombie genre's most unique and enjoyable entries.

June 22, 2011 Full Review Source: CampBlood.org
CampBlood.org

Much of the pleasure of this UK take on Night Of The Living Dead comes from seeing the undead wandering round the grey landscape of '70s Britain as if they've accidentally lurched into an early Mike Leigh film.

August 23, 2010 Full Review Source: SFX Magazine
SFX Magazine

It's artfully atmospheric, capturing a nightmarish landscape in the idyllic English countryside.

September 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Doom hangs over the thing like a pall.

May 27, 2008 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central
Film Freak Central

Blue Underground has now delivered a 2-Disc Special Edition with a nice array of new supplements.

March 17, 2008 Full Review Source: DVD Review
DVD Review

... 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.

March 17, 2008 Full Review Source: DVD Review
DVD Review

... Jorge Grau delivers the gruesome goods in a cinematic blood frenzy with satisfyingly dark dramatic twists.

February 28, 2008 Full Review Source: MSN.com
MSN.com

Despite some satisfyingly gut-busting moments, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue retains a very British stiff upper lip.

February 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

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

February 28, 2008 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine

If you're looking for the missing link between George Romero's zombie epics and his splattery Italian copycats, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue might just be that absentee connection.

February 23, 2008 Full Review Source: PopMatters
PopMatters

Artfully builds its atmosphere of spiritual (and social) unrest.

October 27, 2007 Full Review Source: Projection Booth
Projection Booth

Cópia nada ambiciosa de A Noite dos Mortos Vivos que, apesar de tudo, se revela bastante interessante e incômoda.

March 20, 2006
Cinema em Cena

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

September 28, 2005 Full Review Source: Juicy Cerebellum
Juicy Cerebellum

offers everything a genre fan would want in a good zombie flick

July 24, 2001
Q Network Film Desk

Audience Reviews for Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti (Let Sleeping Corpses Lie) (Don't Open the Window)

Those dang dirty hippies and their satanic rites!
July 5, 2010
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Tsubaki Sanjuro

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Let Sleeping Corpses Lie or Living Dead at Manchester Morgue is an easily forgettable zombie movie. It doesn't offer anything that is memorable or that makes the movie worth the watch. The two main actors really annoyed me, especially the woman. Her voice got to me after 10 minutes of the movie and I just wanted the zombies to come and rip her open.

The characters were stupid like in most horror films. But damn, just kick the fucking ladder down and they'll stop climbing up.

I have three positives about Let Sleeping Corpses Lie. The zombies although not the best we've seen, look decent. And the settings are really cool and add a lot to the movie. If this was done somewhere else, I'd probably be giving it a one and a half. The third and final thing I liked about the movie was the ending. It was pretty fitting.
July 16, 2011
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Melvin White

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