Cemetery Man

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Cemetery Man

R

1996

1h 45m

Horror

Fantasy

Comedy

Drama

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Something is causing the dead to rise from their graves as flesh-eating zombies, and cemetery custodian Francesco Dellamorte grows tired of killing them all for the second time. However, the town politicians won't listen to him, so Francesco is on his own. One day, he falls for a beautiful woman whose husband has recently died -- but their affair is tragically interrupted by zombies, sending Francesco into a tailspin of madness and woe.

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Critics Consensus

Cemetery Man will frustrate viewers seeking narrative cohesion or coherence, but this surreal blend of humor and horror should satisfy B-movie fans in the mood for quirk.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

May 3, 2026

3/4

This constantly swirling film is all shook up, alternately a raucous zombie movie, a tragic love story, an existentialist character study, and a gruesome slasher flick -- and always a dark comedy.

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Alan Jones

Radio Times

Oct 31, 2024

4/5

Soavi's sophisticated shocker is a mordant delight.

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Kathy Fennessy

Seattle Film Blog

Sep 2, 2024

3.5/4

If the film had been a hit, we might have gotten a series of increasingly less heartfelt, less handcrafted sequels--better one great film that stands alone.

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Chase Burns

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Feb 1, 2022

The film is an excellent entry point into the world of director Michele Soavi.

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Trace Thurman

Horror Queers Podcast

Dec 29, 2020

2.5/5

A visually stunning horror comedy that is marred by a meandering and messy narrative.

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Emma Wolfe

SpookyAstronauts

Oct 21, 2020

7/10

The visuals of this film is what is gonna sell you... it is goofy and cheesy and just all over the place.

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Robert P

@Superbad Sep 15, 2026

Cemetery Man = a *3.5* star Movie!

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Huntin P

@PaxVobiscum80 Sep 15, 2026

Isn't it fascinating, in Dellamorte Dellamore, aka Cemetery Man, Rupert Everett plays a man whose character is based on an Italian comic strip, whose character was inspired by, yup, Rupert Everett. Everett, unspeakably handsome at this point in his career, is matched for pulchritude by the gloriously endowed Anna Falchi. In a little town where the dead don't rest, Everett's antihero has to shoot the walking dead and rebury them, aided by his funny little homunculus of an assistant. Things get tricky when both men fall in love, one with a dead girl, the other with a girl who has doppelgangers. This is a very peculiar, offbeat horror comedy. A late night movie, maybe even a make-out movie. How many movies do you know where the man is the one faking it?

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Jasmine W

@jasniquejewels Aug 31, 2026

Dellamorte, Dellamore "I’d give my life to be dead." I love Rupert Everett and zombies and I do also throw up when I see pretty women poor gnaghi this film was hilarious, horny, & gory what a gem. Francesco got one hell of a love bite, this film literally gave me David Lynch meets Evil Dead vibes which I love.

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Juan C

@RonnieJames1 May 16, 2026

I thought this was marvelous, 1994 and I'm just watching it now, I don't know where it came from or what or when but this thing rocked even though as it progressed the questions bourgened not answered , but that's OK, cause it was so fine and artsy, I say give it a shot, cause the writing and acting and directing make this a compelling journey!

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Tim M

@tgmacman Aug 19, 2025

A misguided exercise in hokey horror-comedy, Cemetery Man is about as narratively sturdy as a walking corpse.

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Nick O

@Nicki1985 Jul 6, 2025

This underrated Italian zomb-com always makes for a good time with it's absurd undead humor and buckets of exploding head gore. Reminds me of a slightly less messy, more elegant Dead Alive.

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Synopsis

Something is causing the dead to rise from their graves as flesh-eating zombies, and cemetery custodian Francesco Dellamorte grows tired of killing them all for the second time. However, the town politicians won't listen to him, so Francesco is on his own. One day, he falls for a beautiful woman whose husband has recently died -- but their affair is tragically interrupted by zombies, sending Francesco into a tailspin of madness and woe.

Director: Michele Soavi
Producer: Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli, Michele Soavi
Screenwriter: Gianni Romoli, Tiziano Sclavi
Distributor: October Films
Production Co: Silvio Berlusconi Communications, Bibo Productions, Canal+, Eurimages, Audiofilm, K.G. Productions
Rating: R (Some Language|Macabre Violence|Gore|Strong Sexuality)
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 26, 1996, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $22.5K
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Stereo

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