The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Movie Reviews of The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Movie Review: Excellent and creepy zombie movie despite some pacing problems
Summary: 4 Stars
As much as I enjoyed Let Sleeping Corpses Lie it does suffer from some pacing problems. First off there is actually not a lot of zombie action in the movie.
We come across the first zombie about 20-min in and it's over rather quickly after that it seems like a long time before we get another zombie attack and after that one it again feels like a long time before the next.
The first half of the movie is a bit slow paced and it's not really until the 2nd half when things really start to pick up, but even after that Let Sleeping Corpses Lie has some pacing problems.
But despite that what this movie has going for it a really creepy and eerie feel through out. Even in the slow scenes Let Sleeping Corpses Lie has this great sense of dread and doom.
Director Jorge Grau uses his setting to perfection and really does a great job at creating tension; like I said despite the slowness of the movie it has this great sense of dread and doom. While this won't rate as my favorite zombie movie it is possibly one of the creepiest I have ever seen.
The cemetery scene was very well done and very creepy and the final act was also very creepy and well done. There are also some nice twists in the movie.
I was quite surprised with the twist with the lead characters I'll be honest and say I didn't expect what went down to happen and for that I must give the makers of the movie a lot of credit. The last scene though just didn't fit. It seemed to go for the happy ending and it just didn't fit the flow of the movie.
The movie is very much character driven, which is fine, but the overall story just doesn't work as well as it could have. The lead characters were likeable and that does help the movie moving along.
The Make Up F/X was done by Giannetto De Rossi who is best known to horror fans for his work on quite a few Lucio Fulci movies. Don't let his name fool you into thinking you're getting a gorefest, you won't find that here.
That's not to say there isn't any gore to be found; Let Sleeping Corpses has its gore moments, but it's not that gory. But gore-hounds won't be to disappointed the couple of gore scenes are very well done. Giannetto De Rossi in my opinion just might be the best out there when it comes to gore F/X.
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie given a better script and maybe some more action it would have been a lot better, but despite that it really is one creepy movie. Like I stated before despite some sluggish pacing at times the movie really does have an eerie feeling and is one of the creepiest zombie movies you'll ever find.
Despite the flaws I very much enjoyed Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, the score is excellent and the movie is very creepy. Just be a little patient because it's all worth it in the end.
Movie Review: Great gripping ..
Summary: 4 Stars
excellent movie and makeup.there is no moment boring in this movie.recommended to anyone who loves gory annd zombie kinda stuff..Movie Review: Boring
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie started off ok but 50 mintutes into it your waiting for something to happen and when you do see the zombies you just dont care anymore it has some good atmosphere but moves at a turtles pace it was just an ok zombie movie buy it with the Fright pack mayb youll like it but I didnt.. To sum this up I dont think its a zombie classic just a boring movie.Movie Review: Very good zombie movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I gotta tell ya, the negative reviews for this movie kinda piss me off. If you've seen this movie at all you've almost gotta be a zombie/euro/indie/whatever horror buff. And if you don't like this at all, but you love, say, 'Zombie' than it looks to me like you've got no interest in genuine horror or atmosphere or anything other than gore and maybe camp. Now, I like gore a lot, and unintentionally campy films, but there's a helluva lot more to the genre than that. And, I don't like it when people take all this stuff as camp, cause I think some of these films are pretty damn good. Though, they make a significant point clear, which is that your pure gore/camp viewer probably isn't going to like this much, even though he likes zombie movies in general. It's got a fair bit of zombie carnage at the end, but it's got an overly long build up, and even once the zombies show up in mass the film is mainly interested in scaring you, rather than grossing you out. And though it isn't actively scary, I think it's sufficiently creepy and creates a certain desolate mood that I really like. Frankly, as far as using zombies for actually horror, rather than gore, purposes, I think 'Let Sleeping Corpses Lie' is the best one I've seen other than NotLD. In fact, it's pretty severely derivative of that film, even beyond more of less lifting the antagonists from it, but I don't much mind. Hell, I'd like to see more zombie movies be influenced by that film. (Which is still the greatest horror movie ever, I think. `Dawn of the Dead' might be better in general, but it isn't nearly as effective as a horror movie, even if it makes up for it in other ways. But, anyway...)
I won't go into the plot too much. Edna and George are unexpectedly thrust together on the British country side... and eventually there are zombies. Zombies to kill, eat etc. The film does take like 50 minutes to get going, and although I was never terribly bored, it definitely goes on longer than necessary. There are some subplots about Edna's sister whose a drug-addict, and is suspected of some of the earlier zombie killings, and how the cops don't like these people cause George has got long hair etc. All of this is just setup for the inevitable zombie sieges, and reiteration of themes from NotLD of how the government isn't reliable in a crisis etc.
Technically speaking, the film is competently done, if not really very flashy. It's got some nice country scenery, and Grau occasionally generates some rather claustrophobic scenes. Some have complained about the acting and dialogue, and while it certainly isn't good from a mainstream perspective, it's more than acceptable as far as low-budget horror goes, so don't let that dissuade you if you're a fan of the genre.
The core of the film are just the really nicely done horror scenes. The final third of the film is fairly tense, with a great invasion of a church they hole up in briefly and the final gory outbreak at the hospital. It's also got a nicely done, long, zombie stalking sequence. Also, the initial encounter with the zombies is quite nice, harking back to NotLD again, as a lone zombie terrorizes a woman near her car out in the country.
Still, the film does have a fair bit of gore, done by Gianetto de Rossi, who would, of course, become very famous in Italian gore films. It's generally fairly run of the mill stuff, lotsa zombies munching guts, but it's quite well done for the time. It's actually some of his more realistic stuff, if primarily because the camera simply doesn't linger on it the way it would in later films he worked on. The famed scene of the nurse getting quite mangled is pretty gruesome, if fairly short.
Yeah, that's it. This is a very good, atmospheric zombie film, and one of the more fitting heirs to the 'Night of the Living Dead' throne.
Grade: B+
Movie Review: Gets very boring, but be patient....
Summary: 3 Stars
...because at the 45-50 minute mark the movie does pick up a good amount.
First off let me say do not I repaet do not pay $30 or more for this.
There has been a set released called" Fright Pack-The walking dead" and features 6 Zombie flicks and they are City of the Living Dead, Let the Sleeping Corpses Lie ,Dead Heat, House by the Cemetary and Hell of the Living Dead.
Now let me get to the review:
1- The plot: is quit good but they only problem is there is to much dialogue and this film does get very boring and its hard to remain patient ,but please do so, the movie does pick up its pace quit a bit and you wont be dissapointed. The action gets started at about the 50 minute mark. Though they do show you at the 15 minute mark and the 30 minute mark one of the Zombies. Just be patient.
2- The gore- is there and it is very well done excpet for one part which is quit fake looking but its not really that bad. Gore hounds as myself will be satisfied i was.
3- The acting is very good, and the lead detective is a pisser and is funny as hell, not literally funny but he is always angry and its just fun to watch. The editing is also very good.
4-Zombies- This is a big factor for me the Zombies must be good in any flick or atleast convincable as the Zombies in this flick are excellently well done, they are not blue Zombies like Romeros and not dirty and Crusty and rotting like Fulcis, but very much looking like they do when they were burried with some blood on them as well as all them have red contacts which gives it a good look. These Zombies are slow, not incredibly slow but can move at a decent pace and are in much of a sense quit strong but not like human strong but more of to handle more than one your introuble.They walk very well and the looks on there face are very well done to, these Zombies are well done and in my opinion are way better than Romeros in all of his flick sand just as good as Fulci'sZombie featured in Zombi2 and The Beyond ( if you saw the beyond, the Zombies at the end are similar in way to the one in Let sleeping corpses lie.
5- The atmosphere is very good and this is probably one, if notthe creepiest Zombie films to ever be made its frightening in its own way and can make you get into it.
6-the ending , well not that great in a sense I wont be a spoiler but what i will say is it just ends out of no where i didnt expect it to end, and for that i didnt like it, but there is one thing I did likeI wont say it as its nothing major but its not one of those happy endinggs, i guess.
Overall this is a top notch Zombie movie,and the reason for the 3 stars is for the lack of action for the first 50 minutes and I wish there would have been some more scenes featuring Zombies cause when they are shown eating or killing or in action they are so well done and so creepy its a shame with more Zombie actiuon a better more action filled pace thismovie would be better than all of Romeros and as equally good as Fulcis.
Let the Sleeping Corpses Lie is amust for any Zombie fan to have, and a true fan I think will very much so enjoy this. Just like I said dont shut it off be patient very patient it gets quit good.