Directed by Jose Luis Merino
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Troma)
Serge has inherited a house in a remote village of the Scottish highlands (really Italy). The inhabitants of the house include an aunt who practices black magic, a scientist who experiments with reviving the dead in the basement and a servant who collects dead bodies in the cemetery next door. When murder is committed all of them become suspects. A fairly boring mystery for most of the run time, it's only when the zombies appear in the last 20 minutes or so that things get kind of interesting. It's poorly photographed in harsh lighting and has washed out color. The village is depressingly dirty and authentic but not really atmospheric. The Troma release is disappointing: full screen and trimmed on the edges (credits are missing on the sides), dubbed in English, soft picture, tape rolls, but does includes a decapitation scene that has been inserted with a different (even worse) print quality. It might be a better film if restored, OAR and original language.
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