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Sadly Over-hyped

Absolutely the worst movie.

Absolutely Fantastic

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

his is definitely a film of its time and not just for the low budget or dodgy acting but for the context. The dead reanimator is an experimental low-frequency radiation emitting pest controller, which our anti-hero keeps telling people that they shouldn't trust it. We also shouldn't trust the police to do their job correctly. I remember these being the underlying feelings of quite a few people in the 1970's. It's a shame it got banned because it could have had quite a following for these ideologies alone.What you have is your standard fare of Italian horror, though this time, transferred into the English countryside. If you were in doubt that this is England the Director punches it home in the opening sequence as our anti-hero, George Meaning (Ray Lovelock) rides through the countryside on his Norton. When he pulls into a garage for supplies our heroine Edna (poor lass) Simmonds (Cristina Galbo) reverses into the Norton in her Mini. From here on out they are pretty much joined at the hip as he commands her to take him to Windermere because it's the least she could do... then he jumps into the driver's seat since he doesn't want to go there in reverse.George is a bullish man who likes to command everybody and isn't afraid to speak out and let everybody know how he feels. There are sometimes that you would love to hit this guy for being so rude, though most of the time it made me giggle.As with most Italian Horror Films, the dubbing is pretty atrocious, however, it does give it a strange kind of ambiance, maybe I've watched too many and I've grown fond of the sub-genre. Jorge Grau does a satisfying job of bringing the story, wrote by Sandro Continenza and Marcello Coscia, to the screen. He creates nice tension as the film progresses. You can feel the uneasiness that Edna feels when she first sees the dead homeless man Guthrie Wilson for the first time. This scene reminded me of Romero's Night Of The Living Dead, though it's not a rip-off more of a tribute as the rest of the film try to add something to the Zombie folklore, such as the way other cadavers can be resurrected.On the whole, the acting is okay, though the dubbing does detract from the actor's skills because their voices don't feel like they're their own. The only character who appeared to have his own voice was The Inspector. The trouble was that Arthur Kennedy who portrayed him is American and his accent was a mix of Irish, Scottish, and American, he never quite landed on just one. This made his character unintentionally humorous at times.I've always like the Italian FX as they really know how to deliver the gory goods. For me, the tearing apart of the Hospital Nurse come receptionist was the best. There were rumours of a scene where a Zombie eats an eyeball, I think this is the church scene; a policeman is food for the zombies and you see his face sans eye, then you get a shot of Granny-Z popping something into her mouth, though you don't see what. It would have been so good to have that shot.All-in-All it's not a bad movie though it has its flaws it's still worth a watch. If only half the horrors today were like this then I'd be happy.

I saw this when I was a child, and, I remember liking it!?!? Upon watching this again and seeing the nude woman running in the city, I thought, 'Wow...this is going to be great!' :)However...it isn't! I'm trying to figure out who's the most dangerous in this movie - the hot-chick who can't drive a car or walk across stones in a creek; the drug-freak woman who doesn't aide her husband as he's being attacked; or...the ritualistic-zombie reanimating the dead!?!?I love how that shotgun blast somewhat messed-up that female zombie's 'Englishly-swell' hairdo at 57:44!?!?Then...George; the hot-chick; and, the rookie cop figure it all out - must'a been those pest control blokes with their radiation toy!?!? The rookie-cop tells George "maybe you'll think better of the police if I can pull this off!" Almost immediately, "Serpico" the rookie-cop, gets knocked-down by a cemetery gravestone thrown at him by a zombie!?!? I suppose that George will think even less, if anything at all, about the police after that foolishness! What does that cop say to others in Heaven when asked how he died - "Some dead guy threw a big rock at me!" And, what will go on his own gravestone..."I got killed by one of these!"After the rookie-cop is dead, lead zombie looks as if he's going-down on him at 1:02:58...what-the-hell!?!?At 1:04:13, they show the rookie-cop's body with what looks like what's left of his junk!?!? Was this movie made for a gay audience?Later, the Agricultural Department guys cannot fight-off a lone-man (George)?!? Then, the lone-man wants a ride with them!?!? Ha-ha-ha-ha! :D I can't stop laughing! :DThe doctor cuts off the zombie's right tit (GAY...AGAIN); then, he gets swung at with a hatchet from the right, but, the cut to his head is on the left!?!?The hospital staff at 1:25:25, after hearing screams, is as useless as the police and don't help!?!?At 1:25:52, the gallant police show up at the hospital...no, wait...it's George in a police car!?!? How did he get that? The cops must be at Dunkin' Donuts!Now...I'm sure that this is a 'Gay-Zombie" flick! Look at that zombie-sissy coming down the stairs at 1:26:22!?!?The hot-chick ends as a cooked zombie; and, George takes the blame and dies!?!?As great as he is, I just cannot believe that Arthur Kennedy did this movie!?!? Then, again, maybe he was in a financial slump and needed some cash!?!? A lot of great actors did questionable movies at times.At 1:28:16 after shooting George, Arthur Kennedy says what the once-mob-boss of Philadelphia, Nicky Scarfo, said after a killing about...'bringing someone back to life so he could kill him again.' Or, maybe Scarfo got it from this movie!?!?I wonder if this movie was ever on "Mystery Science Theater 3000!?!?" It certainly qualifies!Although the idea of using radiation to turn insects on one-another is a good concept, and, this movie 'could-have' been great...it's not! This has to be the WORST zombie movie ever made, NOTHING HAPPENS EXCEPT...A LOT OF NOTHING...but, at the drive-in in the 1970s when we were kids...it was o.k. - because we didn't understand gay-sh*t! I've nothing against gays, I just don't want to see it...at all!I want to see scary zombies; terrifying vampires; impressive monsters; and, nude women running in the streets! :) Remember woman 'streakers' back in the 1970s? AWESOME! :)

Shortly after Romero's NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD made a splash on the midnight movie circuit, other zombie movies were bound to follow. European directors were already taking the concept in new directions, for instance the popular Blind Dead series. During the early 70s, this movie came out and has gone under many titles. Whatever it's called, LSCL (Let Sleeping Corpses Lie) is an excellent horror film from director Jorge Grau. Overall, it's an amazing blend of horror, comedy and intrigue, also finding time to slip in a serious "Save the Planet" message. The story: A biker named George is seeking to escape cloying, polluted London for the fresh air and rolling hills of the country. But along the way, he crosses paths with a young lady named Edna. Who, through a series of misadventures, find themselves suspects in a murder case. The local detective, played sneeringly by Arthur Kennedy, refuses to even consider that anyone else could've committed the murder. And so he hounds them every step of the way. Meanwhile, a local farm has been taken over by a couple of scientists from the Department of Agriculture, testing out a new type of bug repellent. Which just happens to jump-start the recently deceased. As for the rest, I'll leave it for you to discover. But trust me, it's worth tracking down!

"Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" haphazardly follows George and Edna, two strangers who are united on a trip to a small English village. Little do they know, they are about to become implicated in a series of apparent murders that are a result of zombies who are being revived through an experimental pesticide operation being used on local farms.The film opens with a montage of pollution, dead animals, and industrial wasteland from Northern England, which sets in place the film's overarching ecological subtext, but "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" is a through-and-through zombie flick that makes no bones about it. The film is interesting in the sense that it rests on eerie imagery and soundtrack to make for horrific zombie encounters, while divvying in a good deal of zombie gore that is appalling but not overtly gratuitous. The narrative is a bit wonky in terms of trajectory and character relations, but it has a weird '70s charm to it that allows me to forgo criticizing it.What makes the film stand out among all else, however, is the somber landscapes and the wide shots in which they are photographed, which accentuate the isolation and atmospheric disconsolation of Northern England. The photography of the village and surrounding land is what really makes this film stand out— it's beautiful but haunting, and is an entirely unique (and strangely appropriate) setting for zombies to roam. Key scene: the first zombie encounter at the river with Edna. Absolutely terrifying, and perhaps one of my favorite scenes in any horror film ever— that's saying something too, especially since I am not one who typically enjoys zombie films. 9/10.