I’m pretty underversed on Italian horror films and I’m trying to rectify that. I had downloaded this one months ago on the promise of it being one of the better new age Italian zombie movies. And it is that, but it’s so many other things as well.Rupert Everett plays a cemetary worker whose place of employ happens to have a bit of a zombie problem. The matter of why is never explained, it’s just something that happened in this one place that the characters involved have just come to accept. It’s a zombie movie as well as a murder mystery, a black comedy, and a existential commentary on the nature of life, death, and what it means to be truly alive. Gotcha there, didn’t I?That last bit comes sort of out of left field and within the last third of the film or so. You’re realizing that the film is trying to get you to ask these questions of yourself but never once does it become didactic or preachy. It doesn’t tell you what to think simply because the characters themselves don’t know.Now, was this a good movie for me to start with when it comes to Italian horror. Probably not because it was so “out there” but like any film from a different marketplace there are some hallmarks. For instance, Rupert Everett is British but he’s playing an Italian man. Every other actor in the movie is Italian but is lip synching to someone else dubbing their lines in English (this makes this unintentionally spooky). It’s shot in a very artistic way. I think all of the shots look like paintings myself. Even the gore looks beautiful.I’d say that this one is a thinker and even then it’s only for genre fans. I’m hesitant to say that (I’m of the mind that everyone should see everything) but I don’t see how someone who didn’t love zombies would be able to enjoy this.Also-Rupert Everett does some really sexual things with a lady (or three) and I dare you not to be thinking about him as Oberon the entire time. No, really. Try.

I’m pretty underversed on Italian horror films and I’m trying to rectify that. I had downloaded this one months ago on the promise of it being one of the better new age Italian zombie movies. And it is that, but it’s so many other things as well.
Rupert Everett plays a cemetary worker whose place of employ happens to have a bit of a zombie problem. The matter of why is never explained, it’s just something that happened in this one place that the characters involved have just come to accept. It’s a zombie movie as well as a murder mystery, a black comedy, and a existential commentary on the nature of life, death, and what it means to be truly alive. Gotcha there, didn’t I?
That last bit comes sort of out of left field and within the last third of the film or so. You’re realizing that the film is trying to get you to ask these questions of yourself but never once does it become didactic or preachy. It doesn’t tell you what to think simply because the characters themselves don’t know.
Now, was this a good movie for me to start with when it comes to Italian horror. Probably not because it was so “out there” but like any film from a different marketplace there are some hallmarks. For instance, Rupert Everett is British but he’s playing an Italian man. Every other actor in the movie is Italian but is lip synching to someone else dubbing their lines in English (this makes this unintentionally spooky). It’s shot in a very artistic way. I think all of the shots look like paintings myself. Even the gore looks beautiful.
I’d say that this one is a thinker and even then it’s only for genre fans. I’m hesitant to say that (I’m of the mind that everyone should see everything) but I don’t see how someone who didn’t love zombies would be able to enjoy this.
Also-Rupert Everett does some really sexual things with a lady (or three) and I dare you not to be thinking about him as Oberon the entire time. No, really. Try.