"Rises From the Tomb" was made back in 1973 but it sat for about a decade until someone finally bought the rights to the film and subsequently released it to video. Because of the quality of the film and because it sat so long (like Ed Wood's "Night of the Ghouls"), I would advise you not to expect very much.
The film begins with a tiny bit of gratuitous nudity and violence. A warlock is beheaded and his bride is stripped and killed. Centuries later, his severed head has returned (much like "They Saved Hitler's Brain") and is looking for revenge. And, like the GOOD film "The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism", the head re-attaches itself and goes off looking to commit evil. Now between the first killing and the appearance of the head, the film seems to go on forever and not much of any consequence occurs. It's pretty dull stuff. The talking severed head is at least funny--especially when they try to hide that it's just some guy sticking his head up through a box! Oddly, once the head makes its appearance, lots of ladies start stripping off their clothes...a lot. It goes from a dull horror film to a soft-core porn film with cheesy direction and REALLY cheesy organ music--and a lot of very red blood. Now some of the violence is a bit well done (such as the ribcage scene), but most of it, too, is pure cheese. It comes off less as shocking--more as just sadly done and a bit sadistic. So is the film worth watching? Well, perhaps if you are a bad movie fan and could use a good laugh. Or, if you want an excuse to see lots of very naked women. But if you want a film that is good, then keep looking. It's awfully stupid. Personally, I think I just wasted about 90 minutes of my life!
By the way, the captions don't exactly agree with the dubbing--sometimes it isn't very close. Perhaps you'll want to turn off the captions, as this can be a bit distracting.
The film begins with a tiny bit of gratuitous nudity and violence. A warlock is beheaded and his bride is stripped and killed. Centuries later, his severed head has returned (much like "They Saved Hitler's Brain") and is looking for revenge. And, like the GOOD film "The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism", the head re-attaches itself and goes off looking to commit evil. Now between the first killing and the appearance of the head, the film seems to go on forever and not much of any consequence occurs. It's pretty dull stuff. The talking severed head is at least funny--especially when they try to hide that it's just some guy sticking his head up through a box! Oddly, once the head makes its appearance, lots of ladies start stripping off their clothes...a lot. It goes from a dull horror film to a soft-core porn film with cheesy direction and REALLY cheesy organ music--and a lot of very red blood. Now some of the violence is a bit well done (such as the ribcage scene), but most of it, too, is pure cheese. It comes off less as shocking--more as just sadly done and a bit sadistic. So is the film worth watching? Well, perhaps if you are a bad movie fan and could use a good laugh. Or, if you want an excuse to see lots of very naked women. But if you want a film that is good, then keep looking. It's awfully stupid. Personally, I think I just wasted about 90 minutes of my life!
By the way, the captions don't exactly agree with the dubbing--sometimes it isn't very close. Perhaps you'll want to turn off the captions, as this can be a bit distracting.