Cult Cuts Volume 42. Shocktober 2023 Week 2)
#3/4:The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
(7/10): A slower paced yet very strong entry into the zombie canon.
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue or as it's also known by, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, is the story of a heroine addicted woman who is being taken away for rehabilitation, after stopping to take a break by the creek she is attacked by a man who is in tattered wet clothes and then manages to escape yet estranged husband who was driving her was killed.
She is interrogated by the authorities as they are convinced she did it due to her addiction and refusal to be rehabilitated, she meets with her sister and a man who is with her sister, who then becomes the one who works with her in her defence, but he is not convinced that what she is saying is true so he goes to the morgue near where her husband had died to find the tomb of the man who supposedly killed him and prove to her that he was not killed by a dead man, which he only believes when they're shown the papers of an article of a dead man who was reported dead a week ago, which she says she saw him last night.
When he opens his tomb it is empty and they are soon attacked by the dead.
The officer follows them into the morgue where he is then forced into the situation and he has to leave in order to attempt to make contact with the station but is overpowered by the dead.
After our two protagonists are separated they are now pursued by the police who think that they are part of a cult while they are attempting to warn the hospital of the bodies recently received from the incident and the other is set on shutting off a new machine being tested in the nearby area that emits radiation to kill bugs as it is the only plausible explanation for why the dead are coming back.
It's only a matter of time before all hell breaks loose, will they succeed?
The film is held up there as one of the best and most underrated zombie films and I can agree with that sentiment yet it's still not my preferred kind of approach to zombie films.
I think it's mainly due to its slower pace and higher levels of human interaction than zombie interaction.
That being said it does have its perks as a trade off though, it is pretty atmospheric.
The effects are also very gory and gruesome.
The dubbing is pretty good, still not the greatest but far from the worst.
The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue is another solid recommendation for the season, man, I've just been full of them recently!
#3/4:The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (1974)
(7/10): A slower paced yet very strong entry into the zombie canon.
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue or as it's also known by, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, is the story of a heroine addicted woman who is being taken away for rehabilitation, after stopping to take a break by the creek she is attacked by a man who is in tattered wet clothes and then manages to escape yet estranged husband who was driving her was killed.
She is interrogated by the authorities as they are convinced she did it due to her addiction and refusal to be rehabilitated, she meets with her sister and a man who is with her sister, who then becomes the one who works with her in her defence, but he is not convinced that what she is saying is true so he goes to the morgue near where her husband had died to find the tomb of the man who supposedly killed him and prove to her that he was not killed by a dead man, which he only believes when they're shown the papers of an article of a dead man who was reported dead a week ago, which she says she saw him last night.
When he opens his tomb it is empty and they are soon attacked by the dead.
The officer follows them into the morgue where he is then forced into the situation and he has to leave in order to attempt to make contact with the station but is overpowered by the dead.
After our two protagonists are separated they are now pursued by the police who think that they are part of a cult while they are attempting to warn the hospital of the bodies recently received from the incident and the other is set on shutting off a new machine being tested in the nearby area that emits radiation to kill bugs as it is the only plausible explanation for why the dead are coming back.
It's only a matter of time before all hell breaks loose, will they succeed?
The film is held up there as one of the best and most underrated zombie films and I can agree with that sentiment yet it's still not my preferred kind of approach to zombie films.
I think it's mainly due to its slower pace and higher levels of human interaction than zombie interaction.
That being said it does have its perks as a trade off though, it is pretty atmospheric.
The effects are also very gory and gruesome.
The dubbing is pretty good, still not the greatest but far from the worst.
The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue is another solid recommendation for the season, man, I've just been full of them recently!