Stephen Abell 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.

callanvass I hate using the word overrated. It's very derogatory in my opinion, and sounds rather crass as well, so I'll use a more polite term. It's over- praised by Horror fans in my opinion. I actually thought this might end up being something special when I first started this one. It was very atmospheric and has a rather tense first zombie sighting, but then that's where the problems started with me. It moves like molasses. It's very slow moving, and my interest started to wane big time. I also had trouble getting invested into the two lead characters. Cristina Galbó;s whiny performance grated my nerves quickly. I found her to be very unsympathetic in my opinion. Ray Lovelock tries to play it all cool, but he was rather nonchalant and annoying. I didn't care for him at all. Arthur Kennedy is even worse. His performance as the inspector quickly tested my patience. His anger wasn't enjoyable to watch. Chill. The gore is decent, but nothing like you'd see in a lot of zombie flicks. The zombies themselves are actually pretty creepy; too bad the movie is so boringFinal Thoughts: This tries to rely on atmosphere, but it failed miserably. The slow pace, the grating characters, and overall lack of thrills sink this one. It seems to have a big cult following, so maybe it's just me…4/10

Andrew Huggett Splendid zombie film – a little slow starting but the photography and location scenery (mostly of the Peak District – although its supposed to be set around Lake Windermere) is striking as is the early 70's details – all shop fronts, petrol stations, emphasis on film developing and Lions Maid ice cream adverts. There are some obvious scenes of Winnats Pass, Castleton and Dovedale. Once it gets going is very tense although the acting is a little off key (down, I think to this actually being an Italian production made in the UK). There's a splendid sequence in a crypt two thirds of the way through the film which rivals a scene in the 1958 Hammer 'Horror of Dracula' and is I'm sure itself paid homage to in the Doctor Who story 'The Unquiet Dead' (2006). The zombies in this film are practically unstoppable until our hero discovers that fire can destroy them. These zombies cannot be harmed by bullets in the head. Zombie make-up is very effective and they utilise excellent and striking contact lenses. The film ends very unhappily – this is one movie where our heroes do not go off into the sunset to live happily ever after! Although a particularly obnoxious police inspector does get his comeuppance. There is an ecological theme in this film with man's tampering of nature with a sort of ultrasonic radiation device (laughably looks like a cross between a metal detector and a vacuum cleaner) which can effect the brainwaves of underdeveloped new-borns or newly dead people. Very good – I'd say this is my third favourite zombie film after 'Dawn of the Dead' (1978) and 'Fido' (2006).

Sorpse it felt to me like if Fulci directed night of the living dead. It is similar to most Fulci films in that the quiet somber tone makes the unviolent parts almost unwatchable to the point where i start dozing off. Then a gory moment pops in and im wide awake. Luckily the second half of this movie went at a quicker pace and kept my attention. The gore was well done although there weren't any particularly memorable moments of blood. The ending however was totally unexpected and pretty much was the part that won this movie over for me as something slightly above your average zombie movie. The characters were highly forgettable except for mayyyyybe the cop. If you are really into your Italian horror than i would guess that you would like this movie. I've never been a huge fan but thought the beyond and zombi2 were both alright, this is along the same lines as those two.