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One of the worst movies in film history

posted 13 years ago by Good_Citizen
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Wow. Oh my god. I never really trusted IMDB ratings but this is taking it to a completely new level. This film was so bad I was literally speechless.
I'm surprised I made it through all of its ninety-seven painful minutes. I wanted to stop watching as early as 5 minutes into the film but Virginia kept me going, she was the ONLY good thing in this film. I was constantly staring at her legs and butt because that was the only good thing to look at, until she turned into a zombie.

A few details:
- worst audio I have heard in a very long time. I had to listen to it at 1/4 of the volume I usually listen to movies because it was literally painful in the ears. Also you could hear cuts. Also it kept switching from the old (original) dub to a newer, even worse one.
- the lines were ridiculous at times, voice actors were bad, bad, BAD!
- bad effects (enough said)... This was one thing I could connive at, as this movie is from 1971, but still, they were PARTICULARLY bad even for this time.
- the acting... umm, yeah, it made me feel like I was watching some early 40's film, only in color.

Conclusion: If you have sleeping problems give this film a try, because I was struggling not to fall asleep when the "action" started.

Give some youth on YouTube a $30 camera and they could probably make a better film.

[–] bcampfield 13 years ago

Just watched it tonight. Pure crap.

[–] ThresholdDweller 13 years ago

***SPOILER***

Just watched it on Netflix yesterday for the first time. I had to struggle to make it through, too. The rape scene was disturbing (aren't they all?) and needless (as if we had to be given a reason to think that the guy deserved to die?). I would have shut it off if I hadn't already invested over an hour of my time. I love some old zombie flicks but this one didn't do it for me.

[–] legnadibrom (5697) 7 years ago

go watch the US-version where the rape is cut and replaced with consensual graveyard sex,
you wuss

[–] TheFelchster 8 years ago

Ah shut the hell up. Nobody cares what you think anyway, Ebert.

[–] PixieInChains 7 years ago

Well said!

[–] deadringer22000 13 years ago

Um, yeah, ok.

If you thought this one was bad watch this:

Rats - Notte di terrore(1984)

I gurantee you will think this movie is The Godfather after seeing that one.

[–] Sarpedon99 8 years ago

It's the atmosphere, my dear fellow..the creepy atmosphere which envelops the film that makes it so interesting to watch..especially when you're stoned.

[–] kakstin-270-41573 7 years ago

Atmosphere overcomes questionable acting in so many of these old-school Euro horror flicks - think Fulci's "The Beyond," which happens to be one of my favorites of the genre. I thought "Tombs" was pretty good also, though if you're not into this kind of stuff you might very well hate it (like the OP).

[–] Hammerfanatic46 8 years ago

I suspect that posters have seen a radically different version ( there is one involving apes or some such nonsense) , to the one I saw. One poster mentions a rape scene which isn't in the cut I watched.

The movie is far from perfect but is a genuinely eerie horror film with a great deal of visual style,( check out the ghostly mounted Templers filmed in slow-motion ) , a spooky soundtrack and great atmosphere.

Gordon P.Clarkson

[–] PixieInChains 7 years ago

You're wrong - it's the perfect movie for the drive-in, late night TV, 'Horror Fests', babysitting, and teenage girl slumber parties.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

I can see why people would consider this film trash. I also can see why people would like it.

It's a mixed bag. Decent atmosphere, setting and zombie make up/concept. But the editing, dubbing and some of the story were poor.