DellaMorte DellAmore VHS Video Tape Import CULT Horror RARE Thriller Classic!

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Actors: Rupert Everett, Francois Hadji-Lazaro

Language: English, Italian

Run time: 1 hour and 40 minutes

Release date: October 1, 1996

Studio: Dunwich Video Worldwide Imports

Genre: Horror & Sleaze Exploitation

Meet Francesco Dellamorte (Rupert Everett), the cemetery-man, gravedigger and guardian of the mythical Buffalora Cemetery where the dead just don t stay dead. Seven days after burial, the fresh cadavers claw their way out of their coffins looking for flesh to eat. And it s Francesco s job to dispatch these Returners before they escape into the local community. But his quest to stop the dead from invading the world of the living falters when he falls in love with a beautiful and enigmatic widow visiting her husband s crypt. For when he kills her by mistake, and is cursed to see her face for eternity, the difference between being alive and dead become chillingly confused in his shocked and romantically damaged brain.

Francesco Dellamorte never finished high school, he only read 2 books in his life, 1 he never finished, the other one's the phone book. With this lack of education and skill he is forced to work one of his town's lowest jobs.. Cemetery Man. The caretaker of Buffalora's cemetery his job is simple. Most of the physical work, digging graves and burying bodies is done by his simpleton overweight assistant Gnaghi, who speaks only in grunts and works extra hard for wine and ice cream. Francesco's duties consists of keeping records, locking up the cemetery at night and blowing the heads off the undead with his trusty revolver. Unlike other dinky little bland European towns Buffalora has a characteristic that makes it quite unique.

On the seventh night after someone is buried in the town cemetery they will most likely come back to life [something in the water perhaps] and go on a rampage searching for what else, living human flesh. Franceso and Gnaghi battle the undead almost every night, combating what Francesco calls "returners". Strangely enough the only way to make the behave and stay in their graves once and for all is to split their heads open, a spade will do it, but a dumdum bullet is best. Blowing off zombies heads, cleaning up the mess and re-burying them makes for extra work, for which our hero gets paid not 1 cent more. This movie is very artsy and unlike most other types of horror movies. There is an overall comic yet serious flow throughout the film. The story line, fine acting, and new age techno score by Manuel De Sica sets this far apart from other movies in its genre. I highly recommend this film for anyone interested in foreign films.

Actually, portions of Romero's Dead trilogy, particularly "Dawn of the Dead", could answer the above heading as well. "Cemetery Man", however, is much more a philosophical exercise than any of Romero's work. The original Italian title, "Dellamorte, Dellamore" (rough translation: "Of Death, Of Love") reflects this. Based on an Italian comic book (which I have not had the pleasure of reading), "Cemetery Man" details the adventures of Francesco Dellamorte (a great understated performance by Rupert Everett) and his seemingly imbecile companion Nagi (Francois Hadji-Lazaro). Francesco is the caretaker at the Buffalora Cemetery, where the dead have the habit of crawling out of their graves seven days or so after burial. In an effort to avoid the hassles and paperwork that would result from notifying the authorities about what he calls "Returners", Francesco simply accepts the task of dispatching the dead (in traditional blow or shot to the head style) as part of his responsibility as caretaker. So things go until She (played by the delicious Anna Falchi) enters the graveyard, bringing love to the somber heart of our hero. Director Michele Soavi has crafted a unique, multi-layered and visually stunning film with "Cemetery Man". At times an over the top slapstick zombie gore fest, the film never descends to the level of gore for gores sake gratuity. The Buffalora Cemetery, especially by night, is a thing of gothic beauty - a scene out of a dream or fairy tale. The themes of love, death and the search for meaning elevate "Cemetery Man" to a realm far beyond that of most, if not all, of it's kin in the zombie movie genre. Highly recommended to those interested in unconventional horror films.

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