First of all, I'm not at all a fan of the zombie genre. As a matter of fact, I always found Romero's Dead films to be overrated. And with that being said, I wasn't hoping to enjoy this one, and ended up being pleasantly surprised. Though it does borrow from Night of the Living Dead, Grau's film manages to be quite original, intelligent and IMO superior to it's much more highly praised American counterpart. Some of it owes to the locations, with crumbling Gothic graveyards, deserted hospital hallways and picturesque British countryside making for a very creepy setting, and at times, it almost feels like an M.R. James story, with zombies instead of ghosts. Another plus is the spine-chilling soundtrack, composed basically of voices from beyond the grave. As previously mentioned, the film is quite solid story-wise, with an intriguing script filled with plenty of twists and turns to keep you interested. The lead characters are very likable and wonderfully played by Eurohorror favorites Ray Lovelock and Christina Galbo. This helps making the ultra-bleak ending all the more effective and disturbing. Though the film relies more on atmosphere and imagery than gore, the gut-spewing scenes are quite gruesome and well done, and are likely please more hardcore zombie fans. Thus, the film manages to please both fans and non-fans of this popular sub-genre, giving a little bit of everything to make (almost) every viewer glued to the screen from beginning to end. Overall, 9/10, and maybe even a 10/10 on repeated viewings.