La casa de las muertas vivientes (1972)

Calificación de los usuarios:

3.9/10   

Directors:

Alfonso Balcázar
Arturo Branag

Escritores:

Alfonso Balcázar (screenplay)
Alfonso Balcázar (story)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

7 enero 1972 (Italy)

Género:

Suspenso | Horror

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A mostly boring experience

Reparto

José Antonio Amor	...	Oliver Bromfield
Gioia Desideri	...	Helen
Osvaldo Genazzani	...	Il Detective Privato
Carlo Gentili	...	Il Dottore
Teresa Gimpera	...	Sara Bromfield
Daniela Giordano	...	Ruth
Alicia Tomás	...	Clara La Cameriera
Nuria Torray	...	Jenny

También conocida como:

An Open Tomb... An Empty Coffin (International: English title) (informal literal title)
Il cadavere di Helen non mi dava pace (Italy) (alternative title)
La noche de una muerta que vivió (Spain) (working title)
Las noches del escorpión (Spain) (working title)
Una tomba aperta... una bara vuota (Italy)

Duración:

80 min | Italy:87 min

País:

Spain | Italy

Idioma:

Español

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Locaciones de Filmación:

Rome area, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Compañía:

Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas

A mostly boring experience

This Spanish-Italian co-production tells the story of a man who feels deep guilt for the death of his wife: He, an alcoholic, is convinced that he accidentally caused her lethal fall in their villa while he was drunk. He finds a new wife, but he's incapable of coping with his first wife's death. Moreover, the maid and his sister don't seem to accept the new woman in the household. After some time, suddenly bodies are piling up ... and the tomb of the man's first wife is empty!

The plot may sound interesting, but the whole film proceeds too slow: The first hour of the film (two thirds of the running time) is more relationship drama than Giallo horror. It's also tediously talky, and the only thing delivered in this first hour is some nudity. Then, suddenly, the film becomes a standard Giallo with a razor swinging gloved killer murdering almost everybody the tormented man has contact with. Is there a razor wielding ghost in the house? The solution to all this isn't very convincing either.

Even though the final 30 minutes make up for the first hour, it's still a rather boring film as a whole that doesn't really deliver. Interesting for Giallo and Italian horror completists only.