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A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.
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Vladan Holec
- Otello
- (as Vladan Milasinovic)
Christina von Blanc
- Velia
- (as Christiane Von Blank)
Pierluigi D'Orazio
- Minelli
- (as Pier Luigi D'Orazio)
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Even though this film is entitled under its German title, 'L'Etrusco Uccide Ancora' - how it is called in Italian - is overall a typical Italian thriller of the Seventies. Directed with style by Armando Crispino, who also directed the breathtaking 'Macchie Solari' (aka Autopsy, The Victim), the film suggests supernatural forces involved in the plot. That makes the whole thing even more atmospheric and will keep you on the edge of your seats. The German video versions are heavily cut concerning the plot (one version is also cut concerning the violent killings), while only the Danish video version appears to be complete (according to the excellent English book 'Blood and Black Lace'). Nevertheless, if you are able to get this gem on video, get it: This giallo truly delivers!
I saw this for the first time recently and i didn't enjoy this.
I saw this only aft reading Coventry's glowing review.
The lead moustachioed actor Alex Cord looks like a poor man's Anthony Quinn.
The body count is low n the film very lengthy.
After a while i felt so irritated that i stopped caring who's killing who n why.
The only good part is the sun soaked settings n the dressing sense of the characters.
There is a sadistic character who burns spiders n grasshoppers n i expected the guy to at least pay for his karma.
The English title is very misleading as there ain't any dead coming alive and the movie has absolutely nothing to do with zombies. Its a boring murder mystery.
I saw this only aft reading Coventry's glowing review.
The lead moustachioed actor Alex Cord looks like a poor man's Anthony Quinn.
The body count is low n the film very lengthy.
After a while i felt so irritated that i stopped caring who's killing who n why.
The only good part is the sun soaked settings n the dressing sense of the characters.
There is a sadistic character who burns spiders n grasshoppers n i expected the guy to at least pay for his karma.
The English title is very misleading as there ain't any dead coming alive and the movie has absolutely nothing to do with zombies. Its a boring murder mystery.
This is a good but poorly paced Italian thriller from the 1970's. The plot concerns a series or murders occurring to people connected to a recently discovered Etruscan burial sight. One of the repeated shots is the face of the Etruscan demon god that was found on the wall of the tomb. As the police investigate the lives of everyone involved are revealed and wee see that not everyone is as innocent they would like us to believe.
A good, but not great mystery with supernatural overtones this movie is graced with good performances across the board. Better is the fact that the characters are very complex with no real clichés in the bunch. The film also keeps you off balance with some interesting camera work and music. The only thing that I'm not a fan of is the fact that the pacing is a bit to slack. There are several times when I would have liked them to move things on and not take a quiet contemplative moment. I'm probably over reacting but the desire to speed things up knocked down the rating a couple of points on this good thriller.
A good, but not great mystery with supernatural overtones this movie is graced with good performances across the board. Better is the fact that the characters are very complex with no real clichés in the bunch. The film also keeps you off balance with some interesting camera work and music. The only thing that I'm not a fan of is the fact that the pacing is a bit to slack. There are several times when I would have liked them to move things on and not take a quiet contemplative moment. I'm probably over reacting but the desire to speed things up knocked down the rating a couple of points on this good thriller.
let's start to say that this movie is not available in Italy (neither DVD or even VHS). It's incredible if you think that this is an Italian movie and in Italy you can find all the sort of American z movies! (even the Americans realize z movies).
By the way this is a nice giallo, well directed and well acted, I like very much Alex Cord (he looks like the young Chuck Norris, but Cord seems much more athletic and stunning then Chuck). I think this one has a lot in common with Friday the 13th (the plot, some murders, motivation of the killer...) but it came out almost 10 years before Jason.
If you like slashers and gialli , you will like this one
By the way this is a nice giallo, well directed and well acted, I like very much Alex Cord (he looks like the young Chuck Norris, but Cord seems much more athletic and stunning then Chuck). I think this one has a lot in common with Friday the 13th (the plot, some murders, motivation of the killer...) but it came out almost 10 years before Jason.
If you like slashers and gialli , you will like this one
Jason Porter (Alex Cord) is an alcoholic photographer working on an archaeological dig in an Etruscan tomb from the 5th century bc, he has a history of mental illness and violence which seen him locked up in a New York mental hospital, but now he's trying to get some normality back in his life, so when after a rainstorm at the dig he discovers the mutilated bodies of an amorous couple, the police naturally regard him as the main suspect. Some articles recently stolen from the site are found beside the bodies of the victims the only clue to who might be the killer. Porter has his suspicions as to who that might be, but the police interference is hampering his own investigation, added to that, Porter is also distracted by the fact that his former lover Myra Shelton (Samantha Eggar)is now married to a sadistic older man, Nikos, a sadistic old man and music conductor for a local theatre, where there are a number of suspicious characters.
Right from the start this plays like a horror film, we the viewer are led to believe that the killings are being done as an act of vengeance from a recently disturbed demon god with breathing difficulties, There is some great location work within the Etruscan tombs that adds to the atmosphere, the murals on the walls of the tombs showing the depictions of the actual murders before they happened, but Giallo experts will soon see that there are no supernatural forces behind these atrocities. The film also plays like a classic slasher in that sexual liaisons seem to herald the death of those involved, this is an unusual plot point for a giallo but then this is an unusual film. Riz ortolani provides a decent operatic score, the dubbing on the film is a real low point though, not the actual voices but the editing of them is beyond abysmal, this is still a film I believe would benefit immensely from an official release, considering the settings within the film a glossy new print would certainly bring this to a new audience
Right from the start this plays like a horror film, we the viewer are led to believe that the killings are being done as an act of vengeance from a recently disturbed demon god with breathing difficulties, There is some great location work within the Etruscan tombs that adds to the atmosphere, the murals on the walls of the tombs showing the depictions of the actual murders before they happened, but Giallo experts will soon see that there are no supernatural forces behind these atrocities. The film also plays like a classic slasher in that sexual liaisons seem to herald the death of those involved, this is an unusual plot point for a giallo but then this is an unusual film. Riz ortolani provides a decent operatic score, the dubbing on the film is a real low point though, not the actual voices but the editing of them is beyond abysmal, this is still a film I believe would benefit immensely from an official release, considering the settings within the film a glossy new print would certainly bring this to a new audience
Did you know
- TriviaThe original Italian title translates as "The Etruscan Kills Again," but, thinking the Etruscans would be largely unknown outside of Italy, it was re-titled "The Dead are Alive!" to market it in America as a zombie movie, a la La Nuit des morts-vivants (1968), to which it has no connection whatsoever, and in Germany as an Edgar Wallace movie, with the title translated as "Secrets of the Yellow Grave" ("yellow" as in "giallo") , even though the Bryan Edgar Wallace who wrote the story that the movie was based on, is not the renowned filmmaker so popular among Germans, Edgar Wallace.
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Jason Porter: [to Myra] It's a classic story: A rich husband, old, impotent, and a pretty young wife, who's a confirmed whore, making it with everyone in sight,
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- The Dead Are Alive
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- Gross US & Canada
- $110,000
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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