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I first saw this in the late 80s on a vhs. Revisited it recently. Three couples and a demented, creepy kid of one of the women get invited to a castle situated in the woodlands n away from civilization. Unknown to em, the host who is a professor has accidentally unleashed an evil curse thereby summoning up the dead from their graves.

The best part about this film is that it doesn't waste time, the zombies arrive instantly n the film maintains tension throughout.

Those were the days when zombies were slow as snails with decayed teeth n almost blind but still able to relish human bodies.

Wait till u see the zombies in this film who display high levels of intelligence. They work as a team to break into a castle. They even carry different weapons, using tools, axes to chop through doors n they even shoot knives with accuracy n climb pillars. These zombies even kno how to put someone into a woodcutter machine but the kill is never shown.

I was wondering how Michael reached the model factory. We have Mariangela Giordano showing off her tits, the masturbatory nun from Malabimba. (An amazing milf).

Pietro Barzocchini, who played the creepy kid is really freaky and his character disturbing and sick with an unhealthy Oedipal and incestuous relationship with his overly doting mother.

The maid's decapitation with a scythe is shown in a poorly lit scene n one cannot make out what is goin on.

The term "so bad it's good" is one that gets used a lot these days, but I personally feel it really should belong to a special sort of bad movie that is naively unaware or ignorant of its own lousiness, and it has to be entertainingly bad, and have bad acting, bad pacing, bad special effects, and for me 1981's Burial Ground is one movie that definitely lives up to all of that in spades! It's about a horde of zombies that are unleashed after a mad scientist unearths an old stone tablet or something, and they proceed to terrorise a group of jet-setting swingers who had been invited to the old man's sprawling gothic villa, but these are not just your garden variety zombies - They're Italian zombies! A lot of the old zombie splatterfests of the early eighties and beyond were basically all just carbon copies of Romero's classic trilogy, it was zombie movies galore, and some of the most colourful examples came out of the Italian film industry, and Burial Ground, for better or worse, is one of the most bizarre offerings of that whole era! If you're looking for plot you've come to the wrong movie because this is one of the most plotless exercises in celluloid ever to be seen, and the structure is quite meandering and nonsensical, as virtually every scene is just a very tepid zombie onslaught as the slow as molasses zombies, who all wear the exact same silly monk outfit, awkwardly shuffle their way towards the victims as they try to fight back and keep them out and it's the same scene drawn out over and over again... It gets like a fever dream after a while because most of what you're seeing is so very monotonous and weird! It's like they didn't even know how zombies are supposed to work, I mean you ever see a zombie with a pitchfork, or use a battering ram? Burial Ground has you covered! That doesn't mean this fetid pile of zombie dung is totally without a certain tacky charm though, the dubbed performances are so unnatural and hilariously robotic and the spaced out music and goofy nightmare logic that drives the whole thing is so random, and that it's taken so seriously only makes it more unintentionally funny. L do just about like it, I guess, but it sure verges on being intolerably boring a whole lot, and it could have stood to have been a little more creative with its story, as it's got all the prerequisites for a great Italian zombie flick, the over the top gore, the noticeably shabby zombie masks, beautiful naked ladies, but for all that it never quite emerges as a low budget gem or even gets going. My favourite part of the movie and I think a lot of its fans is, is how in order to get around the child actor labour laws the producers opted to use an adult little person named Peter Bark to play a twelve year old boy, a rather freaky looking little person I might add, and it doesn't work for a second, he had a half-man half-child thing going on..but that's what made it so wonderfully strange and hilarious! And also just to make things even weirder, little Michael has an unexplained unhealthy attraction to his mother, and there's one breast scene that you will not soon forget! This is a remarkably terrible film that is somewhat endearing despite its many faults, it's a guilty pleasure if ever there was one.. So if you haven't had the pleasure before and you're in the right mood for some major low budget old school zombie horror movie cheese with a side of hammy robot acting, Burial Ground is the tasty morsel you're looking for, it's very crummy, but I must admit it's fun! You have been warned! X.

Zombies attack three couples in Italy after their Burial Ground is disrupted in this entertaining horror flick from 1985.

We first see a man who seems to be digging around and exploring a burial ground site. While chipping away at the stones on the site, he appears to let out some vicious zombies who kill him. Meanwhile we see that a group of 30-somethings head up to a large mansion for the weekend near the burial site where the zombies attacked.

It isn't long before the dead start rising from the ground as grotesque zombies and roam the grounds of the large property. After all three of the couples are attacked during broad daylight but the undead creatures, it becomes a battle to stay alive and survive the night. They barricade the mansion to keep the zombies out, but the zombies in this one prove to be very strategic in their attack...

I found Burial Ground to be a very fun zombie flick! One of the main positives for me was the fast pacing of the movie. The zombies attack the group at the 20 minute mark of the movie, making pretty much the entire duration about the humans barricading themselves in the house for safety. Very fun to watch. The acting was pretty strong (it was the dubbing that was problematic). I thought Maria Angela Giordan as Evelyn was the strongest and led the way with her over the top dramatics.

The film quality and picture is very poor. I have the old 80's Vestron Video VHS, so perhaps there is a better quality version out there. The picture is dark and murky, with some of the night time scenes next to impossible to see clearly. Another thing which was low quality was the dubbing and whoever some of those voice over actors were. It was comical at some points. The gore was there, and gave a lot of blood and guts, but was nothing spectacular.

Despite those negatives, Burial Ground is a high entertaining "so bad it's great" Italian zombie flick from the mid 80's. I highly recommend giving it a watch if zombies are your thing.

6/10

The Vestron Video version of this film appears to be uncut (it's hard to imagine what might be missing). Truly, though, the creepiest part of it is the one woman's so-called "son", Michael, who is OBVIOUSLY not a child but, in fact, some kind of 'little person'. Why the producers of the film decided to cast an actor who is clearly an adult as a child is beyond me, but it certainly ups the "ewwww!" factor in several scenes. Most notably is that following one of the (many) zombie attacks when Michael goes to his mother for comfort and then starts nuzzling her breasts and reaching up her dress. I'm not sure if this would have actually been creepier if the actor had actually been a child, but it is far more disturbing than any of the gore on display. The rest of the film is alright. I actually liked the fact that very little time was wasted on explanations on the source of the zombie-ism (eccentric professor raises the dead and then is eaten by them - "No, stop - I'm your friend!"), that they pretty quickly get down to the business of gut-munching and flesh-ripping. Any normal viewer will either despise or at least feel indifferent toward all of the non-zombie characters; we are aren't in any way asked or persuaded to identify or sympathize with anyone here, so (like all of the 'Friday the 13th' movies and most slasher flicks) you end up hating all of the victims and cheering on the zombies, taking great satisfaction when they get their intestines pulled out or heads cut off. It doesn't help matters that all the living humans behave, almost without exception, in a fashion that can at best be generously called moronic (no offense intended toward any of you morons out there) - which only makes you want to see them all die that much more. One complaint: the video transfer of this film is rather on the darkish side, which makes some of the best scenes (especially those at night) difficult to fully appreciate (most notably the maid's crucifixion/decapitation). There are better zombie movies, definitely, but you can also do a lot worse.

"Le Notti Del Terrore" (aka. "Burial Ground") of 1981 is a film with a mixed reputation. While some of my fellow Italian Horror fanatics regard it as being among the greatest Italian Zombie gore flicks, others seem to regard it as being completely worthless junk. In my opinion, it is neither. As far as I am concerned, "Burial Ground" does not nearly rank among the greatest Italian Zombie flicks, and yet it is an absolute must-see for my fellow fans of the living dead, mainly because of its extreme gore and its value as one of the most demented Zombie flicks ever made. Director Andrea Bianchi had already proved to be an expert for the sleazy kind of Italian Horror with his delightfully smutty Giallo "Nude Per L'Assassino" ("Strip Nude For Your Killer", 1975), and he also proves that he's a master of extreme gore with this yummy flick.

The storyline is extremely thin, and the existence of the zombies gets even less explanation than in other zombie films. However, the film's nauseating qualities easily make up for what it lacks in plotting. The living dead in this film are, without exaggeration, some the most disgusting Zombies ever in cinema. The makeup department really did an amazing job here - zombies do often look rotten, but these guys are literally in the process of rotting. The zombies have disgusting worms and maggots crawling out of their eye-sockets and other orifices, and the mere look of them is already a delight for every fan of nauseating and disgusting gore. Additionally, the film provides an enormous amount of remarkably nauseating gore, even for Italian Zombie flick standards. The film furthermore includes an extremely irritating little boy who has the face of an adult (and who was actually played by an adult, Peter Bark), and whose looks are not the only strange thing about him... I don't wanna give away more, as I don't want to spoil any of the fun, but I can assure that the fans of the really explicit and demented kind of gore-cinema will have the time of their lives watching "Burial Ground". The film is never even remotely eerie or suspenseful, and the plot is as thin as it gets, but there is no doubt about one thing: this is demented stuff! I recommend "Burial Ground" to all my fellow fans of Italian Horror cinema, especially to those who like their Zombie flicks extremely gory. If you want GORE, then this is for you!

Well, Burial Ground was one of those Italian gore "masterpieces" that one hears so much about only to be ultimately disappointed that it was as bad as you thought it would be in a humorless way. A group of Italian rich are staying at a villa in the country. We are briefly...and I mean briefly...told that they were asked to come by a professor that has something to tell them. We see this professor for only moments in the beginning of the film. It is so dark that we really don't know what he is doing except that soon he will be no more and a horde of zombies with masks and maggots a plenty on their faces will start shuffling in this burial chamber waiting for the "right" time to come out of the earth. Hmmm. Anyway, that in a nutshell is the plot of this film. No more exposition. No more explanation why these zombies walk. Nothing. Zip. The rest of the movie shows this group of people and a couple servants get horribly butchered, scream a lot, and a mother feed her breast to a 14 year old boy(with a middle-aged face)who in moments rips the nipple off in a very non-titilating way. Hmmm. The zombies are made-up primarily with masks with lots and lots of maggots, worms, rotten teeth, etc... Some of them look very convincing while many look just ridiculous. The biggest problem with them is that they are not your normal run-of-the-mill zombies...oh no! these zombies think..and are quite shrewd. In fact, they are the smartest zombies I have ever seen on film. They trick their victims with disguises, use various weapons such as scythes and knives, throw a metal spike with accurate precision into a woman's hand at least twenty feet away, apparently used a bear trap(I will never figure THAT one out!),turn on an electric buzz saw(that one boggles the mind too!) and used a huge piece of wood to ram down a door! Zombie group work at its finest! The gore is, however, plentiful for those that like to see people literally stripped of intestinal fortitude, lots of organ-gnawing, flesh-eating, decapitation, and perhaps the most painful form of breast reduction around. Not quite my cup of tea. To be fair, director Andrea Bianchi DOES have some flair as a director. Several scenes were well-shot, with the one with the maid walking down a very dimly lit hall being the best for my money. Bianchi used very poor lighting, however, in many of the scenes. Some were very close to being unwatchable. The acting is in name only for these "thespians" have little to do with acting. They are primarily cardboard characters that you will care very little for. The director must have sensed this and therefore added a liberal dose of sex and nudity prior to the human buffet being served. Maria Angela Giordano as Michael's mother is at the very least a banquet for the eyes before she becomes an entree for the undead. Peter Bark plays Michael and at the very least he is definitely creepy. But if you are looking for mediocre acting in a somewhat plausible, cohesive story...Burial Ground is not for you. There is no plot and the film really is nothing more than an exercise in testing your constitution and good taste. Of course if all you want to see is blood and gore...then Burial Ground is for the gore lover in you.

Burial Ground is an Italian bonkers mix of audio horror, vile imagery and gutsy character work.

In the best manner, Burial Ground does all it can to make you feel uncomfortable. Forgetting the slow march of the decaying filth following the cast, the cast themselves are playing some of the most egregious characters ever committed to film. Each and every one of them seems wrong in some way. The framing of the violence, often in close up, with the camera remaining long after the skin's been torn, or the skull cracked makes for seat squirming viewing. The zombies, with live maggots and worms and eyes falling out of sockets, stir nasty feelings of disgust as they shamble and stumble and lay seige to the mansion.

In it all, though, is a sense of beauty. The grounds of the mansion and its interior are epic. The cast, even though they're being terrorised all night, look absolutely stunning in their pearls and perms and high neck sweaters. The blood flows like paint on a wet canvas.

But the kicker, the reason to watch this film, is the final scene. In a moment built up over the runtime, we get one of cinema's most depraved and insane developments ever committed to in film. A real horror crowd pleaser that I'm sure if played at any late night horror show would get whoops and gasps and screams of delight from the audience.

OK, for those who don't know who Peter Bark is, but have seen this film, he is the strange little boy who looks like a man (and actually was an adult too- we hope). Every time I get down and depressed and want to end it all, I put this movie in and I am reminded of how good life is when films like "Burial Ground: Nights of Terror" are available to me. So Peter Bark, if you are out there and are reading this...thank you. Watching you suckle the breast of your on screen mother is absolutely divine...

Come on everyone, together..."Peter Bark, Peter Bark, Peter Bark...!" There are those who will totally get it, and all others can go rent "The Grudge: Part 10". Me, I'm just a "Burial Ground" kind of guy...

Burial Ground aka Zombie 3: Night of Terror is a slow-paced movie despite the hoards of zombies throughout. The acting is terrible and the zombies themselves range from goofy to quite frightening. But the most scary part of this movie is NOT the zombies... ... it's the young boy named Michael. He's about 13 or 14 but has the head of a 30-year-old. This kid sent chills down my spine every time he came on screen. And while the infamous "nipple biting" scene isn't terribly scary, it IS scary that a mother would let her 13-year-old son nurse.

Burial Ground is one of the sleaziest, goriest, and weirdest movies I have ever seen. And I love it! The reason why it all works is because of the crazy and trippy atmosphere around it all. The music (If you can call it that) fits perfectly and the zombie makeup is one of the best I've ever seen. The story makes no sense whatsoever, but that's the way I like it. The movie doesn't spend much time fooling around. It gets right to the point, which is the blood and gore.

Also the movie has one of the most spaced out characters in the history of cinema. I'm talking about the young boy named Michael. Only he's not actually played by a little boy. He's actually played by an adult who looks like a ghost.

If you like Italian zombie movies than this is your wet dream. I highly recommend this to anyone interested exploitation.

Another zombie classic. Well, it's a classic if you happen to enjoy bad Italian zombie flicks. Me? I can't get enough of 'em. Burial Ground ranks right up there with the best of the worst. Accordingly, Suds & Buds (see my Blood Freak review for clarity) are handy to have around for your viewing pleasure. Don't be surprised if this one creeps you out at some points.... or if you turn it off right around the incest scene (more on that later).

I remember renting Burial Ground when I was, like, 15, except the box was labeled The Gates Of Hell. As any fan of Euro-horror movies knows, these flicks sometimes have half a dozen different titles (or more), depending if you've got the Italian, American, German or Laplander version. But, The Gates Of Hell was also the American title for Lucio Fulci's City Of The Living Dead. The box even had the same art as C.O.T.L.D. Yeah, nothing too relevant to the review, I just thought it was funny. As I started getting more into horror movies and heard about City... and it's U.S. title of Gates..., I thought I'd already seen it. Then, it took me awhile to figure out what I'd actually seen was Burial Ground.

OK, enough with the childhood memories. Almost 20 years later, this is still one of my faves. You hear all the time about these types of movies being plot-less and devoid of character development... welcome to exhibit A! Well, there is an idea behind the movie but, I wouldn't go as far as to call it a plot. Basically, a small group of people (two couples and a newlywed Mom and her, erm, son) are heading to an Italian villa owned by their friend, Professor Ayres. He's been working in a tomb on the property, trying to... I dunno, raise the dead? Well, he succeeds just in time for his guests to arrive and is the first to go. While he's getting munched on, his guests make themselves at home back at the mansion.

By "at home", I mean they start boning (hey, maybe it was a long drive). These scenes feature a little soft-core sex and randy dialogue. My favorite line of the movie is when one of the girls, named Leslie, is playing dress-up for her man and reveals herself to him in a skimpy (and quite fetching) ensemble and asks him if he likes what he sees, to which he responds, "You look just like a little whore but, I like that in a girl". You sweet talker, Betty Crocker! It doesn't take long for the zombies to make their way outta the tomb and towards the mansion. These aren't your average dumb-ass zombies either. They take up weapons, climb walls and even use a battering ram on the door. When a maid reaches out of a window to close the shutters, the zombies pin her hand to the outside wall with what looks like a railroad spike and cut her noggin off with a scythe. So, these are some clever cadavers.

At this point, I'd like to take a moment to tell you about Peter Bark. I suppose anyone very familiar with Burial Ground knows where I'm going with this. Bark plays the role of the son, named Michale. Now, maybe it was the sexual content or child labor laws but, this role was not given to a child. Instead, Bark appears to be a 30 year old with a bone deficiency or something, as he stands about 5 feet tall. The really creepy part is that he looks like a 30 year old. Well, a 30 year old with a obvious problem.

Michale is constantly on his Mom's jock. He gives her new husband the stink-eye something fierce. After surviving a zombie attack, Michale cuddles up to his Mom and starts.... well, he starts hitting on her. Yes friends, The Incest Scene... part 1! I mean, homeboy starts feelin' her up and whatnot. Well Mom, for some reason, freaks out and slaps him (surprised it didn't turn him on, kinky lil' s.o.b.). So he takes off, seemingly forgetting that zombies are lurking about. Michale eventually falls victim to some zombie nastiness, which sets up... Incest Scene part 2! When Mom next sees Michale, such is her relief that she clutches him to her bosom... and offers him a suckle.... which he uses as a opportunity to bite her boob off.

That's pretty much it. Zombies arise, zombies attack, zombies kill everyone in sight. That's the "plot". If someone was to ask you what Burial Ground is about, just repeat those three things... arise, attack, kill. Oh yeah, and Peter F'n Bark! The Good: They don't skimp on the gore here. As usual, it doesn't always make sense (like when a freshly turned zombie has her head bashed in, why does it leak what appears to be gray paint?) but, like, whatever. A couple of the lovely ladies get naked... not Janet, though (seriously, am I the only one that thinks that chick looks a lot like Kate Hudson). The zombies look pretty good. Some are really revolting (rotten flesh,worms hanging outta their grill), while others are kinda ridiculous (you can plainly see the screened over holes at the eyes and mouth that the "actors" see and breathe through). I like the music, very moody.

The Not So Good: All the usual suspects for this type of film. Bad acting, bad dubbing and a plot you could jot down on the back of a pack of matches in about a minute and a half. All the stuff I mentioned in The Good could be, in someone else's opinion, considered Not So Good (shock and disbelief!).

If ever there were a "so bad it's good" film, then this is it! The plot is bare bones: An archaeologist discovers a crypt containing zombies which then eat him. Meanwhile, three couples visit a villa in the country for a vacation. The crypt in which the archaeologist was killed turns out to be in the grounds of the villa. The couples set into a regimen of heavy petting in the gardens. The zombies wander out and proceed to attack the lovebirds who quickly retreat into the house. The rest just plays itself out.

What makes this film a gem is the character of Michael. Played by Peter Bark, an adult midget, we are supposed to accept him as the young child of one of the women. Seeing the dubbed English version only makes Michael seem even weirder. His voice sounds like a girl's and he's given some pretty odd lines; like this one, clutching a rag found on the floor: "Mama, this cloth smells like death." Someone else here pointed out that he looks like a miniature Dario Argento (a pretty weird-looking bloke himself), and he does! One scene in particular suggests why an adult was used rather than a real child. Why that one scene was deemed so essential that the whole movie should be rendered completely unbelievable, I don't know. But thank goodness they ran with it! This movie is just good old-fashioned crud like only the Italians could make in the 70s and 80s. The zombies themselves look pretty good, surprisingly. Except for a couple who look like guys with heavy eye shadow - put in presumably to make up the numbers. Why give them close-ups then? Who knows! Prior to seeing this, Ralphus from "Bloodsucking Freaks" was my favourite horror movie midget. As far as kids in Italian horrors were concerned, it was a toss up between Bob (Giovanni Frezza) from "House by the Cemetery" and Marco (David Colins Jr) from "Schock". But now Peter Bark as Michael wins both categories.

This is one of the many Italian zombie movies that were released on the back of the success of Dawn of the Dead. Andrea Bianchi's movie, however, is a much more straightforward feature than George Romero's template. In this one the set-up is covered in about five minutes – a professor revives the dead in some ancient catacombs, a group of upper class twits arrive at a remote villa and the zombies descend on this house and start killing everyone. It's practically plot less and, to be honest, the lack of any explanations is most welcome. This approach just allows us to get on down to it with a minimum of fuss. The pace is therefore very fast and this could hardly be described as a boring movie. The zombies have decent make up and they tear their victims apart with excessive violence. They also seem to be adept with tools and weaponry which isn't really playing by the rules of convention but who really cares? The point is that this is stupid fun from start to finish.

Of course, it would be insane to not mention the film's defining feature, the one and only Peter Bark. This strange dwarf plays a ten year old boy irrespective of the fact that he appears to be about thirty. He might even be older than his 'mother'; but whatever the case he is a deeply creepy character with a medieval bowl-shaped haircut. His oedipal relationship with his mother is simply a further bizarre detail in an already very strange set-up. And as for when he returns to his mother as a zombie, well that sure is a scene to remember that much I can say. The characters, in general, are all incredibly stupid of course, at one point they decide to let the zombies in the villa on the basis that they are quite slow so therefore can easily be avoided! Well, that decision ends in tears as you can probably guess. All the characters act like complete cretins throughout. This is a typical feature of splatter movies though, it means we just want to see them picked off and ripped apart.

Burial Ground is a very trashy horror movie, there's no doubt about it. But like many of its contemporaries from Italy at this time it has a relentless energy and no-holds-barred approach to the blood and guts. It should be avoided if characterisation is very important to you. However, if you like them fast, furious and deranged then this might fit the bill.

I nearly stopped watching this horrible movie several times while watching it. I now wish i had quit watching. This movie had horrible dubbing, horrible acting, and a horrible script. The story was stupid! The effects were just... bad. I don't see what people could like in this movie. I noticed it trying to rip off ideas from other zombie movies, too. It's pretty blatant at times. Only watch this movie if you've got time to waste and you're not paying for it.

I'm giving this a 7, due to the age and the fact it was a B-movie here. However, as far as Zombie movies go, this is on par with Dawn of the Dead. The movie begins with an opening of things to come, as Zombies attack a doctor researching the remains of a past society. Unfortunately he's awakened them from their eternal slumber! The movie moves along at a good pace, keeping you very interested in it no matter what happens. One thing which makes this movie stand out, and surely reflects what Romero thought of his Zombies becoming in later movies, was the cohesive teamwork between them in this movie. They literally get tools and a battering ram at one point in order to get to their quarry. Wicked effects, cool looking Zombies and more abound in this flick with one of the best surprise endings EVER in horror movies. Watch it today, especially if you can find it!

Geez! I can't believe I sat through it. The effects were bad, the plotline..........was there a plotline? The background music must have come from some sci-fi movie somewhere. Dark and grainy throughout much of the film, sometimes you just sit there wondering what is going on because you can't make out anything. I rated this movie a 1 partly because the rating system doesn't allow anything lower.

A movie of such bombastic ineptitude it's not unlike watching Sam Raimi try to direct a movie while at the same time being gang beaten by a group with electric cattle prods until he's stupid. And even then that's probably giving Bianchi more credit than he deserves for this film. Burial Ground also goes down as the only living dead movie where the zombies are more intelligent than the protagonists although Nightmare City by Umberto Lenzi comes close. Certain considerations must be given to Bianchi on this film however. He doesn't flub the living dead film formula like the modern counterpart directors that try ineffectively to make living dead films these days. He is confident enough in the makeup FX to film the zombies in broad daylight. In this case the DVD reissue that cleaned the film up didn't do the movie any favors as the previously murky VHS release partially masked some of the more pathetic zombie FX. The plot falls on its face in most cases and could be a case example of choices a protagonist in a horror film should never make. The characters just continually make so many wrong choices you may find yourself rooting for the zombies. Then again if the characters made the right choices the movie would have been over in twenty-five minutes. Of course all these horrible choices have consequences in that characters do drop like flies throughout the film and meet one messy end after the other. The death scenes are creative and Bianchi at least stretched his imagination a little to give some interesting deaths to the characters in the film, ludicrous as some of them may be. As usual for standard B-movie fare the dubbing is weak at best, an insult to eardrum at worst. Dialogue suffers a similar fate, in this case it just stretches between illogical, silly, or plain sleazy. The dubbing doesn't help the representation of the characters' intelligence either.

The graphic violence is excessive in almost every case, a plus for those seeking grue and crimson splashes. The best actor in the film by far is Peter Bark who is a twenty (thirty?) something that plays the role of a ten-year-old boy. This was due to child labor laws in Italy at the time and Peter Bark shines in his role of the Oedipal boy, Michael. It adds so many levels of sleaziness to the film Bianchi is to be applauded for tackling this difficult social issue. The climax of the film is a guaranteed disappointment as the film feels more like it either just ran out of budget and closed shop or Bianchi just ran out of ideas. The ending is not unlike reading a book only to find out someone ripped out the last ten or fifteen pages, it ends that abruptly. The pacing of the film up to the end is decent, being that the characters are one step above an amoeba on the evolutionary scale we aren't bothered by such things as characterization or advancement of personality. From the moment the dead rise it's just a series of encounters where the protagonists make horrible judgment calls and pay the price for it. If anything the breakneck pace of the film keeps a person entertained rather than bogging down. Seriously, if the characters are not fornicating they are battling the living dead. It at least keeps the action, one way or another, flowing. If you enjoy the Italian living dead genre Burial Ground will not disappoint, others are probably better turned away.

Professor Ayres (Renato Barbieri) discovers a secret in an ancient stone and when he opens a crypt, he revives zombies that kill him. He had invited three couples of friends to visit him in his manor to reveal his discovery; however, they never meet the professor. Out of the blue, the zombies attack them and they seek shelter in the mansion. The creatures put the manor under siege while they protect themselves trying to survive to the horde of zombies.

"Burial Ground - The Nights of Terror" is a hilarious and cheese Italian horror movie that has a stupid story, with characters that are dumber than the zombies. There is no development of the characters or the situation; the plot begins with zombies attacking the professor and his guests having sex as soon as they arrive in their rooms (or in the garden). The lines are awfully dubbed in English and the unreasonable attitudes of the characters are so imbecile that it is impossible not laugh. The make-up and the gory special effects are magnificent, with gruesome zombies with maggots in their heads; however the weirdest character is Michael, performed by Peter Bark. His dysfunctional relationship with his mother with an exaggerated Oedipus complex is comical. The acting is terrible, and there are many mistakes in the sequence and edition. For example, the blonde Janet, performed by Karin Well, injures her ankle, but in some moments she runs away from the zombies without limping. When she is trapped in the bear trap, there is a ridiculous mistake in the edition. In the end, this movie has potential of cult, Last but not the least; who are the braindead in this story? The zombies, the humans or the writer and the director? My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Noites de Terror" (Nights of Terror")

Note: On 29 January 2017, I saw this film again. My vote is five.

(Someone needs to say it)

Possibly the worst, most depressingly dreary and poorly lit movie ever made, I find it unbelievable that anyone could find any merit in this turd. Bad, bad, bad... even the gore is bad. I usually am a big fan of the red stuff, but here is was just cheesy and nasty. They didn't even try. Far too long and boring to be funny either. Barely 6 people die in the course of the movie, the zombies look terrible (Gino De Rossi went overboard on the maggots), the kid was an obnoxious freak, and the music caused my ears to bleed! Only see this if you are on the brink of suicide and need just a little push to go all the way through with it. It'll make you feel ashamed of being a fan of Italian movies or Horror flicks. Burn this movie.

Wow! This movie is awesome. I love it. "Burial Ground" is over an hour of the best non-stop zombie action I've ever seen. There's a brief attack at the very beginning on some professor, a few obligatory sex scenes in which we meet the main characters, and then before you know it, the zombies are attacking in full force. No explanation is given for the zombies, but none is needed. This movie is all about the gore effects. The zombies are very cool-looking, and I especially liked the repeated skull-crushing effect done to them. These zombies are tough too, able to throw knives, use a battering ram, and even operate power tools. I'd sure hate to go up against a horde of the undead with that level of technical ability. Fortunately, unlike many other characters in zombie movies, the good guys here aren't stupid. They know to go for the head and do so every time.

The whole subplot of the Oedipal son played by a midget is a bit creepy and ends very gruesomely, but I didn't let that distract me from the real focus. "Burial Ground" obviously borrows from "Zombi", even having the same make-up/effects artists from the Fulci classic. However, I must say I liked "Burial Ground" more than "Zombi". Faster pacing (I barely noticed the 90 minute run time), more zombie for your buck, and creepier setting in the abandoned mansion and nearby abbey. 9/10

Possibly one of the worst but also one of the funniest horrors I have ever seen and believe me I have seen allot. It starts off derivative and ends atrociously but I was hysterical all the way through. there is no motive for the awakening of these "zombies", there is no plot to speak of, it is tacky and crude but, shamefully hilarious. The dubbing is terrible as is the acting ( "OH ................. ......................................God!!!!") there is not much blood to speak of either although the version I watched is probably the cut one. The incest sub-plot is nasty but strangely amusing the list of complaints could go on and on I did not even speak of the zombies themselves! This is an extremely bad film. If you like that kind of thing (as I do) you should watch it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!