Cemetary Man
One of my favorite Halloween movies is the underappreciated Cemetary Man (Italian title: Dellamorte Dellamore). It's a 1994 Italian horror film dubbed in English, similar to the style of Dario Argento but much more surreal and philisophical than the films of that master of Italian horror.
It stars Rupert Everett as Frencesco Dellamorete, a cemetery man responsible for managing graves, guarding the plots, and murdering the zombies that keep on rising from the dead. He handles this latter job with nonchalance, which leads to some morbidly funny scenes, such as his reaction when he learns of a bus accident that kills tens of children -- he merely sees more zombies as more work (Shaun of the Dead certainly has traces of this film). There's also a great subplot that revolves around his assistant Gnaghi and his love affair with a female zombie in the form of a severed head.
Back in my college days, we used to screen several films every Halloween but Cemetey Man was the only film that never left the rotation. We liked it that much, and I guess we also reveled in its cult status. Unfortunately, it seems as if it hasn't been released on DVD yet, but you can find in on VHS if you go to your local nerdy video store.
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The greatest Halloween movie ever.
How did we find it again?
I believe it was programmed by our predecessors our freshmen year and we liked it so much we kept it up thereafter. I imagine they no longer program it.
Just went to their website. Looks like they've programmed Shaun of the Dead. I guess it's the new Cemetery Man.
Well, Shaun of the Dead is pretty good too. It just didn't have quite the same panache of Cemetary Man.
wow. i didn't know that "cemetary man" was really obscure until now. i just thought it was one of those slightly popular, but perennially favorite movies. now i know it was just a perennial favorite to like 4 geeky kids in medford.
I like the film series news: "We have replaced Phantom Of The Opera with Murderball"
sounds like a good trade.
the film series board is now made of many women....including one named latoya.
oh, how things have changed. donna would be proud.
donna didn't watch movies.
who's donna?
[...] Cemetary Man is coming out on DVD on June 13th. Last October, I lamented it’s lack of DVD availability, and praised its inventiveness and weird, morbid humor. Hurrah! (thx, Brian) [...]
[...] As I’ve written, Cemetary Man, which I once raved about as one of my favorite Halloween movies, is finally coming to DVD on June 13th. Some more details of the DVD have come out: it’s a new widescreen transfer with 5.1 audio, and comes with an interview-laden featurette and an 8-page booklet. I’ve also put a banner on the right column, since I love this movie so. Check it out, and learn how one can fall in love with a severed head. [...]
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