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Overview

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Release Date:
1975 (USA) more
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One of the best zombie films ever made. more
Plot:
A cop chases two hippies suspected of a series of Manson family-like murders; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a thirst for human flesh by chemical pesticides being used by area farmers. full summary | add synopsis
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4 wins more
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A Living Dead masterpiece more (76 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Cristina Galbó ... Edna (as Christine Galbo)
Ray Lovelock ... George
Arthur Kennedy ... The Inspector
Aldo Massasso ... Kinsey
Giorgio Trestini ... Craig
Roberto Posse ... Benson
José Lifante ... Martin (as Jose Ruiz Lifante)
Jeannine Mestre ... Katie
Gengher Gatti ... Keith
Fernando Hilbeck ... Guthrie
Vera Drudi ... Mary
Vicente Vega ... Dr. Duffield
Francisco Sanz ... Perkins
Paul Benson ... Wood
Anita Colby ... Nurse
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (UK) (USA)
Breakfast at the Manchester Morgue
Do Not Speak Ill of the Dead (International: English title) (literal title)
Don't Open the Window (USA)
Fin de semana para los muertos (Spain) (working title)
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (USA)
No profanar el sueño de los muertos (Spain)
No se debe profanar el sueño de los muertos (Spain) (informal title)
Sleeping Corpses Lie
Zombi 3 (Da dove vieni?) (Italy)
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Runtime:
Italy:95 min | Spain:93 min | USA:85 min (R-rated version) | USA:93 min (unrated version)
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The films bizarre alternate title "Don't Open the Window" inspired Edgar Wright to make his mock-trailer "Don't" for the film Grindhouse (2007). more
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Factual errors: If you look at the lettering on the door while the police and George are at the Old Owl, you can see that owl is mistakenly spelled "Olw". more
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George: Hail Hitler! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Horror Business (2005) (V) more

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13 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
A Living Dead masterpiece, 27 December 2004
9/10
Author: fertilecelluloid from Mountains of Madness

The opening ten minutes of this film present a skewed, cynical perspective of society. As our "hero" rides through London on his way to the countryside, Spanish director George Grau feeds us endless images of choked traffic, smoke spewing from grates, commuters filing onto buses like zombies and, finally, a quick shot of a naked woman dashing across a busy street. We notice her, but nobody else does, they're too damn occupied with their own busy lives.

It's a theme revisited in 2004's SHAUN OF THE DEAD, another zombie film with intelligence behind it, but in LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE, it's purely subtext, but it's subtext that works on us like a spreading virus.

As George Romero suggested -- in "Night of The Living Dead" -- that radiation from a downed satellite may have been responsible for the revival of the long gone and recently deceased, Grau is more overt as he links what looks like a piece of farming machinery to the resurrection of the dead.

This film's effectiveness is due to its deliberate pacing and detail-oriented direction. A principle that horror is unexpected in the sunshine is applied to the film's first half as the stumbling dead begin to multiply.

The final showdown in a hospital (The Manchester Morgue) has a graphic, savage nature to it that restates the subtle subtext.

Like great Spanish horror directors before him, George Grau brings a respect for the genre to this moderate masterpiece and his sincerity overcomes the occasional plot snag.

Horror is about fear, and not just fear of the unknown, it's also about the fear of knowing too much.

Perhaps it is best to glide through life like a zombie, oblivious to the changes around you.

LET SLEEPING CORPSES LIE was a milestone for horror movies.

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