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Let Sleeping Corpses Lie

Original title: No profanar el sueño de los muertos
  • 19741974
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  • 1h 35m
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6.8/10
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Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)
Horror
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 hunger for human flesh by ultr... Read allA 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 hunger for human flesh by ultrasonic radiation being used for pest control.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 hunger for human flesh by ultrasonic radiation being used for pest control.
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    • Jorge Grau
  • Writers
    • Juan Cobos(uncredited)
    • Sandro Continenza
    • Marcello Coscia
  • Stars
    • Cristina Galbó
    • Ray Lovelock
    • Arthur Kennedy
    • Jorge Grau
  • Writers
    • Juan Cobos(uncredited)
    • Sandro Continenza
    • Marcello Coscia
  • Stars
    • Cristina Galbó
    • Ray Lovelock
    • Arthur Kennedy
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    • 122User reviews
    • 107Critic reviews
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    Cristina Galbó
    Cristina Galbó
    • Edna Simmonds
    • (as Christine Galbo)
    Ray Lovelock
    Ray Lovelock
    • George Meaning
    Arthur Kennedy
    Arthur Kennedy
    • The Inspector
    Aldo Massasso
    • Detective Sgt. Kinsey
    Giorgio Trestini
    • PC Craig
    Roberto Posse
    • Benson
    José Lifante
    José Lifante
    • Martin West
    • (as Jose Ruiz Lifante)
    Jeannine Mestre
    Jeannine Mestre
    • Katie West
    Gengher Gatti
    Gengher Gatti
    • Keith
    Fernando Hilbeck
    Fernando Hilbeck
    • Guthrie Wilson
    Vera Drudi
    • Mary
    Vicente Vega
    • Dr. Duffield
    Francisco Sanz
    • Perkins
    Paul Benson
    • Wood
    Anita Colby
    • Nurse
    Joaquín Hinojosa
    Joaquín Hinojosa
    • Autopsy Doctor
    Vito Salier
    Vito Salier
    • Naked Man
    Isabel Mestres
    Isabel Mestres
    • Telephonist
      • Jorge Grau
    • Writers
      • Juan Cobos(uncredited)
      • Sandro Continenza
      • Marcello Coscia
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    • Trivia
      Director Jorge Grau purposely cast an actress known for having a flat chest in the role of the nurse so that a fake chest piece could be applied that the zombies could tear into for her death scene.
    • Goofs
      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".
    • Quotes

      The Inspector: I wish the dead could come back to life, you bastard, so then I could kill you again.

    • Alternate versions
      The 1987 UK Network video release was pre-cut by 1 minute 27 secs by the distributors before submission (as per the cinema version) and then cut by a further 26 secs by the BBFC
      • the edits being made to remove shots of the policeman's mutilated body, Guthrie pulling a stake from his throat, all footage of flesh eating, shots of zombies on fire, the killing of the Doctor with an axe, and a nurse being eviscerated and her breast ripped off. The 2003 Anchor Bay UK DVD features the full uncut version of the film (all previous cuts have finally been waived) and has the added bonus of an alternative opening credit sequence. The aforementioned "eyeball munching scene" has been proved to have never existed as no version of the film contains it and no footage of it can be found. There is still speculation over whether or not the scene was shot but if it was, the footage is now long gone.
    • Connections
      Edited into Cent une tueries de zombies (2012)

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    Well-made video nasty
    On the video nasties list as simply The Living Dead (it has several other titles), I watched a version called Let Sleeping Corpses Lie, it is pretty difficult to see why this was on the list to begin with. Yes it has some gory moments, but nothing that is close to the opening of people as, say, The Boogeyman (1980), which was dropped from the DPP's (Director of Public Prosecution) list of films that were prosecuted and eventually banned. But then again, there are many strange entries on the list, as we will discover over this project.

    The Living Dead begins with the serendipitous meeting of George (Ray Lovelock) and Edna (Christina Galbo) at an isolated garage. Two individuals traveling up north from "that London". Already condemned when they arrive in a small village, what with their hippie looks, they would most certainly be crazy drug-addled satanists. But something more sinister is occurring, as the living come back from the dead to eat the living.

    Well, of course it's a zombie flick! It's implied in the title! It's not the greatest of films by a long shot. But it is a well-made film. The "message" is ecological; the culprit behind this macabre situation is an experimental machine from the department of agriculture, that emits radiation to combat insects etc for crops. Damn you government, with your ill-conceived ideas of progression!! The film does also produce a pretty amusing line from 'The Inspector', Arthur Kennedy; "I wish the dead could come back to life. Because then I could kill you again".

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    • Release date
      • June 1, 1975 (United States)
      • Spain
      • Italy
      • English
      • Italian
      • Spanish
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    • Filming locations
      • Thorpe Cloud, Dovedale, Derbyshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Star Films S.A.
      • Flaminia Produzioni Cinematografiche
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
      • 4-Track Stereo

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