Cemetery Man (1994)

A cemetery man must kill the dead a second time when they become zombies.

Director:

Michele Soavi

Writers:

Tiziano Sclavi (novel), Gianni Romoli (screenplay) (as Giovanni Romoli)

Stars:

Rupert Everett, François Hadji-Lazaro, Anna Falchi

9 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rupert Everett	...	Francesco Dellamorte
François Hadji-Lazaro	...	Gnaghi
Anna Falchi	...	She
Mickey Knox	...	Marshall Straniero
Fabiana Formica	...	Valentina Scanarotti
Clive Riche	...	Doctor Verseci
Katja Anton	...	Claudio's Girlfriend
Barbara Cupisti	...	Magda
Anton Alexander	...	Franco
Pietro Genuardi	...	New Mayor Civardi
Patrizia Punzo	...	Claudio's Mother
Stefano Masciarelli	...	Mayor Scanarotti
Vito Passeri	...	1st Returner
Alessandro Zamattio	...	Claudio
Renato Donis	...	She's Husband

Storyline

This movie is based on a novel of Tiziano Sclavi, and it always reflects the "sclavian philosophy" diffused by the most succesful comics in Italy: Dylan Dog, the detective of the nightmare. There is the duality between love and dead (in Italian "dellamore" means "of love" and "dellamorte" means "of death"), a duality that Dellamorte feels in a really hard way. He is the guardian of the cemetery of Buffalora, a little town in the north of Italy, in which, we don't know why, corpses rise from tombs and Dellamorte has to destroy them. Dellamorte seems not to ask to himself why this happen, he shoots and loves. But at the end he wants to leave Buffalora...

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Plot Keywords:

cult film | cemetery | death | insanity | zombie | 

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Taglines:

Zombie graveyard

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for macabre violence and gore, strong sexuality and some language

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Francesco and "She" are kissing in the crypt with the shroud over their heads, the shot mimics the painting, "The Lovers" by René Magritte.

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Goofs

When Dellamorte is standing in the shower, he hears the sound of zombies and he attacks them. When he attacks he is wearing dry underpants.

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Quotes

[on discovering Gnaghi burning old phone books]
Francesco Dellamorte: Gnaghi, just because we've got the new ones doesn't mean to say we have to throw the old ones away. These books are classics!

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Connections

Spoofs A Clockwork Orange (1971)

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Soundtracks

Hadi Bakalim
Performed by Sezen Aksu

User Reviews

One Of The Coolest, Most Original Zombie Films Ever !

From the land that spawned probably the most zombie films to this date, ranging in quality from excellent to exremely dull, comes one film that rises above nearly all the rest. DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE (aka CEMETERY MAN) is that film, and if you haven't seen it yet, you are seriously missing out. The story is about lonely cemetery attendant Francesco (Rupert Everett (!?) in one of his very early roles)and his mute, Igor-like assistant Gnaghi. Every seven days, the dead rise from their graves (for no real apparent reason...) and it is Francesco and Gnaghi's job to dispatch them. The 2 live a pretty solitary existence until a mysterious woman comes along and into Francesco's life. Cut to the chase- Francesco and the woman have sex on her newly buried husband's grave, and when he returns from the dead, everything goes haywire from there...

DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE is several films rolled into one...zombie gore film, dark comedy, romance story - similar in some ways to perhaps DEADALIVE (not nearly as silly or gory), but this is a hard film to make a comparison on. It really is it's own unique experience and should definitely be viewed by anyone into horror/zombie films. Again, one of my all-time zombie favorites...Highly Recommended 9/10

Details

Country:

Italy France Germany

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

26 April 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cemetery Man

Filming Locations:

Arsoli, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$22,459, 28 April 1996

Gross USA:

$253,986

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$253,986

Company Credits

Production Co:

Audifilm, Urania Film, K.G. Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1