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Zombies of Burial Ground
Also called: Le notti del terrore, Zombie 3, The Zombie Dead
In Andrea Bianchi's film the dead rise after a curse is released from an old crypt and attack the guests at a nearby mansion. Its zombies use tools, which sets them apart from most of the period. Peter Dendle praises its sustained tension.1
First appeared
1981
Released 1981Source work
Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (1981)
Andrea BianchiMade in
Italy
What causes it
A curse
A professor studying an ancient crypt near his mansion releases a curse.How you become one
The long dead rise from the crypt; a man killed by them also turns.
Intelligence
Some intelligence
Weak spots
- fire
- smashing the body
When did it first appear?
1981Released 1981
field notes
What the sources say
1
Makeup by Gino De Rossi and Rosario Prestopino1
2
A 25-year-old actor was cast as a young boy to get round Italian law on children in violent scenes1
3
Shot in four weeks at the Villa Parisi in Frascati1
4
One critic says it helped bring the Italian zombie fad to an end1
5
They use tools such as axes and logs, and climb pillars1
Sources
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