Let me start off
by talking about a small company called Cheezy Flicks. I have several titles
from them at the moment so expect to see this first paragraph on each review.
If you read it once you can skip that paragraph. When I first heard of Cheezy
Flicks it wasn’t in the nicest of terms. I heard the company put out
substandard versions of movies for incredibly low prices. To say my
expectations were low is an understatement. But I believe in giving a company a
fair shake. I’m glad I did. To be honest the movies I’ve seen released by the
company have gone from great to mediocre versions but here is the thing. For
movie fans with low to zero budgets Cheezy provides a solid offering that is
affordable. In addition to that they strive to give you the best version they
possibly can. They also have picked up titles that few if any studios would
bother with, low budget movies to be sure, but pure fun movies and in some
cases movies that are actually quite good. An example is LET SLEEPING CORPSES
LIE. One big name site is selling used copies of the movie for $36.00. Cheezy
has it for $6. And it’s a really good edition of the film too. So if you’re
looking to pick up DVDs at rock bottom prices new and can deal with a movies
that can be a little blurry at time (not their fault but that of the film
makers when these old films were made) then by all mean’s give Cheezy Flicks a
try. They’re a small company but deserve your business. Enough said.
That being said
let’s get on to my review of this film. Also known as THE LIVING DEAD AT
MANCHESTER MORGUE what we have here is a Spanish-Italian zombie film that takes
place in England. George (Ray Lovelock) is on vacation from his antique shop
when his motorcycle is accidentally hit by Edna (Cristina Galbo). Trying to get
to his vacation spot he hitches a ride with her planning to come back for the
bike later.
Edna pleads with
him to take her to her destination first and then finish with her sending
someone to get the car later. Following the directions she remembers they end
up at a dead end and George sets out to ask someone for help. He encounters a
farmer and two men from the Ministry of Agriculture trying an experimental
device to get rid of bugs using ultra-sonic radiation. Unfortunately the device
also brings the dead back to life. The first we see of this is when a dead man
attacks Edna back at the car. The farmer tells her that by the description it
would be local who fell into the river after hanging himself but it couldn’t be
because he is dead.
Taking the
directions they head for her sister Katie’s house. There her husband, a
photographer, has been trying to break her of her addiction to heroin. While
he’s out shooting pictures the same walking dead man attacks her and follows
her, killing her husband. Running for her life she runs into the road and
George and Edna. They contact the police and the lead inspector (Arthur
Kennedy) suspects they are the ones behind the death of the death of Katie’s
husband. He sends her to a local hospital, Manchester, which also serves as the
morgue. It is there that they find the babies born since the machine on the
farm started have been affected as well.
With the police
not helping find the real killer and only themselves to get to the truth,
George and Edna set about following clues they have to go on. Taking the film
from Katie’s husband’s camera they have it developed and see the man who
actually killed him. Going to the nearby graveyard they find a half-eaten meal
and following the sound of footsteps locate the real killer. But by now he
isn’t alone.
The movie works
well on many levels and provides some truly creepy moments. Unlike many zombie
movies to come from Italy they amount of gore here is handled quite well and
more realistically than in most. Yes, it does have that semi-dayglow red look
to it but less than most. In addition to that the effects are nicely done here
with more low key makeup on the risen dead than one would expect. The
combination of makeup, atmosphere and story all combine to make a well-made
zombie film.
Cheezy Flicks was
able to get hold of a great copy of this film to press here. The picture is
clean and more than acceptable and makes it that much more enjoyable. The
extras are pretty much non-existent but that’s fine. This is about having a
decent copy of the movie and nothing more. There are several trailers included
of other Cheezy Flicks releases and they might make viewers decided to pick
those up as well. This one is going for just $6 so my suggestion, if you enjoy
a good horror film, is to pick a copy up.
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