A resigned to his fate cemetery man who rekills the living dead encounters a mysterious and unearthly gorgeous woman one evening as she visits her husband. His formerly simple world is thrown into spin cycle as he and his mentally handicapped friend keep the dead at bay and their heads in check.
Francesco - Rupert Everett
Gnaghi - François Hadji-Lazaro
She - Anna Falchi
Mayor - Stefano Masciarelli
Valentina - Fabiana Formica
Marshall - Mickey Knox
Director - Michele Soavi
Written by - Gianni Romoli & Tiziano Sclavi
Fact: Anna Falchi is the most ridiculously gorgeous woman on the face of the planet. I have trouble believing she's real.
Fact 2: I liked this movie. The end.
Well, ok, I'll talk some more. I seriously had trouble writing that Synopsis up there, because really...well, it's hard to say what happens in this movie. To say it jumps around a lot, geez...one scene will be a hardcore zombie head explosion fest, the next a tender love scene or watching Gnaghi dig dirt or rake leaves. Our first time through here was pretty hard to follow, and while it certai
You know what, I'm going to stop there and talk about Falchi some more. I know people say "She's the hottest woman alive" all the time, but I'm pretty sure in this case it could be scientifically proven. There's math involved, high numbers, that I couldn't even begin to get into. The first time I saw her on screen I almost passed out.
Alright, sorry about that...the movie. I actually really had a good time watching it. The randomness of the movie didn't take away from anything, I'd hate to insinuate that, it actually made me want to pop it back in immediately and try and figure out what in the holy hell was going on.
The characters are all fleshed out pretty well, even Gnaghi, who has one whole line of dialogue the entire movie, the rest are grunts and the like. Rupert as Francisco Dellamorte is terrific; he plays him as a man completely settled in to his station in life, nothing to look forward to, no life left anywhere. In a world where the dead come back to life and he has to dispose of them, what use is hope? But then Anna Falchi comes into the picture (again and again, in various forms) and his world goes tumbling inside out and upside down.
What does it all mean? Who knows? Is it a personal movie, getting your own messages, or is there a specific point to the movie? Can decapitated heads really crawl on the ground like that? Probably not, but I'm not complaining.
Some of the magic in the movie really comes from the camerawork. The little blue spirit things that fly around the cemetery at night (despite seeing their wires...), Death himself making an impressive appearance, the moon in stale pond water, those types of things I really noticed while I was watching. Of course, visually, there's again Anna, but enough about her...just kidding. Even as a zombie she is just perfect.
Anycrap, if you like black comedies, zombie movies, mindtrips, strong characters, terrific visuals, and movies that really make you want to view it repeatedly...and Anna Falchi, this is your movie!
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Fact: Anna Falchi is the most ridiculously gorgeous woman on the face of the planet. I have trouble ...
Pointless nudity - yes
Random violence - yes
Headtrip - yes
Great cinematography - yes
They need to clean up this "ossuary."
Cop a feel skeleton!
Extreme hair close-up!
Yeah, if my wife looked like that, I'd come back from the dead too.
Teeth-cam?
Francisco - "We all do what we can to not think about life."
Valentina - "He threw up on me!"
Claudio - "Oh, a new fad. Care to go for a ride?"
Valentina - "I knew you'd understand."
Francisco - "Quickgetthefuckoverherequick!"
Valentina - "Daddykins!"
Mayor - "Did you hear that?"
Detective - "I don't know. It depends."












