Horror Rises from the Tomb
Horror Rises from the Tomb (Spanish: El espanto surge de la tumba), is a 1972 Spanish horror film starring Paul Naschy and directed by Carlos Aured. [1] The film introduced Naschy's character of Alaric de Marnac, an executed warlock who returns to life centuries later to wreak his revenge. It was followed by a sequel, Panic Beats, in which De Marnac returned. The film seems to have been inspired by the 1958 American horror classic The Thing That Couldn't Die.
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Directed by | Carlos Aured |
Produced by | Modesto Pérez Redondo |
Written by | Paul Naschy |
Starring | Paul Naschy Emma Cohen Helga Line Vic Winner |
Music by | Carmelo A. Bernaola |
Cinematography | Manuel Merino |
Edited by | Javier Morán |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Spain |
Language | Spanish |
Reception
Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, academic Peter Dendle cites Night of the Living Dead as having inspired the depiction of a zombie siege in this film.[2] Kurt Dahlke of DVD Talk wrote, "Clearly Horror Rises From The Tomb is over-the-top, and a shining example of sleazy Euro-trash cinema."[3] In another review from DVD Talk, Stuart Galbraith rated it 2/5 stars and recommended it to horror fans "open-minded enough to forgive [Naschy's] films' frequent incoherence and low budgets".[4]
References
- Film review at The New York Times
- Dendle, Peter (2001). The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia. McFarland & Company. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-7864-9288-6.
- Dahlke, Kurt (2008-11-11). "Paul Naschy Collection". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
- Galbraith, Stuart (2007-12-15). "Horror Rises from the Tomb". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2015-02-03.