
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, co... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| Goatdog's MoviesMichael W. Phillips, Jr.Has a satirical undercurrent that's easy to miss; I think this is where the film is most intelligent. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher Nulla blend of zombie gore, sex scenes, and tongue-in-cheek comedy |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIts appeal is mostly to an audience that can appreciate its gross-out camp humor and can overlook that it's a pointless exercise. |
| Projected FiguresAnton Bitel[it is] far closer to the hermetic enigmas of Last Year in Marienbad and the snowglobe microcosms of Citizen Kane than to more generic fare, and the result is an elegantly eccentric folly - playful, perplexing and paradoxical in equal measure. |
| Nick's Flick PicksNick DavisLike Shaun of the Dead as rewritten by Eugène Ionesco.... Has the surface qualities of a spoof, but none of its comfy core. |
| Bryant Frazer's Deep FocusBryant FrazerA confident, creepy little horror film with a winning sense of humor, a sure feel for outrageous imagery, and a healthy mean streak. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe film leans into modern comedy, but it also passes through moments of genuine longing and even existential crisis. |
| User ReviewJoshua Athis movie is my only example of the perfect melding of my two loves in film: art house movies and zombie flicks. directed by fulci protege michele soavi, this movie bends the distinction between thoughtless violence and meditative statements of being. it's seriously one of my favorite movies of all time. |
| User ReviewJack Gthis film reminds me of college... and that people should pay more attention to italian filmmakers. nyah |
| User ReviewNatasha S...so...today was the first day I had eaten solid food in three days...and I was looking for another good zombie film...Fry's still doesn't carry Dead Alive so my room mate suggested this fucking gem...and let me tell you...it rightfully belongs in the pantheon of great zombie films...it clearly tries too hard...but at every overly composed shot it wins you over...you find yourself trapped in this maddening spiral...like vertigo you are pulled down into the twisted world surrounding this tale...you realize the absurdity of life and death...and love...the true abstract...painful nature of love...to that end...can't beat shooting zombies in the head...oh wait...maybe going on a homicidal killings spree...or maybe trying to escape reality to find that your own reality is all that there truly is...man I love Italian directors... You had me at..."No, please don't!! He's only eating me!...Move aside!!...Mind your business!! I shall be eaten by whomever I please!!" |