Dir: Jorge Grau
Ahh, such an English idea for how the dead come to rise from their graves. An experimental farming device is tested up in the Lake District for its insect killing ability and begins to emit bizarre radiation. Next thing you know, a recently deceased village idiot called Guthrie The Loonie is up and walkin', tearing out ribcages and chowing down on the livers of the living. On top of featuring the gorgeous Cristina Galbo as its leading lady (who is worth watching in anything), Jorge Grau's weird little take on "Night of the Living Dead" also has a lot more going for it besides. It is one of the few films to blend a Hammer-esque gothic aesthetic with the squishy viscera of the Italian splatter cycle (which this largely pre-dates) and the effect is stylish, innovative and atmospheric, and it even crams in a Romero-esque environmental moral. The dead walk the upper echelons of the genre with this one. ***1/2
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