Burial Ground

T-Rex Television · June 10, 2007, 01:07:57 AM

An Italian made zombie horror flick.

Burial Ground

AKA

Burial Ground: The Nights of Terror (USA) (DVD title)
Nights of Terror (UK) (cut version)
The Zombie Dead (UK)
Zombie 3: Le notti del terrore (Italy) (video title)
Zombie Horror

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Anyways, this movie I thought would be decent, but it really wasn't. It was disturbing, and it wasn't the zombies that were disturbing, it was the uhm.. *ahem* relationship-thing between the mother and son, the son who is actually a very freaky looking midget adult playing as a kid. And his only lines are basically "This cloth smells of death", and many "Momma" s. I am actually planning to re-watch it, if I can bear it again, and do a review for the website that I made and is coming along slowly [-cough-trextelevision.tripod.com-cough-]. Anyways, I wasn't sure if there was already a topic on this movie, but I haven't seen one, and I haven't seen that Andy has done a review on it. Anyways, I guess I would recommend this to anyone who 1) Doesn't mind being scared for life by seeing the mother and son and their....semi-interactions. I guess it's not as bad as I am hinting, but it is very wrong. 2) If you like seeing great zombie makeup/costumes. and 3) If you want to see zombies using garden tools like scyths with precision, to kill some lady looking out a window. I would have to say I loved the makeup/costuming in this film, one of the best I have ever seen.

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I can't believe the kid, in the end when he is a zombie, bit the mom's tit off! Haha! Disturbing and funny at the same time. Hmm...but maybe he was just pretending to be a zombie and just wanted to do that his whole life.

T-Rex Television · June 10, 2007, 01:12:26 AM

Here's some links to other reviews and info about it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081248/

http://www.ez-entertainment.net/zoneseye/burialgroundview.htm

http://www.allthingszombie.com/movies/burialground.php

http://www.coldfusionvideo.com/b/burialground.html

(I found another good one, if I find it again i'll post it)

Shadow · June 10, 2007, 01:25:41 AM

Shameless self promotion:

http://www.bmoviegraveyard.com/reviews/BurialGround/

Yes, the entire relationship between Mikey the freak boy and his mother is very distrubing. Like how he stares at her when she's naked or how he kisses her or how he fondles her boobs or...AH, I NEED THERAPY!!!!

T-Rex Television · June 10, 2007, 01:38:13 AM

Yeah. That one zombie took a damn fortnight to crawl out of the ground near those two people making out or whatever, under the tree. I was thinking, "This has got to be the slowest zombie ever. Is this supposed to be intermission or something? I think i'm going to go grab a snack." Was there even a tombstone above his head or anything? I think he was buried in the lawn.

DodgingGrunge · June 10, 2007, 01:54:01 AM

Actually, this was briefly covered in Scott's Top 10 Zombie Poll. RCMerchant and I were trying to convince Scott to watch it. We are indeed terrible people. Haha.

Burial Ground is positively awful, but for some elusive reason I am strangely attached to it. Then again, it might just be pity masquerading as attachment. In the annals of film there are countless examples of poor directorship, but this film plays as if it didn't have a director. The cast, zombies included, seem perpetually lost, unsure where to look, where to stand (or run). It's as if no motivation or explanation was given to anyone prior to filming each scene. The shots themselves are long, drawn out, and often lack a clear focal point. Maybe Hitchcock shot this on a drunk, post Family Plot, pre renal failure.

The children in Italian horror movies are always awkward. Michael is certainly no exception, despite the fact he is clearly a full-grown man suffering some sort of hormonal imbalance. And really, without the strong Oedipal subplot, this film would have nothing even remotely original or memorable about it. In some alternate universe, this is just another silly ancient Etruscan zombie film. Luckily, though, in our universe Michael and Mommy made movie magic.

RCMerchant · June 10, 2007, 05:38:59 AM

It's disgusting,perverse,gross,and Micheal is a creepy basterd indeed. It's a Italian HORROR movie! I really think the zombies are cool looking...they look like dried up roadkill. I like it alot,as Dodging Grudge mentioned,and I would indeed recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good/bad zombie movie.

Quote from: T-Rex Television on June 10, 2007, 01:38:13 AM
Yeah. That one zombie took a damn fortnight to crawl out of the ground near those two people making out or whatever, under the tree. I was thinking, "This has got to be the slowest zombie ever. Is this supposed to be intermission or something? I think i'm going to go grab a snack." Was there even a tombstone above his head or anything? I think he was buried in the lawn.

yeah...it's total nonsense,that's for sure...but who cares? The total lack of ryhme or reason about the whole thing was kinda the charm(???) about it...for me ,at least. It's got "IT"S A...IT'S..A...MONSTER!"
I like the icky mud that's squirts out off the zombies when they get shot,too.

The Burgomaster · June 11, 2007, 08:38:23 PM

Perhaps the finest nipple-biting scene in the history of gore cinema.

peter johnson · June 12, 2007, 03:35:22 PM

My favorite parts have to be when a Zombie throws a knife (Who knew the Walking Dead were such wicked good knife throwers?) and when the Zombie with the scythe ever - so - slowly - saws off the head of the maid on the balcony. I mean, I could understand if he were to swing the scythe and lop it off, but no . . . see-saw/see-saw/see-saw . . .
You gotta love the varying degrees of competence in the makeup & costuming on the Zombies as well: "Okay, you guys further from the camera, go to the "C - Level" trailer for your costumes & makeup. You guys closer to the camera get the "B-Level" treatment, and I'm putting the worms in the eye-socket myself for you "A" guys!".
Really odd stuff, for sure.
peter johnson/denny crane

BTM · June 12, 2007, 06:36:55 PM

Another funny thing about that movie (and I'm not the first to say this, but I don't know who to give credit to) is the hiliarious "porno" dubbing in the film. Seriously, in many parts of the movie, crank the volume and leave the room. We'd have NO idea you were watching a horror flick and not a porno.

Especially in the scene where the woman gets her foot caught in the bear trap. "Oh god!" "PULL it! OH GOD, PULL it HARDER! OOOHH!" etc, etc.

Plus, what the HELL is a bear trap doing in the middle of some guys front yard??

peter johnson · June 13, 2007, 12:14:17 AM

That ain't no bear trap -- That's a Man Trap!
In olden times, and not-so-olden times, some property owners in Europe would put out traps like that to catch/kill poachers and trespassers.
See Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs" for instruction from Dustin Hoffman as to how to use these devices to properly kill intruders --
peter j./denny c.

DodgingGrunge · June 13, 2007, 09:40:12 AM

Quote from: peter johnson on June 13, 2007, 12:14:17 AM
See Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs" for instruction from Dustin Hoffman as to how to use these devices to properly kill intruders --
peter j./denny c.

Straw Dogs does indeed have a mantrap, though I think the prop in Burial Ground closer resembles a beartrap. Here's an interesting documentary on SD. The mantrap is first mentioned about 11 minutes in.

[youtube=400,330]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5GdzBJiGTY&mode=related&search=