Night of the living dead in color

Let sleeping corpses lie (Jorge Grau,1974)

The title sounds like it would be a bad thing, well it's not. This is one great zombie film from beginning to end. It's your normal zombie, dead come to life and people die. The filmmakers behind this film saw night of the living dead and fell in love with it. They decided to have a go at a zombie flick and this is what came out. It's nothing like night of the living dead except for a few themes but this film stands alone. It's nearly as great as the Romero films. The only thing that sets this film apart from George's films are that his zombie films have a brain and don't just eat them. Not saying that this isn't a smart film, it just doesn't feel like it has any social commentary behind it.

The Characters feel real and not like someone that they just threw in there just to see the undead rip them limb from limb. One of the greatest things about this film is that it's not an infestation zombie flick like most of the ones that we see. It's really hard to have a film with just several zombies and have it work. The undead are slow and stupid but yet the tension builds high in every scene in Let sleeping corpses lie.

I have to give it up to Jorge Grau, the director of this film. The film is very atmospheric and keeps you watching. This film isn't about the cool zombie eating mayhem, it's about anticipating it. One of the few zombie films that i can literally call Great. I loved it and i know any other undead fan will also.

Grade A-