The Dead Are Alive

Original title: L'etrusco uccide ancora

1972
R
1h 46m

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Psychological Thriller Crime Horror Mystery Thriller

A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.

Director
- Armando Crispino
Writers
- Lucio Battistrada
- Armando Crispino
Stars

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5.4/10

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Director
- Armando Crispino
Writers
- Lucio Battistrada
- Armando Crispino
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The original Italian title translates as "The Etruscan Kills Again," but, thinking the Etruscans would be largely unknown outside of Italy, it was re-titled "The Dead are Alive!" to market it in America as a zombie movie, a la Night of the Living Dead (1968), to which it has no connection whatsoever, and in Germany as an Edgar Wallace movie, with the title translated as "Secrets of the Yellow Grave" ("yellow" as in "giallo") , even though the Bryan Edgar Wallace who wrote the story that the movie was based on, is not the renowned filmmaker so popular among Germans, Edgar Wallace.

Quotes
Jason Porter: [to Myra] It's a classic story: A rich husband, old, impotent, and a pretty young wife, who's a confirmed whore, making it with everyone in sight,

Connections
Featured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993)

Soundtracks
So Much Love
Written by Riz Ortolani and Norman Newell
Performed by Paul Slade

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8/10

Stylish and suspenseful giallo

Even though this film is entitled under its German title, 'L'Etrusco Uccide Ancora' - how it is called in Italian - is overall a typical Italian thriller of the Seventies. Directed with style by Armando Crispino, who also directed the breathtaking 'Macchie Solari' (aka Autopsy, The Victim), the film suggests supernatural forces involved in the plot. That makes the whole thing even more atmospheric and will keep you on the edge of your seats. The German video versions are heavily cut concerning the plot (one version is also cut concerning the violent killings), while only the Danish video version appears to be complete (according to the excellent English book 'Blood and Black Lace'). Nevertheless, if you are able to get this gem on video, get it: This giallo truly delivers!