Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (1974)

Original title

Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti

Directed by

Jorge Grau

Genre

horror film, science fiction film, zombie film

Country

Italy, Spain

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

R

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 236 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two strangers in the English countryside are blamed for murders actually committed by zombies. The dead are reanimated by a farm device using ultrasonic radiation to kill insects.

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What happens

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (Italian: Non si deve profanare il sonno dei morti, Spanish: No profanar el sueño de los muertos, lit. 'Do Not Profane the Sleep of the Dead'); also known as The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue and Don't Open the Window) is a 1974 zombie horror film directed by Jorge Grau, and starring Cristina Galbó, Ray Lovelock and Arthur Kennedy. It focuses on two protagonists who are harassed by a local police investigator in the English countryside and are implicated in murders committed by zombies who have been brought to life by a farming tool designed to kill insects via ultra-sonic radiation. A co-production between Spain and Italy, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie premiered at the Sitges Film Festival on 30 September 1974, where it won awards for Best Actress (for Galbo) and Best Special Effects. Jorge Grau won the CEC Award for Best Director. In the following years, the film has become a cult classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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