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Cemetery Man (1994)

Cemetery Man poster
Original title
DellaMorte DellAmore
Directed by
Michele Soavi
Genre
comedy horror, zombie comedy
Country
Germany, France, Italy
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
R
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 577 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A caretaker at a small Italian cemetery deals with the dead who keep coming back to life. He also searches for love while trying to cope with his unusual job.

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What happens

Cemetery Man (Italian: Dellamorte Dellamore) is a 1994 zombie comedy horror film directed by Michele Soavi and starring Rupert Everett, François Hadji-Lazaro and Anna Falchi. It was produced by Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli and Soavi and based on the novel Dellamorte Dellamore by Tiziano Sclavi. Everett plays a beleaguered caretaker of a small Italian cemetery, who searches for love while defending himself from dead people who keep rising again. It is an international co-production between Italy, France, and Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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