The living corpses rebellion
| Movie | |
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| German title | The living corpses rebellion |
| Original title | La rebelion de las muertas |
| Country of production | Spain |
| original language | Spanish |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | León Klimovsky |
| script |
Paul Naschy (as Jacinto Molina ) |
| music | Juan Carlos Calderón |
| camera | Francisco Sánchez |
| cut | Antonio Ramírez de Loaysa |
| occupation | |
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The Rebellion of the Living Corpses (Original: La rebelión de las muertas ) is a Spanish horror film from 1972. Directed by León Klimovsky , the screenplay comes from lead actor Paul Naschy , who wrote it under his real name Jacinto Molina . Alternative titles are Bloodlust of the Zombies and The Conjuring of the Devil .
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A masked Indian voodoo master with a disfigured face, which he owes to three colonial British families, takes revenge on their descendants by bringing female corpses to life as zombies and using magic to turn them into mindless creatures that he sends on murderous expeditions.
The young red-haired English woman Elvira Irving suffers from terrible nightmares that she cannot explain at first. However, she suspects that they have something to do with India , where she once lived with her family, and therefore seeks help from the sympathetic guru Krishna in London. After a séance that she and her friend, the psychologist Lawrence, attend, she meets the revived and murderous undead who scare her in her estate . When acquaintances and relatives also die an unnatural death, she fled - against the will of her friend - to her spiritual teacher, who is meanwhile in his remote country estate Llangwell. Krishna promises her and other believers in meditation courses salvation and inner peace.
The mysterious series of murders in Elvira's circle of acquaintances does not end, however, and the investigators from Scotland Yard, who are completely in the dark, ask for the help of Lawrence, who consequently suspects secret voodoo rituals, which the police initially do not believe him. Without further ado he travels alone to the guru's estate.
Meanwhile, Elvira unconditionally confides in her mentor in her therapy, and a love affair gradually develops; much to the chagrin of Kala, Krishna's assistant, who allies herself with the distorted older brother of the “Savior”, Kantaka, who was believed to be dead. This turns out to be a avenging murderer who gets rid of his few accomplices in the further course of the plot, including Kalas, in order to gain immortality for himself. At the same time, humanity is to be punished for the agony he suffered in his home country for the rape of a young British woman, Elizabeth Irving, by angry family members of the girl. Seriously injured, Kantaka survived an assassination attempt 20 years ago that disfigured his face. Since then, he has been seeking revenge on the relatives.
As a voodoo master with a penchant for the occult , Katanka enjoys such great power that he directs his younger brother Krishna at will without his being able to defend himself. He even orders him to kill Kala. At the end of the film, there is a showdown during a black mass . Guru Krishna dies at the hand of the female undead, who in turn suddenly disappear a little later with the violent death of Kantaka - he dies by an unforeseen voodoo companion. Shortly afterwards, the keeper of the voodoo cult is killed in self-defense by advancing Scotland Yard investigators. Lawrence takes the surviving and disturbed Elvira in his arms and drives with her and a police unit from the property.
Reviews
"Shrill Spanish horror film with ghastly effects, bad actors and some sex interludes, as they were fashion in cinema in the early 70s."
“A film from Spanish mass production that Leon Klimovsky hastily wound down. Only now and then some nice details and the achievements of makeup artist Miguel Sese tear you from a deep sleep "
Web links
- The rebellion of the living dead in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Living Corpses Rebellion in the online movie database
- Review by Samuel Strehle in the Filmzentrale
- Comparison of the cut versions FSK 18 - Astro unchecked by the zombies' bloodlust at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Rebellion of the Living Corpses. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. Ronald M. Hahn & Volker Jansen: Lexicon of Horror Film, Bastei-Lübbe, 1985, page 362/363