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Cemetery Man
Francesco Dellamorte has a bit of a problem. He's the live-in
watchman at the Buffalora Cemetery in northern Italy, where
the corpses are crawling back out of their graves after spending
a mere week in the ground. As you can imagine, that's something
of a nuisance, but if he reports it to the authorities, they'll
shut down the cemetery to investigate, and Francesco will be
out of a job. Since he can't have that happening, he keeps a
loaded pistol with him, which he carries to the door whenever
he answers a knock. It's usually just one of them coming back,
and a single bullet blown solidly through the head takes a zombie
down easily enough. For Francesco, it's a pretty good gig.
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Surrounded by death, and with only the clumsy and deformed
Gnaghi for company, Francesco's life is pretty stable until
he falls for a mourning widow. Anna Falchi plays the object
of his desire (known in the credits as "She"), whom
he seduces in the Buffalora Ossuary (where the bones of the
dead are deposited); the two indulge their strange affections
on her poor husband's grave. Naturally, the old man comes back
and the woman dies in her spouse's ensuing fit of jealous violence.
Francesco is stricken with despair, but naturally She comes
back again. And again.
Cast
| Francesco Dellamorte |
Rupert
Everett |
| She |
Anna Falchi |
| Gnaghi François |
Hadji-Lazaro |
| Marshall Straniero |
Mickey Knox |
| Valentina |
Fabiana Formica |
| Doctor Verseci |
Clive Riche |
| Thin Girl |
Katja Anton |
| Magda |
Barbara Cupisti |
| Franco |
Anton Alexander |
| New Mayor Civardi |
Pietro Genuardi |
| Claudio's Mother |
Pitrazia Punzo |
| Mayor Scanarotti |
Stefano Masciarelli |
| Ghigini |
Vito Passeri |
| Claudio |
Alessandro Zamattio |
| Husband of 'She' |
Renato Donis |
| Miss Chiaromondo |
Claudia Lawrence |
| Hospital Nurse |
Francesca Gamba |
| Nun |
Elio Cesari |
| Hospital Doctor |
Maurizio Romoli |
| Stanza Franco Nurse |
Maddalena Ischiale |
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Trivia
| The budget for this film was $4 million. |
| This movie is loosely based on one of the hottest
selling comic books in Italy, "Dylan Dog". This comic
sells well over a 1 million copies a month. |
| Gnaghi (Francios Hadji-Lazaro) is also a French
rock musician. He also star in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "City
of Lost Children". Check it out. |
| The Japanese laserdisc of "Dellamorte Dellamore"
is 5 minutes longer than the domestic release. I will let you
know the differences as soon as I get it. |
| The "returners" get their energy from
the Mandragola roots in the cemetery. (Soavi, Fango #149) |
| Tangerine Dream was originally supposed to do
the soundtrack, but something else came up. |
| An American company was willing to fund and distribute
the movie if Matt Dylan was cast as Francesco. Thank god, Soavi
said no. |
"Hell, at a certain point in life, you realize you know more dead people than living. "
~Francesco
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