Stevecorp
Don't listen to the negative reviews
CommentsXp
Best movie ever!
TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Rainey Dawn
This is my kind of 70s B-grade horror film. This is 70s Euro-horror trash that is watchable - enjoyable for me. No this is not a great top-of-the-line high dollar 1970s horror film BUT it is a good horror film with some cool special effects for a budget film. The copy I have is dubbed in English - and I was not disappointed by that.The information I have received on this film: it is a take on the obscure 1958 Universal film "The Thing That Wouldn't Die".How can you go wrong with a headless man, witchcraft, zombies, occult, sacrifices, creepy music and murder? -- it's a horror film! Yes there are plenty of beautiful women in their nighties -- that should please some.I enjoyed this film. I consider this one a "gem" long forgotten by many. It's not a perfect film but it's a decent 70s horror.6.5/10
Bezenby
Note: I've only watched the edited version of this film, and yet, I still enjoyed it. This is one of them Paul Naschy films, which is a name familiar to horror fans, but to be honest this is the first time I've sat down to watch the guy in action, and in this film he plays dual roles.Paul is an evil Count, beheaded in medieval times for Satanism, with his head and torso buried separately. Before getting the chop, Evil Paul puts a curse on everyone involved, as does his wife. Fast forward to the roll neck sweater Seventies, where Good Paul is cynically deriding the superstitions of his mates, who then try to prove evidence of the afterlife with a séance. Bad move. Evil Paul's ghostly head appears and gives away the whereabouts of his body – on Good Paul's family house in the country. Naturally, everyone sets off there to get killed. After getting embroiled in some sort of fight between two criminals and the gun-toting locals (one of the criminals gets a shotgun blast to the face), Good Paul and his crew head to the chalet, where caretaker Garcon and his two daughters reside. It's not before long that the head of Evil Paul is dug up, and, as you would expect, it possesses a local and has him kill and kidnap our victims. While it's missing what seems to be an entire laundry list of gore, the edited version of Horror Rises from the Tomb still managed to keep me hooked. There's simply no boring spots in this film whatsoever. It's creepy to boot, from Evil Paul's head appearing before an artist, causing a painting to bleed, from a well filmed zombie attack, various confrontations with the evil couple and the locals to the final showdown (and demise of one of the heroes, all of a sudden). I can only imagine that the full uncut version would play out like a total classic, so now, obviously, I'm going to have to track that version down. This will do in the meantime.
ma-cortes
Dark Ages , two witches are condemned for murdering and witchery ; they are executed by the authorities , as Alaric De Marnac (Paul Naschy) is beheaded and Mabille De Lancre (Helga Line) is hung , while Alaric pronounces a curse against their future heirs . Modern time , the descendants ( Vic Winnner , Jacinto Molina Cristina Suriani )decide , subsequently a spiritualism season , go to the castle and lands their ancestors . Several centuries later , both of whom are relived by treasure diggers (Luis Ciges) . Then , Alaric and Mabille continue a murderous rampage .This terrifying exploitation picture displays creepy horror ,witchcraft, grisly killing, satanism and lots of blood . B-entertainment with a fairly suspenseful and horrifying story in which sorceresses are brought to life undergoing a cruel slaughter . Lots of blood and gore in several images that impacted the viewers for that time . This tale about a group who is attacked by some malevolent living dead begins well and grows more and more until the frightening and ghastly finale . Revolting, horrible scenes and nasty images take place on cannibal scenes , decapitation , a heart pulled up , and bloody murders with ax and scythe .The movie has a bit of ridiculous gore with loads of blood similar to tomato and is occasionally an engaging horror movie full of nasty sequences , witchery , beheading , and several other things . Sensationalistic and exaggerated performance of Paul Naschy or Jacinto Molina , here he plays three characters. This is the first time that appears Zombies in Spanish cinema, exception to Amando De Ossorio's Templar living dead . Good make-up that lasted nine hours each Zombie-session by Julian Ruiz and well filmed in the mansion of Lozoya whose owners were the Naschy's fathers. It packs a colorful cinematography by Manuel Merino and atmospheric score by Carmelo Bernaola .The late Naschy was a good professional , writing, filmmaking and acting about hundred titles , mainly in terror genre. ¨Exorcismo¨ is written by Molina along with 21 screenplays as ¨Mark of Wolfman¨, ¨Night of Walpurgis¨, ¨Vengeance of the mummy¨, ¨Licantropo¨, among them . He directed 13 films as ¨The Cantabros¨, ¨Return of Wolfman¨, ¨The Beast and the magic sword¨ and several others.This is the first production realized by Profilmes - the Spanish Hammer- whose chairmen , Ricardo Muñoz and Jose Antonio Perez Giner assigned to Jacinto Molina the writing a rapid screenplay , Nashcy wrote it in two days and as was born the ¨Horror rises from the tomb ¨. Ten years later , Naschy goes back with the Alaric De Marnac role in the film titled ¨Latidos De Panico¨ that acted , produced , wrote and directed in thriller style . The picture is regularly directed by Carlos Aured who was a director assistant to Leon Klimovsky ; this is his first movie and he would on filming for Jacinto Molina as the ¨Revenge of the mummy , House of the Doom , and Return of Walpugis ¨ . Rating: 5,5 . The flick will appeal to Jacinto Molina fans and Euroterror buffs .
NightOfTheLivingDon
If you're anything like me, you can't get enough of bad horror movies. While others will mock such favorites as "Jack Frost", "Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2", and "The Video Dead", I rewind them and watch again! I wish the same could be said for "El espanto surge de la tumba," or as Americans might know it, "Horror Rises from the Tomb." The movie starts out promising enough. It had the same feel to it as "Anthropophagus: The Grim Reaper" but soon fell very short. Apart from a few well executed death scenes and a somewhat surprising death near the end (though the movie's so drawn out by then, you don't care) "El espanto surge de la tumba" is a stale, yawn fest. I've heard good things about Jacinto Molina, so I hope this isn't the best he has to offer. Highlights of "El espanto surge de la tumba" for those who have seen it* Wow, I didn't know they executed witches like that. * I know him! He was just the...yeah, that's him! * Do you know John Edward? Tell him to kiss my grits! * I DON'T HAVE TO EXPLAIN MY ART TO YOU!! * No one was in that car. I can tell. * What? * Who the hell is she? * Isn't that her father!! Did Woody Allen direct this? * What? * When did this become a soft core porn? * Fire! Fire!! * I honestly didn't see that coming. Too bad this movie sucks. * Little bit like Conan. * Oh wow, it's over. High five!
