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Cemetery Man

1994 · 104 min

A morbidly funny, surreal slide into madness, blending gore, romance, and existential dread into a uniquely unsettling experience.

Directed by
Michele Soavi
Genres
Comedy, Horror
Tagline
Zombies, guns and sex, OH MY!!!
Overview
Francesco Dellamorte is the groundskeeper at a cemetery where the dead just won’t stay dead—and it’s up to him to deal with those who come back to life with a hunger for human flesh. But Dellamorte’s job soon becomes much more complicated when he falls for an enigmatic young woman whose husband has recently died.

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Directed by
Michele Soavi
Genres
Comedy, Horror
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • madness
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror8
Humour7
Realism3
Romance6
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Genres
comedy, horror
Directed by
Michele Soavi
Written by
Gianni Romoli
Starring
Rupert Everett, François Hadji-Lazaro, Anna Falchi, Mickey Knox, Fabiana Formica, Clive Riche, Katja Anton, Barbara Cupisti
Music
Manuel De Sica, Riccardo Biseo
Cinematography
Mauro Marchetti
Runtime
104 min
Country
Italy, France, Germany
Languages
English, Italian

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