When state officials test out a new experimental pest-control device that
uses subsonic waves to kill insects, it produces an unwelcome but
interesting side-effect: the noise is enough to wake the dead -- literally --
and the corpses of the recently deceased begin to rise from their
dirt-naps with ravenous appetites for warm human flesh. Since the
predicted zombie jubilee starts off with more than a whimper than a bang
(actually it's more of a wheeze, since these are particularly asthmatic
undead), viewers are left with a rather mundane police drama as clueless
detectives try to pin the mutilation murders on a group of free-wheeling
hippies. Despite high production values and some audacious gore effects
by Giannetto De Rossi (who would later lend his splattery talents to Lucio
Fulci's Zombie and many more Italian zombie films), this Spanish/Italian
co-production falters in the middle thanks to sluggish pacing and dull
investigation scenes, which are devoid of suspense since the zombies'
existence is already made known. Also released under the quaint title
Breakfast at the Manchester Morgue, among others. ~ Cavett Binion, All
Movie Guide
Running Time: 93 mins
Director(s):Jorge Grau
Writer(s):Marcello Coscia, Jorge Grau, Sandro Continenza
MPAA Rating: NR
uses subsonic waves to kill insects, it produces an unwelcome but
interesting side-effect: the noise is enough to wake the dead -- literally --
and the corpses of the recently deceased begin to rise from their
dirt-naps with ravenous appetites for warm human flesh. Since the
predicted zombie jubilee starts off with more than a whimper than a bang
(actually it's more of a wheeze, since these are particularly asthmatic
undead), viewers are left with a rather mundane police drama as clueless
detectives try to pin the mutilation murders on a group of free-wheeling
hippies. Despite high production values and some audacious gore effects
by Giannetto De Rossi (who would later lend his splattery talents to Lucio
Fulci's Zombie and many more Italian zombie films), this Spanish/Italian
co-production falters in the middle thanks to sluggish pacing and dull
investigation scenes, which are devoid of suspense since the zombies'
existence is already made known. Also released under the quaint title
Breakfast at the Manchester Morgue, among others. ~ Cavett Binion, All
Movie Guide
Running Time: 93 mins
Director(s):Jorge Grau
Writer(s):Marcello Coscia, Jorge Grau, Sandro Continenza
MPAA Rating: NR
