Horror Rises from the Tomb

The evil sorcerer Alaric de Marnac is executed along with sexy female witch Mabilee de Lancre during prologue set in fifteenth century.Dunderheads in relative present of the seventies hold a séance and awaken his vengeful spirit.Back from the grave the spirit seeks to have its severed head restored to its body and his lady returned to him.Somewhere in the mix are flesheating zombies and hypnotized semi-* nymphs."Horror Rises from the Tomb" is among my favourite Spanish horror films from early 70's.It has a gruesome decapitation,hearts ripped out from chests,naked women hung upside down from the tree,living corpses and beautiful women with bounteous bare heaving bosoms.There are some obvious pace problems and at times the film meanders like the blind dead through wind-swept graveyards looking for fresh meat.However I am in love with this film and you should too,if you are a fan of Paul Naschy.

I was so excited to come across this little gem (well, to me at least). I bought a $9.99 4 movie DVD set offered by Brentwood Home Video. Since then I have seen this DVD sold for $14.99 just for the single movie, so I got a good deal. If you are reading a review about such an obscure film then most likely you are a fan of 1970s "Euro-trash". In that case, you will have fun with this movie. If your idea of an obscure horror movie is Freddie Vs. Jason, then you are looking at the wrong reviews. This has everything you would want in a 1970s Euro trash flick- cheap gore, boobies, and badly dubbed in english; I love this stuff! So if you are a collector of such fine cinema, then check this one out, I think you will enjoy...

The living head of a minion of Satan put to death centuries ago is unearthed. A nightmare ensues for a group of people as the head sets forth to reunite with it's body. Sadly, most people in this world will never know the immense joy that this film can bring...but for the luckier few of us, this zany little Gothic horror picture delivers the goods with the very best of them. How can one go wrong with cackling disembodied heads, graphic scythe murders, zombie mayhem, and luscious babes roaming the night in their sheerest Frederick's of Hollywood naughties? Grand entertainment, as only the Europeans of the 1970s could create, and an absolute must-see for fans of crazed drive-in culture...there's not a single frame of the film which doesn't look like it was ripped straight from the pages of a Golden-Age horror comic book, and hooray for that. Rates a solid 7 out of 10 as I see it.

OK, I love Paul Naschy, and I love Eurotrash from the 70s. So, if I appear biased in my review, it is unintentional and my exuberance over the genre may be affecting me. We see de Marnac, Naschy plays all three de Marnac characters, beheaded in the beginning (the 15th century), along with his female companion (Helga Liné). They vow to return for vengeance. We then jump to the modern day. The current de Marnac decides to travel to the family estate to explore some superstitious nonsense. Now, I imagine that the family estate is not well heated, but that didn't matter as all the young women in the film either wore very flimsy nightgowns or slept *. You can imagine the treat. The Gothic music throughout added to the terror. When the evil de Marnac and his mistress awaken, we see lots of full frontal and lots of blood and gore, too. Then, we get zombies! Only one person walks away in the end.