Cemetery Man, is an Italian film although it is in English and is based upon the novel by Tiziano Sclavi. The film is set in Italy and is about a man named Francesco Dellamorte, who lives and works at the local cemetery with his mute assistant Gnaghi. In the graveyard several bodies seem to come back alive a week after they died and Francesco, has to kill them. Francesco, then meets a woman who comes to the cemetery often to visit her late husband and soon she falls in love with Francesco. Things get complicated after they have sex on her husband's grave and he comes back to life and she dies of shock. The rest of the movie includes other very unusual things including Francesco meeting other women who look exactly the same as the woman from the cemetery and his partner Gnaghi, falling in love with the decapitated head of a local town girl. Winner of The Silver Scream Award for director Michele Soavi at The Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival, The David Award for Best Production Design at The David di Donatello Awards, The International Fantasy Film Award for Best Actor (Rupert Everett, who plays Francesco) at The Fantasporto Awards, The Audience Award for Michele Soavi at The Gerardmer Film Festival and The Best Actor Award at The Malaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema. Cemetery Man, has good direction, a good script, good performances from everybody involved, good original music, good production design and good makeup and special effects. The film is low budget and is amaturely done but I enjoyed it. The film is a little slow moving and it is filled with dry and dark humour which for the most part works and the film is a well made film and is quite smart and original. I also liked the way the film looked and film dreamlike and like we are watching someone's dream or a nightmare. The film comes up with clever twists and never gets boring and the last half hour is a real mind twister which I didn't totally understand but I liked it all the same. A very original and interesting horror film that also works as a dark comedy and works well.
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