Burial Ground (1981) on Netflix
Professor Ayres opens a crypt he has found and unleashes the dead across the countryside. Guests arriving at his mansion, among them Evelyn and George with their son Michael, face the zombies.
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Plot summary
Professor Ayres obtains a tablet from an ancient Etruscan cave. He proceeds to hack at a cave wall, while a stone mechanism activates behind him. Turning around, he sees a skeletal zombie looming towards him and within seconds, several more catch him and eat him.
A group of people arrive at the country mansion where Ayres is staying. They make up of couple Evelyn and George with their 13-year-old son Michael, and other couples Mark and Janet, and Leslie and James. That night, Michael pretends to be asleep and he walks in on Evelyn and George having sex, upon which Evelyn angrily shoos him away. Janet has a nightmare that something terrible will happen but Mark manages to calm her down.
The next day, James and Leslie head outside to make out. Mark photographs Janet around the estate, while George shows Evelyn the artifacts that Ayres had unearthed from the caves. In the house, the butler Nicholas and the maid Kathleen witness several bulbs exploding due to some electrical interference.
Meanwhile, the countless zombies emerge from the caves and into the countryside. While Janet and Mark make out, a zombie rises from the ground and grabs Janet. They both flee the zombies, as do James and Leslie when they witness one emerging from a stone crypt. Another few zombies encounter Evelyn, George and Michael in the cellar. George attempts to shoot them with his pistol, while Evelyn and Michael escape. They eventually overcome George where they rip him apart and devous his innards.
Cast
- Anna Valenteas Kathryn
- Raimondo Barbierias Professor
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Burial Ground (1981)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The 25-year-old Pietro Barzocchini, credited as Peter Bark, was cast as the young boy Michael so the film could get around Italian laws restricting children in scenes with sexual and violent content.
- The UK VHS release of 1986, on the Apex label as Nights of Terror, was cut by over 13 minutes by the BBFC and the distributor; it was finally released uncut in the UK in 2002.
