Graveyard of Horror is a 1971 horror film about a husband investigating the death of his wife during childbirth. Also released as The Butcher of Binbrook
Written and directed by Miguel Madrid [as Michael Skaife] (The Killer of Dolls). Produced by Tony Recoder.
The Films Internacionales production stars Bill Curran, Catherine Ellison, John Clark, María Paz Madrid, Marisa Shiero, Titania Clement, Frank Braña, Víctor Israel and Beatriz Elorrieta.
Plot:
After having been away for some time, a husband returns home to his wife but is shocked to find that she has died during childbirth. No one will tell him anything when he tries to discover more details of the tragedy. Frustrated, he decides to dig up his wife’s grave to see if he can find out exactly what happened to her, however he’s not prepared for what he finds…
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Reviews:
Critical reaction to the film has always been wholly negative. The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror noted that “the direction is amateurish, the acting wooden and the script confused.”
In his seminal tome Euro Gothic, Jonathan Rigby describes it as “an incoherent mess, with repeated shots of pulsing grave earth counting as the only glimmers of imagination in the entire enterprise.”
Meanwhile, horror historian and critic Kim Newman noted on his website that the movie is “incoherent, fragmentary, absurd, inconclusive and nonsensical”.
Down Among the Movies noted “you don’t really know what’s going on for most of the film and I think that’s why it fails.”
On the other hand, Bleeding Skull! praised the “dizzying handheld shots, nonsense edits, inanimate closeZ-ups during times of action, and boffo music cues that could break glass.”
Trailer:
Free to watch online [English subtitles available]:
Cast and characters:
Bill Curran … Michael Sherrington; Catherine Ellison … Lady Anne; John Clark … Sir Robert; María Paz Madrid … Barbara [as Yocasta Grey]; Marisa Shiero … Pamela; Titania Clement … Lilith; Frank Braña … Doctor Lexter; Víctor Israel … Mr Fowles; Beatriz Elorrieta … Margaret [as Beatriz Lacy]; J.R. Clarke … Inspector Harrison; Antonio Jiménez Escribano … Doctor Kinberg; Inés Morales … Elizabeth [as Senny Green]; Rosario Royo … Señora en tren – Lady on Train; José Ángel de Juanes … Sir Robert; Miguel Madrid … Mr Skaife
Original Spanish title:
Necrophagus
Country of origin:
Spain
Filming locations:
El Espinar, Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain
Pelayos de la Presa, Madrid, Spain
San Martín de Valdeiglesias, Madrid, Spain
Technical specs:
1 hour 26 minutes
Mono
1.85: 1
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