Cave of the Living Dead

1964 "Beyond the black mouth of the cursed cave lurked the unfleshed…"
5.4| 1h27m| en
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The German police cannot solve the mystery of the seven murders which have alarmed the local villagers. They call in Inspector Doren of Interpol, and the only clue the Chief Constable can give the detective is the fact that, each time a murder was committed, the electric lights in the whole neighborhood went out. The locals believe that the killings of the young girls are linked to the vague shadows in the caves under the local castle and to the mysterious Curse of the Green Eyes.

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Interesteg What makes it different from others?
Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
Leoni Haney Yes, absolutely, there is fun to be had, as well as many, many things to go boom, all amid an atmospheric urban jungle.
trimbolicelia Good spooky mid 60's West German-made, English-dubbed horror-thriller. A police inspector goes to an isolated small town to investigate strange vampiric killings. The mood is similar to the West German Edgar Wallace films made at the time. Has a politically incorrect character in the role of a reclusive professor's black servant. Has some spookily atmospheric scenes. The only available DVD is the Image Entertainment DVD. The quality is very good. No extras though. The film starts immediately. Highly recommended for the film itself.
Rainey Dawn I have to say some of the cinematography is outstanding - deeply and eerily Gothic. At times it reminded me a bit of Nosferatu (1922). The way the vampire came creeping into the bedroom, black magic, the grotto and the spirits dancing around the fire for examples.The film plays out like a horror mystery rather than pure horror. It is more or less a detective story and not a bad one. Of course this detective has a witch helping him get to the bottom of the mystery. In a lot of ways it's your average vampire story: do vampires really exist, some believe it while others don't, a search for the vampires, etc. So it's not a bad watch.Curse of the Green Eyes, Night of the Vampire or Curse of the Living Dead -- some the names you can find this film under. 6/10
Leslie Howard Adams Released and Presented by Richard Gordon (who had absolutely nothing to do with the production of this film) in the U.S. as "Cave of the Living Dead". The police cannot solve the mystery of the seven murders which have alarmed the local villagers. They call in Inspector Doren (Adrian Hoven) of Interpol,and the only clue the Chief Constable can give his young and famous (it says here) is the fact that, each time a murder was committed, the electric lights in the whole neighborhood went out.The locals believe that the killings of the young girls are linked to the vague shadows in the caves under the local castle and to the mysterious Curse of the Green Eyes. They distrust the young-and-famous inspector and offer no assistance when still another murder takes place in the village inn---in the room next to that occupied by the young-and-famous inspector---and the body disappears.There are may suspects: the chattering innkeeper; the servant John (John Kitzmiller); the deaf-and-dumb Tom (Emmerich Schrenk); and the inscrutable doctor, Profesor Adelsberg (Wolfgang Preiss) who has been issuing strange death certificates.Doren moves to the castle where Professor Adelsberg is carrying out some scientific studies. There, he meets the Professor's pretty assistant, Karin (Karin Field.) She is marked as the next victim, and would have been if the young-and-famous Interpol Inspector hadn't managed to discover the secret of the caves of the living dead and unmask the culprit.
JHC3 Six mysterious deaths of women aged between 18 and 22 years occur over the course of six months in a small, European village. Inspector Frank Dorin (Hoven) is sent to investigate. Thought by some to be murders, Dorin is informed by the village doctor (Mohner) that all of the deaths were natural. It seems that each seemingly healthy young woman died of heart failure. Many local residents believe vampires are responsible. A seventh death occurs in the inn in which Inspector Dorin is staying the first night he is in the village. Legend has it that two hundred years ago, a curse forced the vampires to take up residence in a well known grotto in the area. They are said to emerge at midnight every night, but can remain at large for only one hour minus one minute. Inspector Dorin must determine the true cause of the series of deaths before they become a public scandal and before more people perish. In many ways, this is a fairly traditional vampire film with a bit of humor tossed in. Fans of the genre should probably give this one a chance. It was filmed in black and white which many will find adds to its atmosphere. Actor Adrian Hoven who played the inspector is better known for his part in the making of "Mark of the Devil" (1970).

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