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ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Platypuschow I initially thought that Horror Rises from the Tomb was a Hammer horror movie, it's almost indistinguishable in fact.Instead it's a Spanish feature, during the time Spain was known for fantastic array of horror movies especially zombie ones. Alas this is most certainly not one of them.It tells the story of a pair of witches....lycanthropes...vampires....somethings who are excecuted for their crimes. Cut forward to the 1970's and they're back, and there are some crappy looking zombies in there as well for some reason and erm.....well it's all a big ol' mess.The plot is an inchorent cluster of nonsense and stupidity, the performances are poor even by the days standards and it honestly doesn't really have anything going for it at all.Poorly written, poorly constructed, this is one to go out of your way to avoid.The Good:I liked it from "The End" onwardsThe Bad:Tacky soundtrackDisjointed plotThings I Learnt From This Movie:If you took a Hammer horror movie blended it with a Blind Dead film, removed the skeletons, the production values, and every level of competence you'd have Horror Rises from the Tomb.

Leofwine_draca HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB is another superior slice of Spanish Gothic horror from director Paul Naschy, here teaming up with director Carlos Aured, his second-best director behind Leon Klimovsky. It's another lurid tale, one about a 15th century warlock and his wife who are captured by the authorities and executed on the spot. The narrative then shifts to the modern day, where the warlock's head is dug up and a string of grisly murders unfold.Everything to be known and loved about Spanish horror is present in this film. It's chock full of practical gore effects which have hardly aged since the release, and also packed with nudity from the various starlets, not least Helga Line, one of Spain's finest scream queens (for more of her work check out the excellent HORROR EXPRESS). Best of all it has a great and spooky atmosphere to see it through. Naschy once again shines in a dual role, and his villain in this one really stands out as a horrific fellow. It's simplistic stuff for sure, but when the elements of film-making are this effective it doesn't matter at all.

MartinHafer "Rises From the Tomb" was made back in 1973 but it sat for about a decade until someone finally bought the rights to the film and subsequently released it to video. Because of the quality of the film and because it sat so long (like Ed Wood's "Night of the Ghouls"), I would advise you not to expect very much.The film begins with a tiny bit of gratuitous nudity and violence. A warlock is beheaded and his bride is stripped and killed. Centuries later, his severed head has returned (much like "They Saved Hitler's Brain") and is looking for revenge. And, like the GOOD film "The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism", the head re-attaches itself and goes off looking to commit evil. Now between the first killing and the appearance of the head, the film seems to go on forever and not much of any consequence occurs. It's pretty dull stuff. The talking severed head is at least funny--especially when they try to hide that it's just some guy sticking his head up through a box! Oddly, once the head makes its appearance, lots of ladies start stripping off their clothes...a lot. It goes from a dull horror film to a soft-core porn film with cheesy direction and REALLY cheesy organ music--and a lot of very red blood. Now some of the violence is a bit well done (such as the ribcage scene), but most of it, too, is pure cheese. It comes off less as shocking--more as just sadly done and a bit sadistic. So is the film worth watching? Well, perhaps if you are a bad movie fan and could use a good laugh. Or, if you want an excuse to see lots of very naked women. But if you want a film that is good, then keep looking. It's awfully stupid. Personally, I think I just wasted about 90 minutes of my life! By the way, the captions don't exactly agree with the dubbing--sometimes it isn't very close. Perhaps you'll want to turn off the captions, as this can be a bit distracting.

Woodyanders Evil warlock Alaric De Marnac (the one and only Paul Naschy) gets beheaded for his crimes against humanity in 15th century France. His wicked mistress Mabille De Lancre (ravishing redhead Helga Line) is also tortured and executed. In the modern age Alaric's descendant Hugo (Naschy again), painter Maurice Roland (solid Victor Alcazar), Sylvia (foxy Betsabe Ruiz), and Paula (tasty blonde Cristina Suriani) go to a remote rural town to dig up De Marnac's body. De Marnac and De Lancre return to life so they can wreak more havoc. Director Carlos Aured does an adept job of creating a gloomy tone, maintains an eerie atmosphere throughout, delivers a nice smattering of gratuitous female nudity, and piles on the nasty gore with suitably vicious aplomb. While the film drags quite a bit at the start, it does get progressively sleazier and thus picks up more steam in the third act: we've got creepy zombies, heart eating, hot naked women, and a perfectly grim conclusion. Better still, the fetching female cast is real easy on the eyes; lovely brunette Emma Cohen in particular looks absolutely delectable in her birthday suit. Manuel Merino's sharp cinematography and Carmelo A. Bernaola's groovy, moody, spooky score are both up to par. Well worth watching for Paul Naschy fans.