Cemetery Man [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

Director: Michele Soavi Michele Soavi

Overview

Achingly romantic and creepy-funny, this funereal fantasy from the director of La Chiesa (1989) is unlike any Italian film in memory. Rupert Everett plays Francesco Dellamorte, a lonely cemetery caretaker who just wants to get out of his small town of Buffalora. His assistant and sole companion, Gnaghi (played by famed French musician Francois Hadji-Lazaro) is an overweight cretin who speaks only in grunts, and the dead people outside are rising from their graves as zombies and trying to have him for breakfast. This situation, coupled with all his other problems, gives Francesco a real complex. His troubles are compounded when he meets a series of mysterious women (all played by the beautiful Anna Falchi) whom he loves before they die tragically. Soavi's film is based on a graphic-novel, Dylan Dog by Tiziano Sclavi, but Soavi's more obvious influences range from Jean Rollin's La Rose de Fer (1973) to Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (1990). Barbara Cupisti (of Soavi's Deliria) has a small role, and the film also benefits from Manuel de Sica's memorable score and excellent pacing by editor Franco Fraticelli. This is a film to savor and it will go down as one of the most striking Italian genre efforts of the decade, despite some weak effects work by the normally reliable Sergio Stivaletti.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/28/2024
UPC:	0760137144731
Original Release:	1994
Rating:	R
Source:	Severin
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	4,118

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Rupert Everett	Francesco Dellamorte,Francesco Dellamorte
François Hadji-Lazaro	Gnaghi,Gnaghi,Gnaghi,Gnaghi
Anna Falchi	She,She
Stefano Masciarelli	Mayor,Mayor
Mickey Knox	Marshall Straniero,Marshall Straniero
Clive Riche	Doctor,Doctor
Fabiana Formica	Valentina,Valentina
Katja Anton	Thin Girl,Thin Girl
Barbara Cupisti	Magda,Magda
Pietro Genuardi	New Mayor Civardi,New Mayor Civardi
Anton Alexander	Franco,Franco
Vito Passeri	Ghigini,Ghigini
Alessandro Zamattio	Claudio,Claudio
Patrizia Punzo	Claudio's Mother,Claudio's Mother
Micha Kopman	2nd Returner,2nd Returner
Renato Donis	Husband of `She',Husband of `She'
Claudia Lawrence	Miss Chiaromondo,Miss Chiaromondo
Francesca Gamba	Hospital Nurse,Hospital Nurse
Elio Cesari	Nun,Nun
Maruizio Romoli	Hospital Doctor,Hospital Doctor
Maddalena Ischiale	Stanza Franco Nurse,Stanza Franco Nurse
Maria Elena Fresu	Hospital Sister,Hospital Sister
Stefano di Tomassi	1st Boy Scout,1st Boy Scout
Simone Ervini	2nd Boy Scout,2nd Boy Scout
Flavio Marti	3rd Boy Scout,3rd Boy Scout
Daniele Mezzoprete	4th Boy Scout,4th Boy Scout
Sandro Prati	1st Boy on Square,1st Boy on Square
Fabio Alberici	2nd Boy on Square,2nd Boy on Square
Tiziano Nardoni	3rd Boy on Square,3rd Boy on Square
Gianluca Gennaro	4th Boy on Square,4th Boy on Square
Marco Fiorentini	Photographer,Photographer
Fiorenzo Marsili	Returning Priest,Returning Priest
Rinaldo Zamperla	Cyclist,Cyclist
Manuel De Sica	Composer,Composer

Technical Credits

Gianni Romoli

Michele Soavi	Director,Director,Producer,Producer
Conchita Airoldi	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Tilde Corsi	Producer,Producer
Dino Di Dionisio	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Gianni Romoli	Producer,Producer,Producer,Producer,Screenwriter,Screenwriter,Screenwriter,Screenwriter
Sergio Stivaletti	Special Effects,Special Effects
Neno Zamperla	Stunts,Stunts