Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (film)

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
Spanish theatrical release film poster.
SpanishNo profanar el sueño de los muertos
Directed byJorge Grau
Written by
Produced byEdmondo Amati
Starring
CinematographyFrancisco Sempere
Edited by
  • Domingo García
  • Vincenzo Tomassi
Music byGiuliano Sorgini
Production
company
    • Star Films S.A.
    • Flaminia Produzioni Cinematografiche
Distributed by
  • Fida Cinematografica (Italy)
  • Mercurio Films S.A. (Spain)
Release dates
  • 30 September 1974 (1974-09-30) (Sitges)
  • 28 November 1974 (1974-11-28) (Italy)
  • 20 October 1975 (1975-10-20) (Spain)
Running time
93 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • Italy

Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (Spanish: No profanar el sueño de los muertos, lit.'Do Not Profane the Sleep of the Dead'; also known as The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue[1] and Don't Open the Window) is a 1974 zombie horror film directed by Jorge Grau, and starring Cristina Galbó, Ray Lovelock and Arthur Kennedy. It focuses on two protagonists who are harassed by a local police investigator in the English countryside and are implicated in murders committed by zombies who have been brought to life by a farming tool designed to kill insects via ultra-sonic radiation.

A co-production between Spain and Italy, Let Sleeping Corpses Lie premiered at the Sitges Film Festival on 30 September 1974, where it won awards for Best Actress (for Galbo) and Best Special Effects. Jorge Grau won the CEC Award for Best Director. In the following years, the film has become a cult classic.[2]

  1. ^ Fleming, John (June 1977). "The Living Dead at The Manchester Morgue". The House of Hammer. 1 (9). London: General Book Distribution: 36.
  2. ^ Curti, Roberto (2017). Riccardo Freda: The Life and Works of a Born Filmmaker. McFarland. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-476-62838-7.

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