As this Italian horror film opens nineteen year old Mirta is in a car with her boyfriend, Robin. She is scared as they are speeding along a winding road and he has his eyes closed! Somehow they don't crash and when they stop at an abandoned quarry he produces a strange drug... the next thing we know her parents are preparing to bury her; they both overdosed. Soon after being interred she wakes up and starts to head home. She has a lot to learn about her new existence; not least that if she is to avoid decaying she will have to eat the flesh of the living. There will be difficulties though; as is so often the case in such films there is an ancient organisation that hunts her sort.
When I sat down to watch this I had very little idea of what to expect; I didn't even know it would be in Italian! I think that lack of expectation was a good thing. The opening scene got be gripped and after Mirta returns from the dead it is a little while before it becomes clear what she is. I liked the fact that she is a sympathetic character; despite the fact that she is now killing people she isn't portrayed as a monster. The various deaths are inevitably a little bloody but not excessively so. As well as the violence there is some sex and nudity which I guess may bother some viewers; it's not too embarrassing though; it is hardly the sort of film one would be watching with one's granny! The acting is solid; especially from Alice Pagani who plays Mirta. Overall I wouldn't say this was a must see but it is worth watching if you are a horror fan looking for a twist on the 'undead killer' genre... if you don't enjoy it you'll only waste ninety minutes.
These comments are based on watching the film in Italian with English subtitles.
When I sat down to watch this I had very little idea of what to expect; I didn't even know it would be in Italian! I think that lack of expectation was a good thing. The opening scene got be gripped and after Mirta returns from the dead it is a little while before it becomes clear what she is. I liked the fact that she is a sympathetic character; despite the fact that she is now killing people she isn't portrayed as a monster. The various deaths are inevitably a little bloody but not excessively so. As well as the violence there is some sex and nudity which I guess may bother some viewers; it's not too embarrassing though; it is hardly the sort of film one would be watching with one's granny! The acting is solid; especially from Alice Pagani who plays Mirta. Overall I wouldn't say this was a must see but it is worth watching if you are a horror fan looking for a twist on the 'undead killer' genre... if you don't enjoy it you'll only waste ninety minutes.
These comments are based on watching the film in Italian with English subtitles.