Graveyard Of Horror (1971)

EuroThrash, Horror,

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A grief-stricken man, trying to find out what killed his wife and baby, stumbles across a doctor who steals heads from corpses for experiments. This mad scientist, named Michael Sharrington, uses these dead body parts to transmute human cells. One fateful night, Sharrington experiments on his own body. After being buried in the same cemetery he scavenges, the doctor wakes up in a terrifying state!

This Spanish-made horror flick suffers from many of the common short-comings of this type of genre; a disconjuncted plot, many awkward cuts and innane dialogues, actresses chosen for their looks more then acting ability, as well as a poor English over-dub of the Spanish screen play. The opening scene grabs your attention, but soon on "Graveyard of Horror" keeps you wondering not only what will happen next, but why what you just saw actually took place. That aside, the film does have some qualities which still can provide an attraction to the most-avid horror fan. The graveyard/castle settings provide a few atmospheric, though not chilling scenes. Best of all is the periodic use in the score of an uniquely errie whistled tune very similar to the melody of "Morning has Broken" which offers a seeming tranquil juxtaposition to the gory nature of this topsy-turvy grave robbing tale.