Thursday, November 14, 2024

Tubi Thursday: Beyond the Living Dead aka The Hanging Woman (1973)

 Have you ever watched a Film just to make it go away?

Every time I would go onto Tubi, this would pop up and start its random preview clip.

Well, now I've seen it and it's...

A rich guy dies and a big ceremony happens.

Why does one woman lurk in the shadows afterwards?
A woman goes down to the Crypt to take something from the man's body.

A strange person/creature stalks her, however, and she shoots at it unsuccessfully.
That night, a man- Serge Chekov- shows up in Town.

He wanders around for a bit when he hears a noise and then sees the woman from earlier hanging from a tree (hence the alternate Title).

He would turn out to be the new Heir to the dead man's Estate.
He's caught up in the middle of a bunch of family intrigue.

The guy's business partner has a Laboratory in the House and his Daughter is a Maid.
The Daughter is sneaky and into black magic.
The Butler is creepy and violent.
Notably the Film features Paul Naschy as a Gravedigger named Igor.
He was apparently filming another Movie nearby at the time.

He is vague about some evil and threatening, before the Police kill him.
As it turns out, the evil lady and the Scientist were bringing corpses back to life (hence the more regular title).

A big, prolonged scuffle between the Police, Chekov and the Zombies occurs.

The Scientist dies and his body is taken away by his Daughter, but we get the usual 'They don't really win' Ending because '70s.
A pretty good Film, even if the Plot is kind of a weird mess.

So, there's a Scientist and also a wannabe-Witch in the same House.  There's also a murderous Grave Digger.  Could you pick a Plot?

Other than that, it is pretty good.
The Acting is fine.  Mind you, it is all dubbed, so I can only judge so much.

It is mostly a tale of interpersonal Drama with the whole 'killer on the loose' thing and the 'Reviving the dead' Plot kind of lingering in the background.

Our Lead is kind of a jerk.  The Cops aren't much better.

In the End, the Film has a few good moments throughout it, looks nice and lingers more than you'd expect something like this to.
Also who is Bracula?

A decent enough Film, but the dubbing makes it pretty so-so.  The Plot is a bizarre mishmash to boot.

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