The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue
Two stranded travelers become scapegoats in a rural English nightmare where ultrasonic radiation awakens the dead.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- eerie
- macabre
- paranoid
- late night horror marathon
- cult cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly praise Jorge Grau's macabre direction, suspenseful atmosphere, disturbing gore, and unusually effective zombies.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film contrasts lush green English countryside with reanimated corpses and gruesome murders.
George and Edna are harassed and implicated by police while attempting to survive and explain the murders.
Ultrasonic radiation brings the dead back to life and drives the film's central outbreak premise.
Critical reception specifically highlights the creepy droning soundtrack, macabre mood, suspense, and unsettling detail.
Films like The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, and why
Night of the Living Dead
shared zombie horror, rural isolation, social panic, and graphic undead violence
The Beyond
shared Italian zombie cinema, escalating gore, ominous atmosphere, and corpse reanimation
The Crazies
shared science fiction horror premise, investigative tension, and bleak supernatural menace
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
shared countryside setting, folk-adjacent dread, graphic horror, and confrontational genre style
Movie Details
- Director
- Jorge Grau
- Release Date
- 1974-11-28
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (242)
Cast
- Cristina Galbó
- Ray Lovelock
- Arthur Kennedy
- Aldo Massasso
- Giorgio Trestini
- Roberto Posse
- José Lifante
- Jeannine Mestre
- Gengher Gatti
- Fernando Hilbeck
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Shudder, Night Flight Plus
- Rent
- Amazon Video
- Buy
- Amazon Video
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue about?
- Two stranded travelers become scapegoats in a rural English nightmare where ultrasonic radiation awakens the dead.
- What is The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue?
- Critics broadly praise Jorge Grau's macabre direction, suspenseful atmosphere, disturbing gore, and unusually effective zombies.
- Which films are like The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue?
- Films with a similar feel include Night of the Living Dead, The Beyond, The Crazies, and Let Sleeping Corpses Lie.
- How long is The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue?
- The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue?
- In United States, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue streams on Shudder, Night Flight Plus.
