Best movie of this year hands down!

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Mad scientist Dr. Breckinridge Brattling (robustly overplayed with eye-rolling histrionic glee by Mark Burns) who resides in a colonial vineyard in South Africa plots to steal people's souls and puts them in jars. Brattling embarks on a bloody murderous rampage in order to achieve his nefarious goal.While director Roy Austin manages to create a decent amount of reasonably spooky atmosphere and makes nice use of the desolate South African countryside, this movie nonetheless proves to be a pretty tedious chore to sit through due to the sluggish pace, a meandering narrative, Lionel Friedberg's flat cinematography, and the overly talky script by Marc Marais. Fortunately, the solid acting from a competent cast keeps this picture watchable, with especially praiseworthy work from Shirley Anne Field as the sweet Mary Anne Carew, Margaret Inglis as stern matriarch Lady Brattling, Dia Sydow as timid servant Lina, and, in an especially lively turn, Lynn Maree as creepy old hag Annie. Moreover, this film does finally come to exciting life during the thrilling climax, but it's a classic example of too little too late. An okay diversion.

House of the Living Dead disappoints in virtually every way, with absolutely no zombies to speak of, terrible pacing, and an absurd mixture of the supernatural and mad scientist genres.Long story made short, a crazed mad scientist has developed a way to steal the souls of animals and people. (Wait a minute, I thought animals weren't supposed to have souls...) He switches identities with his sane twin brother, and all hell breaks loose.Everything about this film is awful. The pacing is snail-like, with long periods devoted to an old woman warning her incoming daughter in law that something awful is about to happen. Combine that with a laugh inducing ending (involving the vengeful spirit of a HORSE!) and you have a recipe for cinematic disaster.If you're in the mood for a Victorian era horror film in the style of Hammer Studios, go rent an actual Hammer film, not this tripe.

It starts out really good, with a lot of elements and characters laid out to build suspense and great atmosphere, but by halfway through it narrows itself down to characters seriously wondering if an escaped stallion is behind the murders. Yes, a horse. And it tries to achieve a feel of all Hell breaking loose at the end with some psychedelic lights and crazy acting which both miss the mark. Worth seeing once, but I consider it to be to period-piece Hammer horror films what Space Mutiny was to Star Wars.Oh, and in a dinner scene about halfway through, our heroine wears an outfit that somehow achieves an insupportable cleavage-to-breast ratio. Science geeks may want to study this scene just to see if they can figure out what laws of physics her corset's breaking. Really. Seriously.Recently bought this in the Nightmare Worlds DVD 50-pack. Not sure if it's gotten its own release.

The title of this film is very misleading,because there are no zombies here.This South African horror deals with science and magic.The script is actually decent,but the film is really boring and dull,and there's no gore at all.To be fair,there are two or three suspenseful scenes,and the ending is quite exciting-this is enough for me to classify "House of the Living Dead" as a decent horror film,so I'll give it 5 out of 10.