Nonureva Really Surprised!

Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Bezenby This one combines the old Gothic Horror with a bit of giallo, throws in necrophilia, black magic and weird science and tops it off with zombies. That's called knocking it right out the park, right there. We start off with a mysterious lady rooting around a cemetary, trying to find a certain tomb which contains an old man. Once she finds him, she pulls out a document from his corpse and is immediately set upon by a strange, unseen figure. Wha'gawan?Shortly afterwards, our hero Serge turns up. He's a big jerk and it's his uncle that's just been buried. Serge can't understand why the locals won't get him a taxi up to the creepy village just because it happens to be on the 'cemetary road'. Serge gives it the old 'pish posh' routine and gets his gun out, stiffens his upper lip and promptly shits himself when he stumbles upon the hanging corpse of a young woman with a look of terror on his face. Turns out that this woman was his cousin and now that she's dead he's the sole inheritor of the entire estate, which includes of course a huge creepy mansion full of secret passageways. This doesn't make him look too good in the eyes of the police however, who quickly establish that the girl was probably murdered, but then they also suspect that insane graveskeeper that everyone hates (Paul Naschy, doing a lovely loopy turn as Igor). They discover that Naschy is some sort of necrophile who loves taking pictures of dead women, but that's not tasteless enough for this film so hold your horses, because we haven't met the residents of the creepy mansion yet.There's seemingly innocent maid Doris and her father Prof. Leon and his experiments with electricity. Then there Nadia, highly suspicious stepmother who dresses up as a corpse and tries to get Naschy to get it on with her, leading him to run off and apologise to his corpse collection. That's better. Nadia is an opportunist so it doesn't take long for her to run up Serge's trouser leg like a ferret in order to prevent him selling the mansion. Oh, and she also practices black magic into the bargain.Long story short - someone's up to something regarding the house and is willing to kill for that undisclosed reason. If it were a straightforward gothic horror it would still work fine, what with the secret passageways and vanishing corpses, and as a giallo it would still work fine, but to throw some zombie action in the last half an hour, that's putting in overtime.Yes, zombies rise up and we find out all that's going down. Paul Naschy may not be the star here but he still stands out as the (literally) drooling madman who is the key to everything that's happening. This one has been sitting on Youtube for years so it's easily obtainable, and recommended by me, if that means anything at all. Wait - this is meant to be set in Scotland? in toil we krimber

t_atzmueller This film definitely isn't for everyone. It doesn't have much appeal for the younger generation, not those who're used to sophisticated CGI effects nor those who enjoy the average fare of Hollywood horror flicks.For friends of 70's Gothic Euro-horror however, this is a rare gem.The story is, typical for it's time, rather simple and predictable yet the atmosphere of the film is superb.A young royal travels to an unnamed country (the names are mixed English and Russian, the towns name Serbian and the landscape is unmistakably Spanish countryside) to inherit the mansion of his recently deceased uncle. As he arrives at the foggy hamlet there are numerous murders which circulate around the estate. It turns out that the dead - for somebody's nefarious plans - have been reanimated to walking killer machines.As said: the story itself has little flesh but the soundtrack, the claustrophobic settings and lighting and the excellent camera work make this film the perfect film to watch on a dark, rainy, cold evening, while sitting in the warm living room - perhaps with a candle instead of electric light and a snifter of port wine in one hand - enjoying a spooky film from a time when horror was still a little more innocent.I doubt that I'll recommend fans of "La noche del terror ciego" (Night of the blind Terror) or "Los monstruos del terror" (Dracula vs Frankenstein) something new here - likely they've already seen it. However, if you're into the 70's Euro-horror-genre, this is a secret yet top notch tip!

bfan83 It's really difficult to try and explain what THE HANGING WOMAN is about, but I'll give it a shot. A young man returns to his uncle's mansion shortly after his death to find out what really happened to his uncle, and . Upon his arrival, he discovers a woman hanging from a tree. He makes it to the mansion and informs the people there about the woman. When he returns to the spot, she has disappeared. He soon uncovers a plot to make an army of the living dead in order for world dominance.THE HANGING WOMAN is so erratic that you never really understand what's going on. There are also two other sub-plots in the mix here. There are also a couple more things that made me despise this film so much. 1.) Spanish horror star, Paul Naschy was woefully under-used at the necrophiliac gravedigger. 2.) The pacing was awful. It's only a 90 minute film, but it felt like it was four hours long. Mostly due to the fact that nothing is really happening for a good hour of the film. 3.) The incestuous relationship between the uncle's nephew and his nymphomaniac aunt. The love scene was just way too much to handle. And finally, 4.) The ending was completely unbelievable and rushed.Honestly, I can only really recommend THE HANGING WOMAN to Naschy fans. Even that's difficult to do. Skip it and use the 90 minutes of your precious life watching something that's far better (perhaps, HORROR RISES FROM THE TOMB or THE WEREWOLF VS. THE VAMPIRE WOMEN. Two of my personal favorite Naschy film) instead of wasting it on this abomination. Trust me, you'll thank me later.

Vince-5 I saw this dubbed Spanish film as The Hanging Woman, on Gorgon Video. The box promised scenes of brutality, rape, and humiliation beyond Last House on the Left. Just to clear the record, this is not true. There is no rape, and the closest thing to humiliation is when an innocent virgin bares her breasts. There is violence and graphic gore, but it really doesn't kick in until the climax. And what a climax! Bloody zombies rampaging in the best Night of the Living Dead fashion, with the luridness increased in typical European style. The final shot is chilling and almost Bergman-esque. However, the rest of the movie is pretty uneventful. Despite a strong beginning and creepy atmosphere--with the dirtiness of the period perfectly captured by grainy, washed-out color photography--most of the film is like an overlong episode of Dark Shadows. Sexy Dyanik Zurakowska has some powerful nude scenes, and her sex scene with Stelvio Rosi helps spice things up...but not much else happens. Paul Naschy, the reason many people seek this out, has a small role as a red-herring necrophile. On the whole, I think The Hanging Woman is worth seeing--but you should know what you're getting into. If you want your Naschy fix, see one of his werewolf movies.Trivia: La Orgia de los muertos originally hit the States in 1974 as The Hanging Woman. International Artists promoted the film with a Last House-inspired campaign: "For the squeamish, keep repeating: It can't be true, can't be true, can't be true, can't be true, can't be true." Stelvio Rosi was billed as Stanley Cooper.