Necrophagus (1971)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Director:

Miguel Madrid

Writers:

Miguel Madrid (screenplay)
Miguel Madrid (story)

Release Date:

28 February 1972 (Spain)

Genre:

Horror

Plot Keywords:

Cemetery | Decapitation | Flashback Sequence | One Word Title

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Bill Curran	...	Michael Sherrington
Catherine Ellison	...	Lady Anne
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Braña	...	Dr. Lexter
J.R. Clarke
Titania Clement	...	Lilith
Beatriz Elorrieta	...	Margaret (as Beatriz Lacy)
Sandy Green
José Guardiola	...	Dr. Lexter (voice)
Víctor Israel	...	Mr. Fowles
Antonio Jiménez Escribano	...	Dr. Kinberg
María Paz Madrid	...	Barbara (as Yocasta Grey)
Inés Morales	...	Elizabeth (as Senny Green)
Rosario Royo
Marisa Shiero	...	Pamela

Also Known As:

El descuartizador de Binbrook
Graveyard of Horror
Necromaniac (video title)
The Butcher of Binbrook (USA)
Tráfico de cadáveres (Spain) (working title)
I villa tou tromou (Greece) [el]

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

El Espinar, Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain

Company:

Films Internacionales (FISA)

Movie Connections:

Edited into 42nd Street Forever, Volume 1 (2005) (V)

One of the most supremely bizarre horror films ever!

Firstly a warning: this film is a very aquired taste. If you like 'hip' new American Slasher films such as Wes Craven's "Scream", then this film is probably not for you (your head may explode!) But, if you are a devout fan early-70's Spanish horror films like me, this is very highly recommended. You may feel somewhat dis-orientated - but that is the film's intention, it does not want to you to have a clear idea of exavtly what is going on for the first 50 minutes! The director plays with the viewer by fragmenting the narrative in a jarring way backwards and forwards so the chronology can only be worked out at the end. The wintery locations and gothic imagery give the whole film a sense of unease and melancholy. There would be no point in me trying to explain the plot of this movie as it would ruin the dis-orientating experience. The title has become very mis-leading since Jorg Buttgereit unleashed "Nekromantik" upon the world: there is NO gore, NO nudity, NO graphic depictions of necrophilia. But it certainly IS as disturbing as Buttgereit's film because of all the dark undercurrents in the film's depictions of rural family life and the decay of heritage. However, it is advised that the movie be watched in the language it is shot in, Spanish, as the English dubbing in the American and Scandinavian video releases is truly appalling. Unfortuantely, the Spanish video release (Norma Video) is very very rare.