Burial Ground (film)
1981 film by Andrea Bianchi
Burial Ground (original title: Le notti del terrore, also known as Nights of Terror, Zombi Horror, The Zombie Dead) is an Italian exploitation zombie movie directed by Andrea Bianchi. It is one of several films released under the alternative title of Zombie 3.
Plot
Professor Ayers (Benito Barbieri) is studying an ancient crypt near a grand mansion he owns and accidentally unleashes an evil curse. The curse reanimates the dead buried in the area and the zombies devour the professor. Three jet-set couples Mark (Gianluigi Chirizzi) and Janet (Karin Well), James (Simone Mattioli) and Leslie (Antonella Antinori), George (Roberto Caporali) and Evelyn (Mariangela Giordano), who also have their son Michael (Pietro Barzocchini) with them, arrive at the mansion as they were invited by the professor.
Rotting corpses suddenly rise from graves all over the property and attack the guests. The power in the mansion begins acting strangely, going on and off, before it breaks all the light bulbs and stops working. George is killed in front of his wife and son when he tries to shoot the zombies. Evelyn manages to burn some of the zombies, giving her and Michael a chance to run. Janet is injured by a bear trap, but she is freed by Mark with the help of James and Leslie, who also kill some zombies who were getting close.
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