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Orgy of the Dead AKA L'orgia del morti AKA Orgy of the Living Dead AKA La orgía de los muertos AKA The Hanging Woman AKA Beyond the Living Dead AKA Return of the Zombis AKA Bracula, Terror of the Living Dead (1973)
Zombies rise from the grave in a small Balkan village in 19th-century Yugoslavia.Director: José Luis Merino
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:*The Film
Audio Commentary on "The Hanging Woman" with José Luis Merino moderated by Spanish magazine publisher Diego Lopez (in Spanish with English subtitles)
Interview with director José Luis Merino (21:49, in Spanish with English subtitle
Interview with actor Paul Naschy (14:29, in Spanish with English subtitles)
“Naschy 101” featurette (9:59)
Still, Poster and Lobby Card gallery (48 Images)
U.S. Theatrical Trailer (2:13)
The Sweet Sound of Death (Javier Setó, 1965; 76:41)
"The Sweet Sound of Dubbing” interview with dubbing director Ben Tatar (12:44)
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The commentary runs out of sync because it was recorded using the covered Spanish version.
The film has the export credits, the U.S. "The Hanging Woman" title card (the R-rated cut was also released as "Beyond the Living Dead") but ends with the Spanish language credits (the Italian and export credits incldued all cast and technical credits up front while the R-rated version lopped off the opening credits and added an end crawl with mostly fake names).
The Sweet Sound Of Death is presented in English 2.0 Mono.
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Extras:Scenes from the Spanish version (14:08)
U.S. "The Hanging Woman" Title Sequence (4:33)
"Beyond the Living Dead" End Credits (2:34)
Still Gallery (5:10)
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Subtitles:None
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):German Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Released in limited quanitites in a number of different covers from cmv, Inked Pictures, and X-Rated with different cases.
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OVERALL: Draw
The German version is longer but it is not know how this version was assembled and it is not English-friendly while the cut US disc has some intersting extras.
GENERAL NOTES:
The film's export version ran 97 minutes (24 fps) while the R-rated version "The Hanging Woman" lopped off the entire opening title sequence and began with the first shot after the director's credit, inserting the title card over the titular sight, deleted some gore and nudity, and added an end crawl of made up names, running about about 94 minutes. The prints with the "Beyond the Living Dead" title are the same version.
The Spanish version featured covered takes of nudity and cuts to gore.
The 97 minute export version was released on VHS in the U.S. by Wizard Video. That version retained gore and nudity but lost some expository passages to fit the film onto a T-90 cassette (the running time was just over ninety minutes with only room for an FBI warning logo and no Wizard logo).
The Troma "Final Cut" was assembled using the Wizard version and the "Hanging Woman" version, including the export credits but clipping the title card and leaving "The Hanging Woman" card in the spot where it appeared in the R-rated version and adding the Spanish end credits to the end of the film. This assembly was missing a couple short sequences that were present in one or the other tape sources as a result of sloppy research.
The original export title was "Bracula, Terror of the Living Dead" but that card was replaced with "Return of the Zombis" (sic). -
CUTS:
- R0 The Final Cut America- Troma - Yes - A composite of different VHS sources missing some available footage (95:06 NTSC) but it would run 93:55 without the Spanish end credits sequence (which is unnecessary since the English credits have all of the cast and crew up front)
- R2 Germany- cmv-Laservision - No cuts - Seems to correspond to the uncut version (94:04 PAL)
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Comparison added by Samuel_Scott on 02/10/09
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 08/12/20UPDATE LOG:
21/02/16: Changed to R0. ASIN added. RT of movie added
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27/07/20: Version notes.
08/12/20: Typo.
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