A cop chases two young people visiting the English countryside, suspecting them of a local murder; unbeknownst to him, the real culprits are the living dead, brought to life with a thirst for human flesh by radiation being used by area farmers as a pesticide alternative.
The film is pretty low-paced but that's not a bad thing. You get some time to get to know the characters who aren't really sympathetic though. Especially the main character ''George'' is an arrogant prick in the beginning although he turns out to be a likeable character when the walking dead rise for their lunch. In the meanwhile you get entertained by great camerawork and a beautiful setting in the countryside of England.
The zombies are, while not covered in bloody make-up like Fulci's zombies, very ghastly and provide some very tensive scene's while in other zombie movies the zombies are just excuses to show some gore. There isn't a whole lot going on the gore part of the movie. Especially not in the first hour or so. Luckily for the gorehounds there are some nice gore-filled scene's near the end of the movie where you will definitely get entertained. The acting is fairly decent. Ray Lovelock does a decent job although I couldn't really take him serious due to the hilarious English dubbing. Alright guys, we figured the main characters are supposed to be English. You didn't have to have Prince Charles dub the whole thing.
Anyway, Jorge Grau proves to be a very talented director. The zombies are ghastly and threatening, the atmosphere is great, and it never gets cheesy or anything like that. Even the fog machines (which often looks very cheesy) fit this movie perfectly.
The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue is a surprisingly good film which also features an amazing ending which will really grab you by the throat.
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