You missed probably one of the best. "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things"! Virtually the whole movie takes place in a cemetery, lots of zombies crawling from graves, dark creepy vibe thruout. Don't be fooled by the name. This one is awesome! So is "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie". Another one from the same era & with a tongue in cheek title. Most of this takes place in a cemetery, has an odd plot for why the dead rise & lots of atmosphere.. As much as I like your list, these 2 easily replace a few of the lesser graveyard ones.
I freaking love Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things. The atmosphere is eerie, the make-up is disturbing, and the acting is so bad it's good lol. And yeah Let Sleeping Corpses aka Living Dead at Manchester Mourge is timeless and I love how the dead return in it. Also the ending of Spookies has a great cemetery scene.
@@starscreamthecruel8026 i know. It is not well known today or even back in the day. I am showing my age here, but the 1st time I saw it was on local network TV; pre: cable, internet, PCs, the whole lot.. hru-out, I kept saying; "OMG! I can't believe they are showing this on TV!" It was pretty gruesome fpr the time.
I don't think anyone's mentioned it here yet, but Jean Rollin's expressionistic The Iron Rose is a phenomenal graveyard movie. The entire movie takes place in a labyrinthian cemetery that a couple are trapped in like a bizarre purgatory. It's a real cemetery, not a set; incredibly gothic, old and spooky, piled high with headstone built upon headstone, tomb after tomb. I've never seen anything quite like it. Slow, but atmospheric and very memorable. Indicator is going to release this in 4k real soon.
I absolutely love Cemetery Man. It definitely is its own universe, for sure. That’s why I like it so much, it’s darkly beautiful and poetic in a way. Thank you for the video! I’ll have to check out some of the others on the list!
I agree with everything that you said. Not only is it one of my favorite horror movies, but it might be one of my favorite movies in general. I held off rewatching it for a very, very long time because of rumors of a 4K. I’m glad Severin made that happen.
Hi Daniel, The graveyard scene in Mr.Sardonicus is one of my earliest memories. My father was watching it on our black and white tv back in the early 1970s and I was very young. That scene horrified me and burned into my memories, but I never knew the name of the movie until maybe 3 years ago when I saw it on Svengoolie. Now I own it on blu-ray. Also you’re right about Pet Semetary, I watched my daughter like a hawk when she was a toddler because that scene with the truck was horrible. It affected me way more when I became a parent.
My mind went right to the Father's Day segment of Creepshow, but I understand it not making your list since it's just one of five stories. I'm glad to see Return of the Living Dead so high up, it's one of my favorites. BTW, I'm a recent subscriber, and I just wanted to say that I've been really enjoying your videos. :)
One of my favorites has always been 'Night Breed'. The atmosphere is so bleak and imposing....and those great characters! I enjoy your videos very much!
I’m impressed that a lot of the comments on this thread are about “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things”.That was definitely one of the creepiest and most atmospheric horror movies to come out of the 1970s.
There is a movie that I watched as a kid, in late 90s..I'm assuming it came out in late 80s-mid 90s.. very scary and one of the only things I remember is at the end the monster/creatures (which I believe was a mother & son) go into a mausoleum(that has steps) and kind of walk down/spin there way down the steps & into the darkness & I believe it ends there.. been trying to find this movie for over a decade now and can't.. please help! Thnx
Cemetery of Terror! It literally is what happens when someone tries to make Michael Jackson’s Thriller video into a full movie. When I watched it I IMMEDIATELY thought “wow this looks just like thriller” with all the zombies crawling out of the graves and dirt, and wasn’t surprised to learn that that was the goal of the director… to make it look like thriller. Well I WAS surprised to learn that the director actually got the set/art director from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video to design the graveyard and house sets and that’s why it looks so good! Thought I saw you do a review of that movie, so I’m surprised it didn’t make the list!
What a unique idea for a list. So many classics on here. I love City of the Living Dead - it goes hard and is just nasty. I am gonna give Premature Burial a go too. I recently watched the original Omen and it had a tremendous graveyard scene. And on a lighter note, a guilty pleasure movie of mine, Van Helsing, has a fun graveyard scene. Hard to get more atmospheric than a graveyard. Keep up the great work!
You could easily do a top 15 with this. You got Cemetery of Terror, Mortuary, Dance of the Dead, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, Spookies, and Let Sleeping Corpses Lie just to name a few. Great top ten though! Cemetery Man is amazing!
Some of my personal favorite graveyards in horror movies: I Bury the Living (1958) The Return of the Vampire (1943) Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) The Midnight Hour (1985)
The Midnight Hour is awesome. I remember the first time I saw Let's Scare Jessica To Death on TV when I was a kid. That is one creepy movie. The small creepy town atmosphere with the locals and their ominous dead stares would have been enough for me to say I'm outta there. Good stuff.
I remember in the opening scene in The Skull there is a graveyard scene. It's short, budget restricted but all the things r there. A few tombstones, tall unkept grass, black cat, iron gate swinging in the wind, a moaning dog howling in the background even a owl on a tree branch. The whole thing just took a few minutes but it was so,so effective. I admit The Skull is one of my favorite films. A remake could have great possibilities
“Night Breed” is one of my favorite graveyard movies. It’s so strange and original. I remembered watching this when I was very young. It used to show up on cable every now and then and I would watch it every time it was on. I had forgotten about it for so long. It felt like a fever dream until one day something unlocked that core memory. I’m going to have to watch it again.
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The graveyard scene in "Black Sunday" is so spooky and tense. The young girl having to go milk the cow at night next to the graveyard where the undead is slowly unearthing himself. Creepy!!
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things was so scary to me as a kid. It came on TV late at night and I happened upon it and it gave me nightmares for years. A film crew is making a horror movie on an island in an old house and find a book of spells and they recite them as a joke and then the bodies in the cemetery behind the house come to life. I wish they’d remake this one. It’s such a good concept for a movie because you can have the spell be broken at daylight so it’s a survival horror movie where you have to just make it through the night.
One film that keeps coming to mind is City of the Dead. It has a graveyard, but barely has anything to do with the film. The reason I keep thinking of it is that the titular city feels like a graveyard.
I thought of that one too and gave it another look. There’s actually not much graveyard stuff in it at all. But you’re right that the whole town *feels* like one.
Great delection. I also love the opening scene fron TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. A great but not so well known graveyard horror movie is LA ROSE DE FER aka THE IRON ROSE by Jean Rollin (1973). The whole film takes place on an atmospheric graveyard.
The first one I thought of was One Dark Night, about a sorority hazing pledges by having them spend a night in a mausoleum. I remember my dad watching it when I was 6 or so, and some of the scenes are still vividly implanted in my brain.
It was Plague of the Zombies that had a picture in a horror magazine of an actor playing a zombie eating a popsickle and reading a script - priceless!Phantasm is not my favorite but I remember reading an article about the director. His interview was practically a love letter to the horror genre. He reminisced about sitting in movie matinees being totally scared and loving it. Those were my memories too and I will always appreciate him for that.
Awesome list of movies!!! Have seen some of these movies, others will have to check out. Also, have visited the cemetery in Evans City, PA, where "Night of the Living Dead" was filmed. Was just a great experience wandering around that cemetery and actually touching the headstones. Also, in the city center, there are some historical markers placed in honor of the movie and also for the original movie: "The Crazies". + the 1979 movie, "Zombie" has a pretty good scene of the undead crawling out of their graves - love that movie!!
A little know 1964 British b&w movie called Witchcraft has a graveyard scene which scared me so much as a kid I still have dreams of it even now. It involves a wintry night with a witch moaning in her grave which is just… jeezuz 😳
Cemetery Man is one of my favs! Knowing that Michele Soavi worked as a second unit director for Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (sp?) before this help to explain all of the bizaree and stylistic choices. I wish he would have done more along the lines of this, but reverted back to more standard fare back in Italy apparently due to illness of his child.
I went to see Zombie and City of the Living Dead when they came out in the theater. I was hooked on Fulci's movies after that. Me any my buddy were going home after just watching Zombie and we got off the bus right by a cemetery. We never ran so fast in our lives by that cemetery to get home.
Came here specifically in the hopes that Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore) would be on the list and I was not disappointed! But the parenting thing with Pet Semetary is so accurate. I have a five year old son and that's the first thing that pops into my head whenever my son is anywhere near a road.
My childhood home backed onto a giant cemetery and I remember exploring it for hours and hours at a time as a kid. That was unsurprisingly where my interest in horror developed, so this type of movie setting is something I always go back to.
Its borderline criminal that you omitted "The Iron Rose". Easily top 5 for a graveyard horror film because it takes place ONLY in a graveyard, and the graveyard is the instrumental character of the film. I'm assuming you haven't seen it because its kind of obscure in that its french. But there isn't a film with a scary graveyard that touches this one. Definitely worth seeing as it is a slow burn graveyard story that is both creepy and surreal. A nightmare defined.
There's a segment in the horror anthology, "Monster Club," that's set almost entirely in a cemetery. Probably the best segment of the film. "Cemetery Man" is the #1 best graveyard horror films. Total classick.
I am a life-long horror fan closing in on 60. I saw oth Phantasm and Return of the Living Dead at the theater on their initial release. One overlooked is the Italian crud-fest Burial Ground. It features a 25 year old man cast as a young boy dubbed with a high-pitched voice in a particularly disturbing scene.
Looks like some great gothic atmospheres in this list that I'll have to watch! Frankenstein's graveyard and the graveyard in The City of The Dead (Christopher Lee 1960s movie) are my absolute favorites ever, the foggy creepy vibes are immaculate! Love your positive energy and themed lists!
Oh my goodness!!! I've ABSOLUTELY LOVED Graveyard horror films all throughout my life!!! They're so fantastic and fun! When I was in my mid-20's I'd just walk around graveyards for fun...they quiet...the history...nature! Oh I just loved them! And the best one? Definitely "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things"...back in the mid 1980's here in Windsor, Ontario - which is just across the river from Detroit, Michigan, they used to feature a TV horror Double Feature, every Saturday afternoon. It was called, "Thriller: Double Feature" and that show probably leant itself the most to my love of horror movies today. Here's the trailer for "Thriller Double Feature" from back in the day,...and for those who know? They'll notice TONS of clips from the movie I'd mentioned earlier - "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things"! Fantastic! Thanks for making this video, man!
The Grim Reaper statue is Baroque ,very common in European Cathedrals. The best is in St Peter’s, above the entrance to the treasury,with its greasy ratty black vulture wings in flight.
Great list of films with particularly creepy and atmospheric cemetery scenes. I would like to add 2 more titles to this: Firstly "One Dark Night" from 1983, in which there is an incredibly creepy sequence at the end with countless dead people being resurrected, and "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" from 1973, in which there is also an awesome cemetery scene with zombies standing up from their graves.
"The Premature Burial" is definitely an overlooked movie when it comes to cemetery/graveyard movies! There are some absolutely stunning, haunting, and beautiful cemetery/graveyard scenes in the Vincent Price film "Tomb of Ligea" and the Hammer film "Taste The Blood of Dracula"
It's always great to see how enthusiastically you talk about films you like. I'm automatically in a good mood and also want to watch the films. I remember you mentioned Canon action movies in the previous video and I think a video about your favorite Canon action flicks would be very cool.
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things was a movie I saw on TV when I was about 9 and too young to be watching it alone. It gave me nightmares. Fast forward to about 2001 when as an adult I was looking for a video to rent one night. I kept looking through the boxes and just wasn’t finding anything. I saw some movies shoved into a corner among the current horror offerings and I picked up a couple of them. They must’ve been in there for some time because they were full of dust. I proceeded to dust them off and when I saw that title and the picture on the box, I gasped and jumped back a few feet. Of course I rented it.
If I can make a recommendation; watch Cemetary Man in black and white, just tone down the saturation on your TV to zero and watch with no color. It is a totally different feel and actually is better than in color.
Very happy to see city of the living dead on the list. Fulci is a legend. I’m a little surprised not to see Black Sunday on the list. Some of the best black and white, foggy atmospheric cemetery scenes ever
@@cobwebschannelBurial Ground is an Italian Horror film about the dead coming out of the ground, but it’s also an incest vampiric story that follows the greatest directors from the Bava’s; Fulci and Argento styled scenes taking place in a graveyard itself. From the early eighties and possibly well known overseas more so than Amerikkka. Check it out for yourself. I’m sure you’ll love this movie though! Greetings from Boston Massachusetts ❤
@@cobwebschannelWhat about the scene from Lucio Fulci’s Zombie- the original film made in 1979-80(?) ❤ for some reason it’s called Zombi 2 in other parts of the world. Thanks for sharing!
I've seen "Frankenstein" dozens of times; I was in my 20's when I realized that Frankenstein throws a shovel full of dirt in the face of death. I've never seen 'Plague of the Zombies" but have wanted to...I need to order it! "The Reptile" is its Hammer companion and it's a decent film for sure. "Phantasm" has long been a favorite; it's a weird fever dream that just flies by. The recent Blu Ray restoration is wonderful.
Lol "a peaceful place to take a walk"... 😂 that cracked me up! Cool list - I filmed in a graveyards in 3 of my movies - hard to instantly create an atmosphere easier than filming in a graveyard!
"Children shouldn't play with dead things" would be a good choice. One movie that had potential but sucked was "the crypt" good plot idea and decent effects, but a lousy movie.
🥇The #1: (if you like bodies crawling out of the earth in graveyards)…. Cementerio del terror (Cemetery of Terror) (1985). A classic from Mexico🇲🇽 It is very much like a thriller level of corpses bursting out of graves, mausoleums, and the cemetery grounds. For those who have not seen this, it’s a shame.
I absolutely adore the made-for-tv horror comedy The Midnight Hour; watch it every Halloween, AWESOME graveyard scenes. Really hope it gets a Blu-ray release some day. Also, shoutout to Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things!
I love The Midnight Hour! I taped it when it first aired, watched it on UA-cam, and then found it on dvd...I think it's a Spanish release, but the dialogue is still in English. And yeah, the graveyard scenes are pretty awesome!
One thing you failed to note about Phantasm. It pre-dares Star Wars...so calling the Dwarf creatures as "Jawa Like" is a bit of disservice. Phantasm is actually a Sci-Fi film using Horror elements as a means. The Tall Man is an interdimensional Alien that is fighting a war and uses dead bodies as weapons/servants. With the 4 sequels it helps establish this trope. The moving between parallel worlds cements the Sci-Fi backdrop. As Jody, Mike & Reggie are driving towards the city under attack my Giant Silver Spheres...in a kitted out Hemi Cuda. Only sad part is Angus passing which will make a continuance of the series exceptionally tough.
A great cemetery movie that I'd add is Jean Rollin's "La rose de fer" (The Iron Rose) (1973). It's one of Rollin's best, and almost the entire movie is set in a cemetery. More poetic and lyrical than most of his films, but also strange and disturbing. A must see.
What about Zombie Flesh Eaters? Admittedly it's not as much a cemetery or graveyard, but it does feature some brilliant scenes of zombies rising from their graves. Definitely a trope we need to see in more films rather than 'infected' zombies.
You missed probably one of the best. "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things"! Virtually the whole movie takes place in a cemetery, lots of zombies crawling from graves, dark creepy vibe thruout. Don't be fooled by the name. This one is awesome! So is "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie". Another one from the same era & with a tongue in cheek title. Most of this takes place in a cemetery, has an odd plot for why the dead rise & lots of atmosphere.. As much as I like your list, these 2 easily replace a few of the lesser graveyard ones.
I freaking love Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things. The atmosphere is eerie, the make-up is disturbing, and the acting is so bad it's good lol. And yeah Let Sleeping Corpses aka Living Dead at Manchester Mourge is timeless and I love how the dead return in it. Also the ending of Spookies has a great cemetery scene.
I have Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things on DVD. Love that movie.
@@barstro Me too! Awesome flick!
I've seen Children. I figured no one else had because its very rarely mentioned these days.
@@starscreamthecruel8026 i know. It is not well known today or even back in the day. I am showing my age here, but the 1st time I saw it was on local network TV; pre: cable, internet, PCs, the whole lot.. hru-out, I kept saying; "OMG! I can't believe they are showing this on TV!" It was pretty gruesome fpr the time.
I don't think anyone's mentioned it here yet, but Jean Rollin's expressionistic The Iron Rose is a phenomenal graveyard movie. The entire movie takes place in a labyrinthian cemetery that a couple are trapped in like a bizarre purgatory. It's a real cemetery, not a set; incredibly gothic, old and spooky, piled high with headstone built upon headstone, tomb after tomb. I've never seen anything quite like it. Slow, but atmospheric and very memorable. Indicator is going to release this in 4k real soon.
The first movie that came to my mind!!!
I absolutely love Cemetery Man. It definitely is its own universe, for sure. That’s why I like it so much, it’s darkly beautiful and poetic in a way. Thank you for the video! I’ll have to check out some of the others on the list!
I agree with everything that you said. Not only is it one of my favorite horror movies, but it might be one of my favorite movies in general. I held off rewatching it for a very, very long time because of rumors of a 4K. I’m glad Severin made that happen.
I never heard of Cemetery Man before, it’s now on my watchlist for the spooky season! 🎃
Glad to see some love for "Plague of the Zombies." A very underrated Hammer horror.
Love that film!
"They are coming to get you Barbra" isn't an imitation of Vincent Price's voice. It is Boris Karloff's.
FACTS!!! Was just about to point this out. U beat me to it. 😂😅😂
Hi Daniel,
The graveyard scene in Mr.Sardonicus is one of my earliest memories. My father was watching it on our black and white tv back in the early 1970s and I was very young. That scene horrified me and burned into my memories, but I never knew the name of the movie until maybe 3 years ago when I saw it on Svengoolie. Now I own it on blu-ray.
Also you’re right about Pet Semetary, I watched my daughter like a hawk when she was a toddler because that scene with the truck was horrible. It affected me way more when I became a parent.
Honorable mention: Lucio Fulci's "Zombi2" (1979/80) with its INCREDIBLE scene in that old Spanish Conquistadors cemetery...!
My mind went right to the Father's Day segment of Creepshow, but I understand it not making your list since it's just one of five stories. I'm glad to see Return of the Living Dead so high up, it's one of my favorites.
BTW, I'm a recent subscriber, and I just wanted to say that I've been really enjoying your videos. :)
That scared the crap out of me as a child. Zombie apocalypse movies just aren't nearly the same terror level.
Where's my cake!? Where's my cake Ophelia!? Where's my cake you b***!
One of my favorites has always been 'Night Breed'. The atmosphere is so bleak and imposing....and those great characters! I enjoy your videos very much!
I was surprised this didn't make the list.
In "Night of the Living Dead" (1968) the Brother is doing an impression of Boris Karloff.
Thank You for the List and Video 😀
I’m impressed that a lot of the comments on this thread are about “Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things”.That was definitely one of the creepiest and most atmospheric horror movies to come out of the 1970s.
I find that movies characters annoying myself, not a fan.
There is a movie that I watched as a kid, in late 90s..I'm assuming it came out in late 80s-mid 90s.. very scary and one of the only things I remember is at the end the monster/creatures (which I believe was a mother & son) go into a mausoleum(that has steps) and kind of walk down/spin there way down the steps & into the darkness & I believe it ends there.. been trying to find this movie for over a decade now and can't.. please help! Thnx
Cemetery of Terror! It literally is what happens when someone tries to make Michael Jackson’s Thriller video into a full movie. When I watched it I IMMEDIATELY thought “wow this looks just like thriller” with all the zombies crawling out of the graves and dirt, and wasn’t surprised to learn that that was the goal of the director… to make it look like thriller. Well I WAS surprised to learn that the director actually got the set/art director from Michael Jackson’s Thriller video to design the graveyard and house sets and that’s why it looks so good! Thought I saw you do a review of that movie, so I’m surprised it didn’t make the list!
What a unique idea for a list. So many classics on here. I love City of the Living Dead - it goes hard and is just nasty. I am gonna give Premature Burial a go too. I recently watched the original Omen and it had a tremendous graveyard scene. And on a lighter note, a guilty pleasure movie of mine, Van Helsing, has a fun graveyard scene. Hard to get more atmospheric than a graveyard. Keep up the great work!
You could easily do a top 15 with this. You got Cemetery of Terror, Mortuary, Dance of the Dead, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, Spookies, and Let Sleeping Corpses Lie just to name a few. Great top ten though! Cemetery Man is amazing!
Some of my personal favorite graveyards in horror movies:
I Bury the Living (1958)
The Return of the Vampire (1943)
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
The Midnight Hour (1985)
I never hear anyone talk about Midnight Hour. Fun fact. Macaulay Culkin played a trick or treater in that film.
The Midnight Hour is awesome. I remember the first time I saw Let's Scare Jessica To Death on TV when I was a kid. That is one creepy movie. The small creepy town atmosphere with the locals and their ominous dead stares would have been enough for me to say I'm outta there. Good stuff.
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr Toad is a proper classic. I adore that one. Crazy how little traditional Headless Horseman content there is!
I Bury the Living is a great hidden gem. I’d also add Let Sleeping Corpses Lie to the list.
I remember in the opening scene in The Skull there is a graveyard scene. It's short, budget restricted but all the things r there. A few tombstones, tall unkept grass, black cat, iron gate swinging in the wind, a moaning dog howling in the background even a owl on a tree branch. The whole thing just took a few minutes but it was so,so effective. I admit The Skull is one of my favorite films. A remake could have great possibilities
“Night Breed” is one of my favorite graveyard movies. It’s so strange and original. I remembered watching this when I was very young. It used to show up on cable every now and then and I would watch it every time it was on. I had forgotten about it for so long. It felt like a fever dream until one day something unlocked that core memory. I’m going to have to watch it again.
Great list. You should do scenes taking place in cemetaries. The Omen 1976 is on my top of graveyard scenes in a horror movie.
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- Dead Alive
- The Frighteners
- Night Of The Demons
That graveyard scene in Dead Alive/Braindead is one of favorites ever.
"I kick ass for the Lord!"
One Dark Night is an 80s favorite. It didn't actually take place in a cemetery, but in a mausoleum.
Good movie with Meg Tilly.
Fantastic and spooky.
The graveyard scene in "Black Sunday" is so spooky and tense. The young girl having to go milk the cow at night next to the graveyard where the undead is slowly unearthing himself. Creepy!!
Amazing atmosphere in that film!
You should watch "Children shouldn't play with dead things"...got a great cemetery scene
I’ve seen it. It’s okay, but I’m not a huge fan.
My all time favourite zombie movie. I remember it well for the scares and the cemetary gave the movie that nightmarish atmosphere.
I've heard of it but never seen it
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things was so scary to me as a kid. It came on TV late at night and I happened upon it and it gave me nightmares for years. A film crew is making a horror movie on an island in an old house and find a book of spells and they recite them as a joke and then the bodies in the cemetery behind the house come to life. I wish they’d remake this one. It’s such a good concept for a movie because you can have the spell be broken at daylight so it’s a survival horror movie where you have to just make it through the night.
One film that keeps coming to mind is City of the Dead. It has a graveyard, but barely has anything to do with the film. The reason I keep thinking of it is that the titular city feels like a graveyard.
I thought of that one too and gave it another look. There’s actually not much graveyard stuff in it at all. But you’re right that the whole town *feels* like one.
City of the Dead is a great movie!
Great delection. I also love the opening scene fron TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE. A great but not so well known graveyard horror movie is LA ROSE DE FER aka THE IRON ROSE by Jean Rollin (1973). The whole film takes place on an atmospheric graveyard.
The first one I thought of was One Dark Night, about a sorority hazing pledges by having them spend a night in a mausoleum. I remember my dad watching it when I was 6 or so, and some of the scenes are still vividly implanted in my brain.
Great video! I always think of Phantasm when graveyards are mentioned. Probably more time spent in the mortuary, but that’s what I think of.😊
Definitely one of the best. And thank you!
It was Plague of the Zombies that had a picture in a horror magazine of an actor playing a zombie eating a popsickle and reading a script - priceless!Phantasm is not my favorite but I remember reading an article about the director. His interview was practically a love letter to the horror genre. He reminisced about sitting in movie matinees being totally scared and loving it. Those were my memories too and I will always appreciate him for that.
Farmland movies, Graveyard movies, witch movies! I love your concepts!! 💀
Awesome list of movies!!! Have seen some of these movies, others will have to check out. Also, have visited the cemetery in Evans City, PA, where "Night of the Living Dead" was filmed. Was just a great experience wandering around that cemetery and actually touching the headstones. Also, in the city center, there are some historical markers placed in honor of the movie and also for the original movie: "The Crazies".
+ the 1979 movie, "Zombie" has a pretty good scene of the undead crawling out of their graves - love that movie!!
A little know 1964 British b&w movie called Witchcraft has a graveyard scene which scared me so much as a kid I still have dreams of it even now. It involves a wintry night with a witch moaning in her grave which is just… jeezuz 😳
Yeah, that’s a good one! Phenomenal atmosphere in that film.
A great list! Thanks for sharing, and another great video. Eric
I'm glad you picked the awesome graveyard scene in Plague of the Zombies. Hammers absolute finest!
Cemetery Man is one of my favs! Knowing that Michele Soavi worked as a second unit director for Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (sp?) before this help to explain all of the bizaree and stylistic choices. I wish he would have done more along the lines of this, but reverted back to more standard fare back in Italy apparently due to illness of his child.
I went to see Zombie and City of the Living Dead when they came out in the theater. I was hooked on Fulci's movies after that. Me any my buddy were going home after just watching Zombie and we got off the bus right by a cemetery. We never ran so fast in our lives by that cemetery to get home.
Came here specifically in the hopes that Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore) would be on the list and I was not disappointed!
But the parenting thing with Pet Semetary is so accurate. I have a five year old son and that's the first thing that pops into my head whenever my son is anywhere near a road.
My childhood home backed onto a giant cemetery and I remember exploring it for hours and hours at a time as a kid. That was unsurprisingly where my interest in horror developed, so this type of movie setting is something I always go back to.
Its borderline criminal that you omitted "The Iron Rose". Easily top 5 for a graveyard horror film because it takes place ONLY in a graveyard, and the graveyard is the instrumental character of the film. I'm assuming you haven't seen it because its kind of obscure in that its french. But there isn't a film with a scary graveyard that touches this one. Definitely worth seeing as it is a slow burn graveyard story that is both creepy and surreal. A nightmare defined.
There's a segment in the horror anthology, "Monster Club," that's set almost entirely in a cemetery. Probably the best segment of the film. "Cemetery Man" is the #1 best graveyard horror films. Total classick.
I like Return of the Vampire with the incomparable Bela Lugosi. The graveyard where the vampire resides is an important part of the story.
They played that movie all the time when I was a kid. The graveyard scenes were very creepy.
One I would add is Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things.
I saw the title and rushed to the comments to see if he missed this one. It is an all time favorite of mine. Alan Ormsby gave us an amazing gift 🎁
Fantastic list. The top 4 are all time classics that every horror fan needs to check out.
I am a life-long horror fan closing in on 60. I saw oth Phantasm and Return of the Living Dead at the theater on their initial release. One overlooked is the Italian crud-fest Burial Ground. It features a 25 year old man cast as a young boy dubbed with a high-pitched voice in a particularly disturbing scene.
Looks like some great gothic atmospheres in this list that I'll have to watch! Frankenstein's graveyard and the graveyard in The City of The Dead (Christopher Lee 1960s movie) are my absolute favorites ever, the foggy creepy vibes are immaculate! Love your positive energy and themed lists!
Oh my goodness!!! I've ABSOLUTELY LOVED Graveyard horror films all throughout my life!!! They're so fantastic and fun! When I was in my mid-20's I'd just walk around graveyards for fun...they quiet...the history...nature! Oh I just loved them! And the best one? Definitely "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things"...back in the mid 1980's here in Windsor, Ontario - which is just across the river from Detroit, Michigan, they used to feature a TV horror Double Feature, every Saturday afternoon. It was called, "Thriller: Double Feature" and that show probably leant itself the most to my love of horror movies today. Here's the trailer for "Thriller Double Feature" from back in the day,...and for those who know? They'll notice TONS of clips from the movie I'd mentioned earlier - "Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things"! Fantastic!
Thanks for making this video, man!
I so appreciate grave yards! I also love reading the grave stones and old mausoleums. I live in Philly, so many old Graves here! Thank you you rock!
Return of The Vampire is another great one.
Putting Herman Munster in a Semetary movie is genius.
The Grim Reaper statue is Baroque ,very common in European Cathedrals. The best is in St Peter’s, above the entrance to the treasury,with its greasy ratty black vulture wings in flight.
Great list of films with particularly creepy and atmospheric cemetery scenes.
I would like to add 2 more titles to this: Firstly "One Dark Night" from 1983, in which there is an incredibly creepy sequence at the end with countless dead people being resurrected, and "Let Sleeping Corpses Lie" from 1973, in which there is also an awesome cemetery scene with zombies standing up from their graves.
Why is "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things"always forgotten???
B movie AWESOMENESS!!!!
Nightbreed is the first movie that comes to mind for me when I think "graveyards in horror".
That’s definitely a good choice.
Mr. Sardonicus was always one of my favorites! ☺
A+ video!
LOVE IT! Awesome video, such a great spooky genre!
"The Premature Burial" is definitely an overlooked movie when it comes to cemetery/graveyard movies! There are some absolutely stunning, haunting, and beautiful cemetery/graveyard scenes in the Vincent Price film "Tomb of Ligea" and the Hammer film "Taste The Blood of Dracula"
It's always great to see how enthusiastically you talk about films you like. I'm automatically in a good mood and also want to watch the films. I remember you mentioned Canon action movies in the previous video and I think a video about your favorite Canon action flicks would be very cool.
Funny you mention it, because I’m actually planning that video for this summer!
Bill Murray's "The Dead Don't Die" is great! all great actors!
I agree. Fabulous film.
Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things was a movie I saw on TV when I was about 9 and too young to be watching it alone. It gave me nightmares. Fast forward to about 2001 when as an adult I was looking for a video to rent one night. I kept looking through the boxes and just wasn’t finding anything. I saw some movies shoved into a corner among the current horror offerings and I picked up a couple of them. They must’ve been in there for some time because they were full of dust. I proceeded to dust them off and when I saw that title and the picture on the box, I gasped and jumped back a few feet. Of course I rented it.
Me too I watched it when I was too young and it gave me nightmares for a long time lol. Now it's still spooky but also kind of goofy to me.
So happy to see Cemetery Man on this list! Bravo davvero!
A really solid list! Several of my favorites are listed here.
If I can make a recommendation; watch Cemetary Man in black and white, just tone down the saturation on your TV to zero and watch with no color. It is a totally different feel and actually is better than in color.
Guten Morgen Herr Daniel!!! Loving these videos!! Great work Little Brother!
haha Thank you!
Great list & channel!
Love the horror apparel 😂
haha Thank you!
You missed I Bury the Living, a truly unique horror from the 50s. Check it out
Kids Shouldnt Play With Dead Things
Children ......
Hear,hear.
Very happy to see city of the living dead on the list. Fulci is a legend. I’m a little surprised not to see Black Sunday on the list. Some of the best black and white, foggy atmospheric cemetery scenes ever
Another great choice!
Yes !!! Return of the Living Dead! 😍
“A quiet, peaceful walk” Is that code for “eerily silent and paranoia inducing sprint”? 😶
Always. 😉
@@cobwebschannelBurial Ground is an Italian Horror film about the dead coming out of the ground, but it’s also an incest vampiric story that follows the greatest directors from the Bava’s; Fulci and Argento styled scenes taking place in a graveyard itself. From the early eighties and possibly well known overseas more so than Amerikkka. Check it out for yourself. I’m sure you’ll love this movie though! Greetings from Boston Massachusetts ❤
@@cobwebschannelWhat about the scene from Lucio Fulci’s Zombie- the original film made in 1979-80(?) ❤ for some reason it’s called Zombi 2 in other parts of the world. Thanks for sharing!
I've seen "Frankenstein" dozens of times; I was in my 20's when I realized that Frankenstein throws a shovel full of dirt in the face of death. I've never seen 'Plague of the Zombies" but have wanted to...I need to order it! "The Reptile" is its Hammer companion and it's a decent film for sure. "Phantasm" has long been a favorite; it's a weird fever dream that just flies by. The recent Blu Ray restoration is wonderful.
Lol "a peaceful place to take a walk"... 😂 that cracked me up! Cool list - I filmed in a graveyards in 3 of my movies - hard to instantly create an atmosphere easier than filming in a graveyard!
I just realized Cemetery Man also has elements of Vertigo by Hitchcock! Wow!
My second video viewing of yours and I can already see that this is going to be my day off! Lol!
"Children shouldn't play with dead things" would be a good choice. One movie that had potential but sucked was "the crypt" good plot idea and decent effects, but a lousy movie.
Delamorte Delamorte is a brilliant movie. Worth the #1 spot. You also could have added 'Graveyard Disturbance ' from 1987 directed by Lamberto Bava.
Very fun idea for a video. We need more graveyard rep in horror!
This is a BANGER of a video! Absolutely love it, CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD for President!
I appreciate it!
Great video!
BTW, where did you get that wonderful hat???
Thanks! Fright Rags!
Yes! I knew Plague of the Zombies had to be on here. Actually, one of the coolest graveyard scenes I've seen recently is in Frankenweenie.
🥇The #1: (if you like bodies crawling out of the earth in graveyards)….
Cementerio del terror (Cemetery of Terror) (1985). A classic from Mexico🇲🇽
It is very much like a thriller level of corpses bursting out of graves, mausoleums, and the cemetery grounds. For those who have not seen this, it’s a shame.
Loved Dr. Sardonicus! The ending was perfect to me! Such a great movie
Phantasm is absolutely brilliant! A classic!❤
Great list, Daniel! I literally got Cemetery Man on Friday. I can't wait to watch it as it'll be a first time watch.
Thank you Frank! Hope you enjoy that one!
@@cobwebschannel Hell yeah! You know I will. 😂
I absolutely adore the made-for-tv horror comedy The Midnight Hour; watch it every Halloween, AWESOME graveyard scenes. Really hope it gets a Blu-ray release some day. Also, shoutout to Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things!
Midnight Hour is so fun!
I love The Midnight Hour! I taped it when it first aired, watched it on UA-cam, and then found it on dvd...I think it's a Spanish release, but the dialogue is still in English. And yeah, the graveyard scenes are pretty awesome!
Love Midnight Hour! Lee Montgomery!
“They’re coming to get you Barbara.” Is an amazing Boris Karloff impression. Shame on you bro!!!🤣
Living dead at the Manchester morgue, children shouldn't play with dead things are 2 you could have put on your list.
really love both of those!
One thing you failed to note about Phantasm. It pre-dares Star Wars...so calling the Dwarf creatures as "Jawa Like" is a bit of disservice.
Phantasm is actually a Sci-Fi film using Horror elements as a means. The Tall Man is an interdimensional Alien that is fighting a war and uses dead bodies as weapons/servants. With the 4 sequels it helps establish this trope. The moving between parallel worlds cements the Sci-Fi backdrop. As Jody, Mike & Reggie are driving towards the city under attack my Giant Silver Spheres...in a kitted out Hemi Cuda. Only sad part is Angus passing which will make a continuance of the series exceptionally tough.
A great cemetery movie that I'd add is Jean Rollin's "La rose de fer" (The Iron Rose) (1973). It's one of Rollin's best, and almost the entire movie is set in a cemetery. More poetic and lyrical than most of his films, but also strange and disturbing. A must see.
Technically, a raveyard is located on the grounds of a church while a cemetary is a piece of land set aside for burying the dead.
Cemetery land was a crazy wild fun movie.
the cemetery from the opening scene of "Kiss Of The Vampire” (1963)
I've been waiting on this show , one of my new favorites, appreciate the work you put in .
Thank you! Really glad you enjoyed it.
Love this list!
Awesome, glad you enjoyed!
Funniest graveyard scene from Plan Nine From Outer Space….
Pet Sematary: the demonic toddler is unnerving. Also, I recommend Afterlife. Please do a top 10 funeral homes.
Children shouldn't play with dead things.
NOLD - I always thought he was mimicking Karloff.
That works too!
The black cat....Bela Lagosi....
What about Zombie Flesh Eaters? Admittedly it's not as much a cemetery or graveyard, but it does feature some brilliant scenes of zombies rising from their graves. Definitely a trope we need to see in more films rather than 'infected' zombies.
Horror monsters?.
Charles l grant. Werewolf novel. Mummy novel. Vampire novel.
Inspired by the classic universal horror movies.😊
Glad to see love for "Return of the Living Dead." So tired of Romero-purists dismissing it.