The Dead Are Alive

The Dead Are Alive

There's No Place To Hide When...

Directed by Armando Crispino

Produced by CCC Filmkunst, Mondial Televisione Film

1972105 min5.8 / 10

A paranoid archaeological horror film where ancient Etruscan tombs harbor a supernatural threat that blurs the line between the dead and the living.

A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Dead Are Alive scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Does The Dead Are Alive end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is The Dead Are Alive easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is The Dead Are Alive violent? Somewhat. More violent than 68% of films.

  • Is The Dead Are Alive sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

19/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity9

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise37

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like The Dead Are Alive, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like The Dead Are Alive, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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