The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave

"The Worms are Waiting!"

1971 1h 42m IT

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★6.0TMDB · 86

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A rich, mentally-unstable man with a penchant for playing deadly S&M games with women who resemble his dead wife, sparks off a chain of bizarre events after getting remarried.

“The Worms are Waiting!”

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Cast

Anthony Steffen
Lord Alan Cunningham
Marina Malfatti
Gladys Cunningham
Enzo Tarascio
George Harriman
Giacomo Rossi Stuart
Dr. Richard Timberlane
Umberto Raho
Farley
Roberto Maldera
Albert
Joan C. Davis
Aunt Agatha
Erika Blanc
Susie

Credits

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Director: Emilio P. Miraglia
Writers: Fabio Pittorru, Emilio P. Miraglia, Massimo Felisatti
Languages: Italian
Countries: Italy

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ERA

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55 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Emilio P. Miraglia, shot by Gastone Di Giovanni. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Bruno Nicolai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Romeo Ciatti shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Anthony Steffen and Marina Malfatti and Enzo Tarascio carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The Worms are Waiting!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0067487 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Emilio P. Miraglia directs. Gastone Di Giovanni behind the camera. Bruno Nicolai scores. Romeo Ciatti cuts. Produced in Italy. Dialogue in Italian.

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155 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Emilio P. Miraglia, shot by Gastone Di Giovanni. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Bruno Nicolai. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Romeo Ciatti shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Anthony Steffen and Marina Malfatti and Enzo Tarascio carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The Worms are Waiting!".
8IMDB entry: tt0067487 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 86 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "bondage", "castle", "slasher", "whodunit".

The technical file

Cinematography: Gastone Di Giovanni
Original score: Bruno Nicolai
Editing: Romeo Ciatti
Costume design: Lorenzo Baraldi
Makeup / hair: Marcello Di Paolo
Runtime: 102 min · 1h 42m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: IT
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave (1971)

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Wuchak2023-02-25
★ 6/10
Giallo madness with several alluring redheads A psychologically damaged man living in a castle in Europe (Anthony Steffen) handles his grief over his deceased wife, Evelyn, by bringing home redhead prostitutes or strippers for some macabre thrills. His doctor advises him to marry, which he does, but will this solve his problems? "The Night Evelyn Came Out of the Grave" (1971) is a Giallo film, aka Italian psychological crime/thriller with bits of sexploitation, horror and, maybe, the supernatural. Mario Bava’s contemporaneous “A Bay of Blood” is a good example. While these kinds of movies can be creepy with slasher elements, they’re also sexy (Erika Blanc's coffin dance), perverse (Blanc in panties and thigh-high boots being chased by a guy with a whip), ridiculous (the bloody catfight in the third act) and highly-stylized, not to mention they function as murder mysteries. A highlight here is the female cast, including Maria Teresa Toffano (Polly), Blanc (Susie) and Marina Malfatti as new wife, Gladys, not to mention Paola Natale as Evelyn in flashbacks. It’s curious that the story takes place in the London area because it’s clear that it was shot in Italy. Why not just have the story occur in Italy? In any case, if I’m in the mood for colorful Italian horror from the early 70s, I’ll go with “The Devil’s Nightmare,” which also costars Erika Blanc. Yet there’s enough here to entertain if you like Giallo flicks. The film runs 1 hour, 43 minutes, and was shot at Thiene Castle, which is an hour’s drive northwest of Venice in northeastern Italy, with studio work being done in Rome. GRADE: C+/B-

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