CEMETERY MAN Sequel May Begin Shooting This Year

It has been over fifteen years since Michele Soavi unleashed his horror, comedy, existential, zombie hybrid of a film.  Though Cemetery Man (Dellamorte Dellamore) initially failed to grab audiences and critics alike in 1994, the film began to acquire a cult following on VHS years later.  Now, the film is regarded as one of the best horror films to come out of the 90’s.  So, will the Italian director be returning to the cemetery where the dead don’t like to stay buried?

Soavi, who directed the religious infused horror film The Church and one of my personal favorite slasher films Stagefright, got his start as an assistant director to Dario Argento and Lamberto Bava.  For the past fifteen years he has mainly stuck to directing TV movies.  So, it brought me great joy to hear what Fangoria uncovered in a new interview with fellow Italian cult director Luigi Cozzi.  Cozzi states this about the future of Soavi’s film plans.

“Michele has told me that he has started to write the script for a special horror project he plans to shoot between the end of 2011 and the beginning of 2012,” says Cozzi “A sequel to his gothic masterpiece DELLAMORTE DELLAMORE, a.k.a. CEMETERY MAN. He’s going to produce it himself and wants it to really be a great, strong, shocking Italian horror movie.“

If this is really true … I can not tell you how excited this makes me feel. Seeing Cemetery Man for the first time is such a bizarre and memorable film experience.  I highly recommend to those who are unfamiliar with the thought-provoking “David Lynch meets Mario Bava” zombie film, to seek it out.  The 2006 Anchor Bay DVD is currently out of print and will put you back about $50 if you snag a new copy on “Ebay.” Hopefully with new discussions regarding this great film, the DVD might be re-released.