Name: Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film
Director: Naomi Holwill
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2022-04-09
Duration: 89 min
Cast: Manuel de Blas, Lone Fleming, Jorge Grau, Mike Hostench, Steve Jones

Spain gave us zombie cinema's bloodiest secrets—now the ghouls finally talk.

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Overview

Documentary

A feature-length documentary exploring the history of the Spanish zombie film.

Content warning

horror filmmaking

Standout Aspects

Direction

Holwill clearly loves these films more than sleep.

Production

Dug up legends like Jorge Grau before they rotted away.

Best for:Solo·Friends·Rewatch

Heads up:Gore

Director

Naomi Holwill

ReleasedApr 9, 2022

Runtime1h 29m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelmedium

High Rising Productions

Top Cast

Manuel de Blas

Self

Lone Fleming

Self

Jorge Grau

Self

Helga Liné

Self

Antonio Mayans

Self

Sergio Molina

Self

Kim Newman

Self

Jack Taylor

Self

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Jorge Grau's 1974 Let Sleeping Corpses Lie was released in America as Don't Open the Window—despite having no windows of significance.

Cultural

Spanish horror flourished under Franco because censorship was ironically looser for genre films than 'serious' cinema—blood was politically safer than ideas.