The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue(1974)
1974 · Jorge Grau · 95 min
When a series of murders hit the remote English countryside, a detective suspects a pair of travelers when it is actually the work of the undead, jarred back to life by an experimental ultra-sonic radiation machine used by the Ministry of Agriculture to kill insects.
Horror · Science Fiction · Drama
6.4241 votes
TMDB score
4/5
Intensity
4/5
Gore
3/5
Stays with you
How The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue scares
There's a slow, uneasy dread that builds as the English countryside starts feeling wrong before anything graphic happens. Once the violence kicks in, it turns sudden and nasty, with grim, lingering gore rather than quick jump scares. The threat comes from a science-gone-wrong idea rather than anything magical, giving it a grubby, real-world edge instead of a ghost-story feel. It's more grim and heavy than playful, closer to something that leaves you unsettled than a fun scare.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue rates psychological 2/5, visceral 4/5, gore 4/5, lingering effect 3/5, and overall intensity 4/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 4 of 5
- Gore: 4 of 5
- Lingering: 3 of 5
- Intensity: 4 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 25 of 100 — leans Slow burn
Supernatural vs Real-world: 35 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 65 of 100 — leans Disturbing
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
A slow, moody build with sparse jolts that gradually escalates into a relentless, gory back half.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4.
How scary is The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue rates 4/5 — one of the more punishing watches in the catalog, building its fear through slow-burn dread rather than shocks. It attacks the body more than the mind — physical, in-your-face horror. Expect it to be heavy on gore and genuinely disturbing. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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