"They Rise At Night!"	Year of Release: 1983 Directed by: Pupi Avati Running Time: Approx. 90 minutes Rating: R Listing on the A.K.A. Page: YES! Click Here! A Second Opinion: The Cavalcade of Schlock Buy it on DVD at: Amazon.com or Movies Unlimited.com. My Rating:

Stefano- A writer who accidentally stumbles upon the secret K-Zone project. He gets chomped by his once dead wife Alexandra.

Alexandra- Stefano's wife. She's around only to give him moral support and sex. Dies somehow, is buried in the K-Zone by Stefano, comes back to life, and takes a bite out of him.

Guido- A police officer and Stefano's friend. For a time it is believed he's involved with the K-Zone Project somehow but it turns out he's not and was killed in a car accident.

Old Guy- Attempts to help Stefano thwart the efforts of the K-Zone project. Gets attacked and killed by a pair of hands coming up through the ground.

Don Mario- Priest who "knows too much." His slashed corpse is discovered by Stefano and the Old Guy.

Luigi Costa- Dead priest that is resurrected in the K-Zone.

Yet another bad zombie flick. Though better than Night of the Zombies in regards to the storyline, at least you saw people die and most of all saw some zombies in that cinematic piece of crap! This director attempted to make a horror/mystery/thriller/chiller and screwed up royally. The movie opens with a woman walking into the yard of an old house. She begins to call out someone's name, when suddenly some cement falls off the roof scaring the poor old wench. Then out of nowhere, we see someone (or something) appear behind her and she spins around and screams. Whatever it was killed her since we see her body at the morgue. Then for some reason this "doctor" shows up. He has the police block off all streets and the house.
He brings in a young girl and takes her down to the basement of the house when strange shallow breathing noises are heard. The doctor apparently needed her to find the body of some scientist in the basement. The girl of course finds the spot and is assailed by an unseen form as the good doctor leaves her downstairs to get his colleagues. We then see her being carried upstairs with a large chunk taken out of her leg. The doctor discovers that the basement of the house must be a K-ZONE!!! A place where everything is out of wack. A place where cats and dogs can get along together. A place that can bring the dead back to life! So then it jumps to about... 30 years later where we meet Stefano and Alexandra, a happily married couple celebrating their first anniversary.
Stefano discovers two letters typed out on the ribbon of his new (used) typewriter he got from his wife (that cheap bitch!). He takes it to some friends to find out what he should do. He ends up going to visit a priest named Luigi Costa. He meets him and talks about the letters. After departing he goes with his good friend Guido for a swim. While they're swimming the lights go out. Guido goes to investigate and Stefano discovers that someone stole the letters. And so Stefano goes home and is stopped by a pretty and very horny young girl who shoves his hand up her shirt and tries to suck face with him. Being the good husband that he is, Stefano pushes her away and goes upstairs to his wife. That same girl eventually calls him and says she knows about the whole K-Zone thing and tries to meet him but is murdered by two guys.
Stefano then goes to visit Luigi's hometown and meets his blind sister. He also discovers that Luigi's grave is empty and has been recently cemented shut. Stefano decides to stay in town and figure all of this out. Alexandra gets frustrated with him and goes back home. She returns though and gives him some moral support. Then upon hearing some stories about the old children's camp, Stefano goes to investigate. He sneaks into the main building and discovers that Luigi Costa's corpse is under surveillance there. He steals a video tape and escapes back to his hotel room. He tells his wife all about what he saw and sends her and the (blank) tape to a friend. And another problem I have with this movie is the annoying music that blares at the most innappropriate times. Two people enter a cab... MUSIC STARTS PLAYING. What the hell is that all about?! Anyways, Alexandra takes a train home and is chased by the guy who had impersonated Luigi Costa.
She escapes and ends up coming back to Stefano. But he's gone off sneaking back into the camp with some old guy. The two come across the slashed corpse of Don Mario, a priest that apparently knew too much. So the two attempt to stop the K-Zone experiment. The Old Guy can't go on so Stefano leaves him behind. As he's resting, the old guy is killed by two pale hands that come out of the ground. Stefano discovers that Luigi Costa is alive again and has killed all of the K-Zone scientists. Stefano escapes and returns to his hotel room to discover his dead wife. So he drags her back to the K-Zone and buries her. She comes back to life and as they're hugging, she takes a bite out of Stefano. And so the K-Zone experiments have temporarily halted and the main cast members have died. Now, if you haven't yet noticed, the director of this film is named Pupi. For some reason that doesn't seem as ironic as it should.

Professor: "So who did you settle on?"
Alexandra: "Him!"
Professor: "Good Afternoon!"
Alexandra: "Isn't he ugly? He's not even rich. But he's an incredible egotist."

Alexandra: "Did you tell that giant to come in here at dawn with our stuff?"
Stefano: "Who cares! Don't you realize I'm talking about insane things?!"
Alexandra: "Sorry."