The Butcher of Binbrook

A Spanish movie that was (badly) dubbed into English and released here direct to TV. There's no nudity, sex or violence and there's very little blood so it's perfect for TV.

It deals with this handsome guy traveling to his ancestral home to see his wife (who died after giving birth to a still-born baby). But he can't get into the cemetery to view his wife's grave and everyone is VERY evasive on giving answers as to why.

The plot is all over the place with WAY too many people and situations to keep track of, the special effects are terrible and it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. However this often played on a local TV station when I was in high school. It played from 11:30 at night to 1:30. I saw it and, back then, was scared silly! There's eerie organ music playing through most of the movie, the settings are atmospheric and the plot is so confusing that you have to play strict attention to follow it! Cool monster at the end too. Not a great or even good horror film but not a bomb either.

This movie has a lot of potential. The lighting is eerie, the sets are great, there's crumbling castles, dark cemeteries, shadowy forests, all the elements of an atmospheric horror gem which reminds me of a Hammer Film. Unfortunately, the attacking scenes are awkwardly acted and edited and there is no coherrent story that makes much sense or holds your interest. While it retains a melancholy mood and is worth a look for any big horror fan, the overall experience is tiring without any clear idea of what's happening or when it's going to end.

The DVD is usually overpriced from $16 to $20, however it's still worth it for some rare bonus trailers.

This Spanish-made horror flick suffers from many of the common short-comings of this type of genre; a disconjuncted plot, many awkward cuts and innane dialogues, actresses chosen for their looks more then acting ability, as well as a poor English over-dub of the Spanish screen play. The opening scene grabs your attention, but soon on "Graveyard of Horror" keeps you wondering not only what will happen next, but why what you just saw actually took place. That aside, the film does have some qualities which still can provide an attraction to the most-avid horror fan. The graveyard/castle settings provide a few atmospheric, though not chilling scenes. Best of all is the periodic use in the score of an uniquely errie whistled tune very similar to the melody of "Morning has Broken" which offers a seeming tranquil juxtaposition to the gory nature of this topsy-turvy grave robbing tale.

What if someone made a horror movie that was completely devoid of plot?

Well, I think it would probably end up a little bit like this one. I don't think I've ever seen a move was so steady it its slide from hackneyed (at the beginning) to complete crap (by the end). I only stuck with it, because I kept thinking it couldn't possibly get worse. Well, up until the very end, "Necrophagus"/"Graveyard of Horror" proved me wrong.

Who would have suspected that a movie with an undead lizard-man, evil grave-robbing cultists, and mad scientists tossed in for no discernible reason could suck this bad? One would think there'd at least be some humor value... but not here.

After having away for some time , a young called Michael Sherrington : Bill Curran, returns home to encounter his spouse to find out that she has died during the childbirth . He attempts to solve what happened , but no one , mother and sisters , answer his questions and in fact they have become hostile . There are also two doctors , Dr Lexter : Frank Braña and Dr Kinberg : Antonio Jiménez Escribano who seem to be suspicious by withholding information and know something about her . Then Michael goes to local cemetery asking for the gravedigger : Victor Israel to unearth his wife , but the latter threatens to denounce him to Police . Nevertheleess , the man goes on his obsession and buries out the tomb by digging up where his wife lies to see if he can find out what happened to her , ultimately to resolve that it is empty. Later on , Michael is attacked and knocked out by two weird demon masked beings , and he suddenly disappears .

A bizarre European Gothic with no much sense , horror , supernatural events , hideous monster, weirdness and lousy dubbing . A twisted and absurd mess whose results will leave you embarrasing and bewildering . Resulting to be a rare and eerie terror tale with thrills , chills , plot twists , and being really boring. There appears some habitual Spanish secondaries : Frank Braña, Victor Israel, Antonio Jiménez Escribinano , all of them regular in all kinds of genres of the Sixties ans Seventies as Spaghetti, Paella Western , Terror , Euro-spy sub-genre , Giallo , or Jesus Franco films .

It displays a dark and sinister cinematography by Alfonso Nieva , being extremely necessary a perfect remastering . As well as a gloomy and terrifying musical score by Alfonso Santiesteban. The motion picture was lousily and badly directed by Miguel Madrid who often uses pseudonym Michael Skaife, here providing a morbid and outlandish terror entry with plenty of flashbacks as well . Miguel Madrid was a hack writer and director . He only mady three films, this "Necrophagus" or "The butcher of Binbrook" or "Graveyard of horror" 1971 , an erotic film titled "Bacanal en Directo" 1979 and another terror giallo film , the really weird "El Asesino de Muñecas" 1975 . Rating : 2.5/10 . Below average . Bottom of barrel .