''Graveyard Disturbance'' () is a 1987

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directed by

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Plot

Five teen friends after stealing from a store end up in a gothic cemetery. While there they enter a tavern where the bartender challenges them to stay the night in a cursed crypt and if they survive the night, they get a treasure.

Cast

* Gregory Lech Thaddeus as Robin * Lea Martino as Tina * Beatrice Ring as Micky, Davids sister *

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as Gianni * Karl Zinny as David, Micky's brother * Lino Salemme as tavern owner

Production

Following the success of the film ''

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'' and ''

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'' and other foreign horror films in Italy, the company Reiteitalia would announce in July 1986 that a series titled ''Brivido giallo'' which would be made featuring five made-for-television film directed by

. Of these films only four would be made: ''Graveyard Disturbance'', ''

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'', '' The Ogre'' and ''

Dinner with a Vampire ''Dinner with a Vampire'' () is a 1989 Italian television film, television horror film directed by Lamberto Bava and written by Dardano Sacchetti. It was among four films made for the Italian television series ''Brivido Giallo''. Plot Four act ...

''. ''Graveyard Disturbance'' was originally developed under the title ''Dentro il cimitero'' (). Bava described the film as being not as heavy as his ''Demons'' films and would have more "relaxed" and "tongue-in-cheek" approach. The film is set in the countryside around

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Releases

''Graveyard Disturbance'' was first shown at the

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in Spain in October 1987. Lamberto Bava introduced the film himself, telling the audience that it was not intended for theatrical release. The film received a chorus of boos from the audience. It was later aired on

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on August 8, 1989.

Reception

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wrote in his book ''Nightmare Movies'' that ''Graveyard Disturbance'' was an uninspired spoof and Bava's worst film to date.

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External links

* {{Lamberto Bava 1987 television films 1987 films 1987 horror films Italian horror television films Films directed by Lamberto Bava 1980s supernatural horror films Films scored by Simon Boswell Films set in cemeteries 1980s Italian films