The Dead Are Alive

The Dead Are Alive

There's No Place To Hide When...

R 1972 · 105 min · ★ 5.8 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A photographer on an archaeological expedition digging up Etruscan ruins in Italy begins to suspect that not all the Etruscans buried there are actually dead.

Directed by Armando Crispino · Written by Bryan Edgar Wallace

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