Have you ever watched a Fulci zombie movie and thought "this needs to be worse on every level, but still be kind of watchable?" No? Too bad, this movie exists despite your standards.
So, saying _Burial Ground_ is bad is an understatement, though somehow it manages to hit the bullseye just as often as it misses the target completely. Truly a masterpiece that needs to be studied in film school as a reminder of what not to do. Horror fans will understand, this movie is full of all the terrible horror cliches, to the point where it felt like parody as times.
This has to be the only zombie movie I have seen where the zombies are smarter than the people. Seriously, they are able to outsmart them at every turn.
As for our... protagonists... the group of people we have to deal with on this ride, there are only three I will talk about. First, Janet: terminally stupid, like she needs an award for dumbest character in a horror movie. The acting overall is bad here, but she manages to upstage - downstage, if that's a word - everyone else. The worst part may be having to hear her scream - look, I know this is an Italian movie, so I am talking about whoever was her voiceover; someone needed to tell her there is a difference between screams of terror, and moans of ecstasy.
The next two will be mentioned in tandem, Michael, and his mom, Evelyn. Look, I don't get what was going on there. Apparently Michael wanted some of mommy's milk, if you know what I mean. Since the role called for... uncomfortable moments between the two, the dude who plays Michael is clearly a small adult portraying a young boy. Oddly makes it even more creepy.
Look, this movie is insane. I don't know what the writer was thinking here.
I know I mentioned Fulci already, but seriously the movie straight-up rips-off scenes from his films. If you've seen _Zombie_ (1980), you'll know what I mean. Also, they had a scene similar to the notorious drill scene from _The Gates of Hell_ (1980), however they must not have had it in the budget to pay off the kill - actually, upon further research, _The Gates of Hell_ was made in 1980, but not released until 1983, so maybe Fulci wanted to show Bianchi how it's done.
So, yeah, the movie is crazy, front loaded with nudity, has bad acting, cheap effects, the characters stand there and scream instead of running from zombies who move slower than sleeping turtles, but it's still kind of good.
I'd recommend this to fans of Italian zombie movies, specifically. Though, if you just dig so-bad-it's-good movies in general, this is a must watch.