Zeder
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| Directed by | Pupi Avati |
| Produced by | Antonio Avati Gianni Minervini Enea Ferrario (Co-Prod) |
| Written by | Antonio Avati Pupi Avati Maurizio Costanzo |
| Starring | Gabriele Lavia |
| Music by | Riz Ortolani |
| Cinematography | Franco Delli Colli |
| Editing by | Amedeo Salfa |
| Distributed by | 20th Century-Fox (Italy) |
| Release date(s) | 1983 |
| Running time | 98 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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Zeder is a 1983 Italian horror film directed by Pupi Avati, starring Gabriele Lavia. The story is about a young novelist who discovers the writings of a late scientist who had found a means of reviving the dead. In the mid-1980s, the film was briefly released on home video in the U.S. under the title Revenge of the Dead.
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Chartres, France, in 1956. Gabriella (Veronica Moriconi), a girl with apparent psychic powers, is brought to the enormous house of Dr. Meyer (Cesare Barbetti), who intends to conduct an experiment testing her abilities. He takes her down into his basement, where the youngster abruptly falls to her knees and begins digging into the dirt. “This is where you’re hiding, isn’t it?” Meyer yells. He rushes upstairs for help from his assistants and leaves Gabriella by herself. She is attacked by something unseen and is taken to the hospital. In the basement, further digging reveals a rotted corpse, with a nearby wallet identifying the dead man as Paolo Zeder. Dr. Meyer realizes that the earth in which Zeder was buried was a ‘K-Zone’.
In present day Bologna, Stefano (Gabriele Lavia), a novelist, is given an old typewriter as a birthday present by his wife Alessandra (Anne Canovas). One night, after Alessandra has gone to bed, he discovers a series of typed letters on the typewriter's ribbon. As he reads the ribbon, he finds it is an essay written by scientist Paolo Zeder discussing the existence of K-Zones—areas where death ceases to exist. According to Zeder's essay, bodies buried in these zones can return from the dead.
Stefano investigates the message left on the typewriter ribbon. He encounters people who make it clear that they do not appreciate any questions relating to Paolo Zeder or K-Zones. However, the resistance he experiences intrigues him even more. He becomes obsessed with getting answers to the mystery and temporarily abandons his wife. His investigation leads him to a huge old property, ostensibly abandoned but protected by electrified fences. A nearby service station attendant tells Stefano that French investors are building a gigantic hotel on the property, but no work is ever seen being done.
Stefano sneaks onto the property, and discovers surveillance equipment with numerous monitors showing the dead face of a man buried in a coffin. Stefano watches the monitors. The dead man is Paolo Zeder himself, and his rebirth from the dead is caught on camera. Stefano manages to elude the conspirators involved in the experimental work, but finds his wife has been murdered by them. At night, he buries her in a K-Zone located on the abandoned property. She revives and approaches her husband. In the darkness, Stefano begins screaming horribly.
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