Night of the Scorpion

La casa de las muertas vivientes

Also known as An Open Tomb... An Empty Coffin, Las noches del escorpión, Il cadavere di Helen non mi dava pace, The House of the Living Dead, The Night of the Scorpion

This Spanish-Italian co-production tells the story of a man who feels deep guilt for the death of his wife: he, an alcoholic, is convinced that he accidentally caused her fatal fall in their house while he was drunk. He finds a new wife, but he is unable to cope with his first wife's death. Furthermore, the maid and his sister do not accept the new woman in the household. After a while, bodies begin turn up ... and the grave of the man's first wife is empty!