It looks a bit wild and unkept, not sure why Hitchcock wanted it that way other than to make it seem a bit creepier perhaps? It's not realistic, most graveyards are pretty well looked after.
Now finish up them taters! I'm gonna go fondle my sweaters.
I think I read somewhere that he indeed asked the cemetery owners to let the grass grow for a couple of weeks before filming there. I expect that he wanted both the creepy effect and to show that Eddie Shoebridge had been laid to rest in a rather disreputable part of town.
shareIt's neglect did add to the graveyard's creepiness. I wish that the gravedigger had just been a little bit more creepy.
shareI just watched The Children's Hour (1961) - there is cemetery scene - overgrown also - which reminded my of this topic here.
maybe in 60s/70s village gardens were like that in america - overgrown?