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Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Bob Clark released in USA on 28 february 1973 with Alan Ormsby
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 28 february 1973
Length 1h27
Directed by Bob Clark
OriginUSA
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Rating53%
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (also known as Revenge of the Living Dead, Things From the Dead, and Zreaks) is a 1972 comedic horror film directed by Bob Clark. It later became a cult classic. This low-budget zombie film is the third film of director Bob Clark, who later became famous for directing the films Black Christmas, A Christmas Story, and Porky's.
The film was shot in 14 days on a budget of $50,000. Clark employed some of his college friends on it.
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The story focuses on a theatre troupe, led by Alan (Alan Ormsby). He is a mean-spirited director, who travels with the others by boat to a small island that is mainly used as a cemetery for deranged criminals, to have a night of fun and games. Once on the island Alan tells his group, which he refers to as his "children"— numerous stories relating to the island's history and buried inhabitants. he leads them to a cottage where they are supposed to spend the night. He then opens a chest they had brought with them, puts on a mystical robe and says that they are to prepare for the summation at midnight. Alan takes sheer delight in torturing his cast with threats of firing them if they do not do as he pleases which always makes them go along with his plan. At midnight using a grimoire, Alan begins a séance to raise the dead after digging up the body of a man named Orville Dunworth (Seth Sklarey). Though the original intent of the ritual may have been solely as a joke, Alan appears disappointed that nothing happens.Actors
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