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The Undead (1957)

The Undead poster
Directed by
Roger Corman
Genre
horror film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 48 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A prostitute is hypnotized and regresses to a past life. A psychic guides her through this journey into a previous existence.

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What happens

The Undead is a 1957 horror film directed by Roger Corman and starring Pamela Duncan, Allison Hayes, Richard Garland and Val Dufour. It also features Corman regulars Richard Devon, Dick Miller, Mel Welles and Bruno VeSota. The authors' original working title was The Trance of Diana Love. The film follows the story of a prostitute, Diana Love (Duncan), who is put into a hypnotic trance by psychic Quintus (Dufour), thus causing her to regress to a previous life. Hayes later starred in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958). The film was released on February 14, 1957 by American International Pictures as a double feature with Voodoo Woman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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