Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)

Directed by

Bob Clark

Genre

horror film, comedy horror, zombie film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 105 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cruel theatre director drags his acting troupe to a remote island cemetery. He performs a ritual to raise the dead, but the zombies come back violent and attack the group.

campygrungycreepycomicchaoticgoryatmosphericlow-key

What happens

Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (also known as Revenge of the Living Dead, Things from the Dead, and Zreaks) is a 1972 American comedy 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. In the film, a sadistic theatre director uses a necromantic ritual in an attempt to resurrect the dead in an island cemetery. The attempt backfires, as it creates aggressive zombies which attack the director and his theatrical troupe. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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