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Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
"Come children, Uncle Alan's going to curdle your blood."
"Uncle Alan already does. Turns my stomach, too."
#children shouldn't play with dead things#1972#horror imagery#horror film#bob clark#american cinema#alan ormsby#valerie mamches#jeff gillen#anya ormsby#paul cronin#jane daly#roy engleman#robert philip#bruce solomon#alecs baird#seth sklarey#bob sherman#curtis bryant#carl zittrer#a pretty rough and ready indie horror film about a theatre troupe who fuck around with the occult (and‚ naturally‚ find out)#this hasn't a whole lot to recommend it on its own merits; it's most interesting as a formative work by filmmaker Clark‚ his first stab at#the horror genre. juat a few years later Clark would helm the superlative Black Christmas‚ sincerely one of the greatest slasher#films ever made‚ but Children... is if anything a testament to just how much his style progressed in a short span. there are moments here#that pack a visual punch‚ tbf‚ and once the dead begin to rise it improves considerably. anything with the impressive looking 'Orville'#corpse (third and final pics above) is great. the problem is more in the script‚ cowritten with star and frequent Clark collaborator Ormsby#it's a turgid mess‚ with an hour of bitchy bickering between the theatre group before anything really happens. there's some great snark in#there and it's pretty entertaining at first‚ but my god does it go on (and on) until you're willing the zombies to tear everyone to shreds#in the zombie canon this has obvious debts to Romero's NotLD as well as more traditional folklore‚ but its emphasis stays frustratingly on#the unlikeable characters and their incidental conversations rather than exploring anything more interesting.
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Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things will be released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD on October 25 via VCI Entertainment. The 1972 zombie cult classic is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Bob Clark (Black Christmas, A Christmas Story) directs from a script he co-wrote with Alan Ormsby (Cat People). Ormsby stars with Valerie Mamches, Jeff Gillen, Anya Ormsby, Paul Cronin, Jane Daly, Roy Engleman, Robert Philip, and Seth Sklarey.
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things has been newly restored. Special features are listed below.
Special features:
Introduction and Q&A with co-writer/actor Alan Ormsby (new)
Dreaming of Death: Bob Clark’s Horror Films - Featuring-length documentary with cast and crew (new)
Audio commentary by co-writer/actor Alan Ormsby and actors Jane Daly and Anya Cronin
Memories of Bob Clark featurette
2007 Los Angeles Grindhouse Festival Q&A
Interview with construction chief Ken Goch
Photo & poster gallery
"Dead Girls Don't Say No" music video by The Deadthings
"Cemetery Mary" music video by The Deadthings
Theatrical trailer
Radio spots
Booklet with liner notes by Patrick McCabe
Six theater friends decide to have a little fun by having a mock Satanic ritual. To do so, they head to an isolated island, dig up a rotting corpse, and perform the spooky ceremony. The group's director is disappointed when the initial ritual fails and continues to push it. Eventually he succeeds in raising the dead and soon realizes it's not always best to get what you wish for.
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