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Six friends in a theatrical troupe dig up a corpse on an abandoned island to use in a mock Satanic rite. It backfires with deadly consequences.Six friends in a theatrical troupe dig up a corpse on an abandoned island to use in a mock Satanic rite. It backfires with deadly consequences.Six friends in a theatrical troupe dig up a corpse on an abandoned island to use in a mock Satanic rite. It backfires with deadly consequences.
Jeff Gillen
- Jeff
- (as Jeffrey Gillen)
Bob Sherman
- Ghoul
- (as Robert Sherman)
William R. 'Bob' Smedley
- Tallest Dead Thing
- (as Robert Smedley)
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- GoofsAlan claims the book of spells, etc. is in a direct line from the Druids, but the Druids never had a written language.
- Crazy creditsThe zombies get into the boat and sail to the city throughout the course of the film's closing credits.
- Alternate versionsAlthough the UK theatrical release of the film was uncut by the BBFC, the 2005 UK Anchor Bay Entertainment DVD release of it was missing about seven minutes of dialogue scenes for unknown reasons. The earlier Exploited Video DVD release of it, however, was completely uncut.
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For the hardcore B-horror movie junkie, I thought I'd pass along some interesting trivia related to this movies promotional scheme. This flick came to my town on the drive-in circuit and somehow managed to talk several area restaurants into offering a special menu for kids (!) that hawked the movie and simultaneously grossed out parents. The menu featured the individual restaurants usual fair, but with new titles... blood shake.. flesh strips (french fries)... brain delight (jello). The half rotten skull visage on the cover of the menu was enough to send most parents into fits. I wish I had kept it. Talk about a collectible! It's a great film, though. Enough tongue in cheek to make its sick theme tolerable. That menu made it impossible for me to see it. Had to wait until I found it on video many years later.
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By what name was Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972) officially released in India in English?
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