Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:4
Rotten:5
Average Rating:4.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: A movie director and his troupe of actor friends vacation on a remote island where they dig up a corpse and jokingly perform a ceremony to resurrect it. It works! Interesting, garishly-colored... [More]
Starring: Alan Ormsby, Anya Ormsby, Jane Daly, Jeff Gillen
Director: Benjamin Clark
Reviews for Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
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Clark accordingly avails himself of the best abysmal wisecracks, offhand surrealism, and decomposing mise-en-scène available Full Review |
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On a technical level, at least, it's great fun. Full Review |
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Clark's first film is memorable only for its catchy title. Full Review |
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3/5 |
One of the best horror movies of the 70's!
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3/5 |
Truly weird, sometimes effective horror cheapie.
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2/5 |
Pretty bad, but not even close to Bob Clark's worst. This guy directed both "Baby Geniuses," don't forget.
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2/10 |
How can you not like a film with a title like this? Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
April 04, 2007:
"Christmas Story" Director Bob Clark Dies In Crash
Bob Clark, director of "A Christmas Story," "Porky's," and many other works in a career that spanned four decades died in a car crash early this morning in... More...
April 26, 2005:
Bob Clark Wants to Revisit His Old "Dead Things"
You know the horror-remake machine is getting a little crazy when a title like "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" is being suited up for a revisit, but that's... More...
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