Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
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50% of critics liked it
(10 reviews) -
38% want to see it
(5,569 ratings)
In Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, an above average slasher/horror film, a group of amateurs decide to experiment with witchcraft with deadly results. This film has a small cult following, due to some extent to the fact that one of the lead characters is played by writer and makeup… More In Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things, an above average slasher/horror film, a group of amateurs decide to experiment with witchcraft with deadly results. This film has a small cult following, due to some extent to the fact that one of the lead characters is played by writer and makeup effects artist Alan Ormsby. Ormsby gives one of the three or four most obnoxious screen performances in history as Alan, the leader of a troupe of actors who try out a voodoo ritual on a corpse only to find out that it has worked on all the corpses in the graveyard. The acting is terrible and the special effects are obvious and cheap, but the film somehow manages to overcome all of this and be quite entertaining, but only for those with strong stomachs. ~ Linda Rasmussen, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bob Clark (III), Bob Clark
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy
- Studio
- VCI
Critic Reviews
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Ian Berriman, SFX Magazine
Like watching a George Romero rip-off, directed by Ed Wood, with a script scribbled by Joe Orton while he was ripped to the tits on poppers.
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Clark accordingly avails himself of the best abysmal wisecracks, offhand surrealism, and decomposing mise-en-scène available
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
On a technical level, at least, it's great fun.
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Jeremiah Kipp, Slant Magazine
Clever title, insufferable movie!
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Jeremiah Kipp, Slant Magazine
Clark's first film is memorable only for its catchy title.
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Cast
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Alecs Baird
as Caretaker
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Paul Cronin
as Paul
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Jane Daly
as Terry
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Roy Engelman
as Roy
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Bob Filep
as Emerson
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Anya Ormsby
as Anya
- Robert Philip
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Seth Sklarey
as Orville
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Bruce Solomon
as Winns
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Jeff Gillen
as Jeff
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Alan Ormsby
as Alan
- Valerie Mauches
- Valerie Mamches
- Jeffrey Gillen
