Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

Name: Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Released: June 9, 1972
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 47
Cast: Alan Ormsby, Alecs Baird, Anya Ormsby, Bruce Solomon, Jane Daly

1972

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Geneni Film Distributors | Release Date: June 9, 1972 | PG

Starring: Alan Ormsby, Alecs Baird, Anya Ormsby, Bruce Solomon, Jane Daly, Jeff Gillen, Paul Cronin, Robert Philip, Roy Engleman, Valerie Mamches

Summary: Six friends in a theatrical troupe dig up a corpse on an abandoned island to use in a mock Satanic ritual. It backfires with deadly consequences.

Director: Bob Clark

Genre(s): Horror, Comedy

Rating: PG

Runtime: 87 min

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Richard Whittaker

It's that rare horror-comedy that is both comedic and horrifying. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Highly derivative of Night Of The Living Dead and filled with amateurish performances, strained comedy, and zero production values, Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things does convey, nonetheless, an undeniable power in the rising-dead scenes and a genuine mood of unease throughout that most big-budget horror outings fail to capture. Read full review

The Guardian Ronald Bergen

It's an obvious rip-off of George Romero's superior 1968 film, Night of the Living Dead, but it doesn't take itself too seriously. [12 Apr 2007, p.34]