Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
“You’re invited to Orville’s coming out party! It’ll be a scream…Yours!”
Six actors go to a graveyard on a remote island to act out a necromantic ritual. The ceremony works, and soon the dead are walking about and chowing down on human flesh.
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Alan Ormsby
Alan
Known for
Dead of Night
Valerie Mamches
Val
Known for
Wanda
Jeff Gillen
Jeff
Known for
A Christmas Story
Dead of Night
Anya Ormsby
Anya
Known for
Dead of Night
Paul Cronin
Paul
Also in
The Great Masquerade
Jane Daly
Terry
Known for
Mission: Impossible III
Dead of Night
Roy Engleman
Roy
No other roles listed
Robert Philip
Emerson
Bruce Solomon
Winns
Known for
Night of the Creeps
Auto Focus
Alecs Baird
Caretaker
No other roles listed
Seth Sklarey
Orville Dunworth
No other roles listed
Bob Sherman
Ghoul
Known for
Holocaust
MacGyver: Trail to Doomsday
Bob Clark Director · Alan Ormsby Screenplay Carl Zittrer Composer
Budget $70K · United States release June 9, 1972 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$70,000
Production
Geneni Film Distributors
Production
United States
Produced in
Zreaks
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 9, 1972
Limited theatrical · San Antonio, Texas
United States · April 25, 1992
Physical · VCI Home Video #2103 [VHS] 85 minutes
United States
September 20, 1972 · Limited theatrical · Spartanburg, South Carolina
February 28, 1973 · Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
Germany
November 14, 2005 · Digital · DVD-Premiere
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