Leofwine_draca I remember seeing CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS years and years ago, back when zombie films were few and far between (unlike today, where the opposite is true). It came across as an amateurish, oddball remake of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD, done as a comedy horror with some very poor acting. So how would it hold up today?Well, the truth is that the film does hold some quirky charm, mainly due to the year it was made and the outrageous fashions on display. It's easy to forget that this was made by Bob Clark just prior to BLACK Christmas, so at least it set him up to make at one classic horror movie. The truth is that CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS is only semi-successful at best, as the entire first hour is pretty much a waste of time. It consists of various goofballs wandering around a cheap-looking cemetery, digging up a corpse and spouting some inane dialogue.Things do change for the admittedly scary climax, which is a brief re-run of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD as the reanimated dead gang up on a remote house to chow down on those within. It's fair to say that Alan Ormsby's unforgettable anti-hero is more of a villain than the undead themselves; what a guy, what a performance, it's not one you'll easily forget! If you can get past the poor make-up, Halloween costume-style look of the effects and the non-existent acting, you might just find a quirky little movie with some things to recommend it.

michelle gaeta I'm a huge advocate of not letting others sway one's decision. This sentiment could not be truer in regards to movies. No one has the same taste, experience, or open-mindedness when viewing a film for the first time. My point is, that a bad review for a film doesn't mean a damn thing if you, the viewer, love and appreciate the film. I am admittedly, hard to impress, but I couldn't help but feel like I was experiencing something awesome when I saw this movie for the first time. A low-budget can be what makes a film special, and in this case, the low budget only lends a hand to the atmosphere. So, if you are curious about this fun, creepy, fuzzy-looking zombie flick, please check it out and then come join me as I party with Orville!

johnstonjames not all horror movies have to have a large scale budget and slick polish to be scary. not everything can be 'The Omen' or 'The Exorcist'. personally i think cheapie creepers like this one can be the scariest.this movie was a prelude to much of the horror genre. this pre-dated direct to home video videotaped horror, it features a book of the dead bound in human flesh, and it was well before zombie flicks were filmed in color. it also had a ending similar to Cronenberg's 'It Came From Within' which was a few years later. this film really was one of the first of it's kind.pretty much dime store production values to begin with, it still seems cheaply made but effective. it really is the ideas here that work the best. desecration of the dead, satanic verses, necromancy and necrophilia, all really obscene and profane subject matter. i've always felt it was the subject matter not the budget that make the film. and the subject matter here is very creepy.so much has been overplayed since this time that it's probably difficult for younger audiences to appreciate how effective this film once was and still is in my opinion.this truly is a evil and despicable little film, and it embodies the spirit of what horror movies are all about. they don't make 'em like this anymore which is probably a good thing because we'd all be scared to pieces. try watching this one alone in the dark.

trashgang It all starts with a group of would be actors going to an abandoned island to dig out a corpse and doing some weird stuff with it. The beginning of this cult movie from the drive-in scene starts of a bit of a comedy. Just when you think a-ha here comes the zombies it is some guy from the theater company that is playing a death guy. But somehow the director of the bunch wants more. He's doing some satanic performances to wake the death. Nothing happens they guess, but wait a minute, somethings creeping out of the burial ground...the storyline is very simple and even the place were the movie is shot was just at one place. Simple as that, but it all works fine. Even though it is a low budget the performances is very good. There is a lot of blah blah going on but it is combined with some scary shots or interrupted by someone doing weird stuff. Even as it is extremely slow it is never boring. The red stuff flows, and for a flick of that time there is a good use of the red stuff. Scary it is not, even not frightening but the use of the lightning is well done due the lack of budget, the use of shadows (like in the old German movies) and slomo works fine. Using one place to shoot your film gives you the opportunity to spend money on make up. And they did. I was surprised of the zombies, they all look like zombies, they remembered me of Michael Jackson's Thriller. One of the best zombies I have seen in the seventies. I would not advise this to be watched by children but the older one should play this flick about dead things.