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Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things + Dead of Night [DVD] [1973]

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Alan Ormsby (Actor), Jane Daly (Actor), Bob Clarke (Director) Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Alan Ormsby, Jane Daly
  • Directors: Bob Clarke
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Nucleus
  • DVD Release Date: 21 May 2012
  • Run Time: 170 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B007FUDNYI
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 25,164 in DVD & Blu-ray (See Top 100 in DVD & Blu-ray)

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A troupe of method actors and their despotic director head out to Cocount Grove, Florida where, as a prank, they exhume a corpse called Orville and are subsequently horrified when his similarly deceased friends emerge from their graves to play some deadly games of their own. Filmed as America experienced its post-60s comedown, director Bob Clark's first horror feature began a truly terrifying trilogy that continued with the powerful anti-Vietnam war statement Dead Of Night and climaxed with the classic seasonal (and subsequently re-made) scarefest Black Christmas. This weird and unique horror debut - so lysergic in places you can almost smell the Florida grass - is a long way from Clark's later Murder by Decree, which pitted Sherlock Holmes against Jack The Ripper in the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London. Featuring a cast assembled from various friends, including future Cat People re-make writer Alan Ormsby (who with co-cast member Jeff Gillen went on to direct Deranged, another masterpiece) as well as Jane Daly (one of American TV's most recognisable faces), Clark created one of US independent horror cinema s offbeat classics. Like Let's Scare Jessica to Death, Axe, Devil Times Five and Death Bed, Children Shouldn t Play with Dead Things shows what can be done with inspiration, determination and a limited budget. An unsettling, minimalist electronic score from Carl Zittrer and some of the most outrageous zombies you'll ever see also await within this cult horror classic. And remember, just because somebody's called Orville, it doesn't mean that they're your "very best friend"!

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4.0 out of 5 starsBob Clark Double Delight!
By Harold shand on 20 Jun. 2012
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Bob Clark director of the original 1974 "Black christmas"and 1979's"Murder by decree"shows his under-rated talent again on these earlier two films."Children shouldn't..."was one of his earliest films,witten by Clark and starring collaborator Alan Ormsby and other student friends it borrows quite a bit from recent hit"Night of the living dead".But delivers a entertaining time,despite its tiny budget.Ormsby provided the make-up effects too,which come to the fore in the last third of the film,when the zombies emerge from their graves.Yes,its a bit talky and tedious to that point,but well-acted none the less.The better of the two films,for me,made the same year(on a larger budget)is "Dead of night"AKA"Death dream".This is loosely based upon the short story by WW Jacobs"The monkey's paw",its without a doubt an allegory upon the vietnam conflict.Andy Brooks(played with chilling brilliance by Richard Backus)is killed in action in the opening scenes.Andy's parents,and sister are informed of his death,but his mother totally refuses to accept the news,and sometime later,in the middle of the night when Andy appears,it seems her prayers have been answered.But this is only the beginning as it gradually emerges,Andy isnt,quite himself.I wont give the plot away,but Richard Backus delivers a fantastic performance as the detached Andy,that will stay with you after the film has ended.Yes,the finale is terrific,and poignant too.I had seen"Children"and wanted to see"dead of night"and was not disappointed.This is 1970s Indie horror delivered with gusto,and confirms the question,"Why have so many 1970s horrors been remade in the recent years?"I think you know the answer.I recommend.(The transfers for both films is good quality,with decent soundtrack,and an entertaining audio commentary on"Children")
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4.0 out of 5 starsTwo cult classics at a great price
By Mr Adam Wragg on 16 Oct. 2014
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Dead of Night is quite easily the better of the two, although Children shouldn't play with dead things definitely isn't a bad film, the pacing of the first half is very slow. Once the dead rise it suddenly picks up with creepy zombie make up, and an unsettling soundtrack.

What is great about this package is seeing the filmmakers style mature so much in such a short time, with them obviously learning from the earlier experience with the first film. Unsettling, scary, thoughtful, and by the end comes actually quite touching, this story of an apparently dead soldier returning from Vietnam 'alive' should be far more well known and respected than it is, and is something of a minor horror classic.

This package is great value, with both films presented fully uncut in the one disc. The picture quality isn't amazing? Which is to be expected, particularly with the restored footage, which a disclaimer on the disc points out is due to the quality of the origanal footage, this is a much better compromise than leaving the footage out altogether.
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5.0 out of 5 starsDeathdreams
By phil g on 24 May 2015
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Exploitation classics, the modern school of which lacks the effortless style. Genuinely fxxkin scary in parts, camp & in the case of 'Children' cheerfully silly.Dead of Night is a bit like a zombie variation on taxi drivers urban alienation, post dramatic stress themes. Andy is a great anti-hero and will be in your nightmares(tho u may have a boyfriend just like him!)
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5.0 out of 5 starsUncut versions
By Rag on 15 Sept. 2014
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Excellent item!
Both movies in uncut versions.
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