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The Curse of the Living Corpse

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A wealthy member of the Sinclair family dies, leaving detailed instructions for his potential heirs, who include Philip (Roy Scheider) and Abigail (Helen Waren). When his relatives refuse to comply with his wishes, the dead man returns from the grave and proceeds to exact his revenge on his insubordinate kin, killing each of them in precisely the ways they most fear. Will anyone be able to escape the terrible vengeance of the murderous undead maniac?
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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews If you love bad films, this one is irresistible. Rated: C Oct 11, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

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Blobbo X Pretty tepid considering plot. Ok if you sleep through this one. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/25 Full Review Audience Member This was supposed to be the Big film in the twin bill with the "Horror of Party Beach". Wrong, it was the girls in bikinis, monsters and bikers that brought them in droves to the Drive In theaters. My mother was a Production Assistant (Ruth Freedman) and was very proud of finding a horse drawn hearse for Del Tenney. She picked out Roy Schider as being an up and comer. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Surprisingly watchable little Gothic potboiler, back with the cheesy Horror Of Party Beach, I had very low expectations, so I was pretty impressed by this one showing even a modicum of proficiency. Worth a look and definitely the better of the two films on this particular disc. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member The Curse of the Living Corpse doesn't bring anything new to the genre other then it's an early slasher in the 10 little Indian vein. Dear old dad suffers from catalepsy, they think him dead & lay him to rest. He has previsions in his will in case he is mistakenly buried alive & needs to return from the grave but of course his family doesn't carry out his wishes & each must meet their gruesome demise. Not as schlocky as director Del Tenney's other works but still pretty stilted. It's b/w photography could have been put to better use & the acting is more then sub par even w/ the screen debut of Roy Scheider. Seen it all before as everyone is bumped off one by one & even a couple of stupid Mick cops show up to investigate. Im a little rough in my rating but this formula has been done dozens of times & a hell of a lot better Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member This one was just ok. I liked the Party Beach one better. Not the worst B but not the best either. Oh and Roy Scheider was in it. LOL! He's so famous for being in Jaws. Sometimes you see great actors in these old second rate movies. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member some people may rate this movie as predictable but i got the identity of the killer, if you have an hr and a bit going spare with nothing to do give this old thriller a watch you could do worse Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A wealthy member of the Sinclair family dies, leaving detailed instructions for his potential heirs, who include Philip (Roy Scheider) and Abigail (Helen Waren). When his relatives refuse to comply with his wishes, the dead man returns from the grave and proceeds to exact his revenge on his insubordinate kin, killing each of them in precisely the ways they most fear. Will anyone be able to escape the terrible vengeance of the murderous undead maniac?
Director
Del Tenney
Producer
Del Tenney
Production Co
20th Century Fox
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 21, 2019
Runtime
1h 24m
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