Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973) coming from VCI

[Akijama]

Release date: February 23

Amazon pre-order

[jc480]

Ya just got this notification today. This was pretty creepy when I saw it as a kid in the 70s. Watched it again about a month ago and was surprised and how well it has held up for having such a low budget. Very creative and nice little niche zombie flick for having been made on a shoestring. Makeup was pretty effective as well.

[Trekkie313]

Is this worth a blind buy? I keep hearing lots about the movie but have never seen it.

[dsman71]

The first 40 minutes, if I recall were tame but once the Zombies came out and played it was good.
Keep in mind this is a VCI blu ray and I wouldnt expect anything more or less than any of their other releases unless they got new equipment !

[AKORIS]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

Is this worth a blind buy? I keep hearing lots about the movie but have never seen it.

strange film indeed... three quarters of it are borderline awful... obnoxious characters blabbing away and acting stupid-- then the zombies rise and it has a hell of a final act.... this is a movie that I could see a lot of people turning off and missing some cool stuff at the end....

[WinkDinkerson]

This movie reminds me of my one older brother. He and his friends sat up one night for a Halloween movie-thon and CSPWDT was the last one. He said it scared the crap out of them. Years later, I got a copy on vhs and didn't like it at all. I've never watched it again. I may purchase a copy for the nostalgia. Maybe.

[Blu-Superman]

I spent over twenty years trying to find the title of this movie, because I had seen it as a child and all I could remember was how it began (a group of people arrive on a boat to an island) and how it ended (a group of zombies, having killed all the people, get on the boat and drift away from the island)! I will definitely be buying this on day one and look forward to watching it again!

[Rockercub]

Originally Posted by Blu-Superman

I spent over twenty years trying to find the title of this movie, because I had seen it as a child and all I could remember was how it began (a group of people arrive on a boat to an island) and how it ended (a group of zombies, having killed all the people, get on the boat and drift away from the island)! I will definitely be buying this on day one and look forward to watching it again!

Probably should put some spoiler tags on this.

[DarknessBDJM]

Great news, hoping for a nice scan and transfer of good elements and a nice encode. Not sure why Dark Night of the Scarecrow used VC-1 but subsequent releases are MPEG-2 (though still well encoded).

[jaws3dfan]

Ok, it cant be a coincidence that all 3 films recently played at the "DRIVE-IN MASSACRE 2015" event.

http://www.theskylinedrivein.com/

• Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things
• City of the Dead (aka Horror Hotel)
• Ruby

Did VCI host this event?

[BluPat]

I don't have the Blu-ray of it yet, but their release of The Prowler (1951) got good reviews as well.

[ForEver Blu]

Orville!

[Irongod2112]

My favorite Zombie movie of all time!!!

I just hope they can get better film elements for the bluray.... any word?

The DVD is pretty bad... great commentary on it though!!

They should include both the uncut version & the shorter TV cut...

This was a staple in classic TV late night horror back in the 70s & 80s!!

Saw this as a kid and it gave me nightmares for weeks... the MUSIC in this
& the ending with ORVILLE are still SUPER creepy!!

So many people rag on Alan Ormsby's performance but I thought he was awesome in this!!!!

I love how obnoxious he is... it makes the movie!!

I wished he had gone on to act in other movies after this one!!

[confusedcrystal]

The great thing about this movie is the zombies are years ahead of there time. This came out after NOTLD but before Dawn/Day etc. For 1972 they sure look like 80s zombies. The first half is slow but once the undead awake its some of the best zombie scenes ever.

[Irongod2112]

Yeah the Zombie makeup is excellent in this!!

Alan Ormsby did all the make up
for this & also did the Zombie make up in Shock Waves
and if I recall correctly... watch Porky's 2 you see one of the
characters gets buried in a grave yard in pretty much the same Zombie makeup as a little nod to CSPWDT... cool stuff!

[ditcin]

I hope that "Children" is done well, but I'm thrilled that City of the Dead, aka Horror Hotel is making its way to BD.
Both titles are for me.

[Katatonia]

Originally Posted by ditcin

I hope that "Children" is done well, but I'm thrilled that City of the Dead, aka Horror Hotel is making its way to BD.
Both titles are for me.

I just hope that VCI upgrades to using AVC encodes this time, instead of the MPEG-2 encodes they've used on their last few Blu-ray releases.

[Akijama]

Artwork:

[Member-222782]

They finally got the artwork right for this film. Well, at least it's better than everything that came before. Not holding out too much hope it'll actually be a worthwhile upgrade, though. Being as VCI rarely acquires new titles, I wonder why they can't seem to be bothered to invest some money in producing good master/transfers

[junyab]

FANTASTIC news...one of my favourite domestic zombie flicks.

Alan Ormsby is priceless (in this).