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The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)
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May 1964 (USA) morePlot:
Relatives gather in an old house for the reading of a will, but the "dead" man comes back to life and starts killing. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Corpse apparently raises a ruckus...actors look embarrassed moreCast
(Credited cast)| Roy Scheider | ... | Philip Sinclair (as Roy R. Scheider) | |
| Helen Warren | ... | Abigail Sinclair | |
| Robert Milli | ... | Bruce Sinclair | |
| Margot Hartman | ... | Vivian Sinclair | |
| Hugh Franklin | ... | James Benson | |
| Linda Donovan | ... | Letty Crews | |
| Dino Narizzano | ... | Robert Harrington | |
| Candace Hilligoss | ... | Deborah Benson | |
| J. Frank Lucas | ... | Seth Lucas | |
| George Cotton | ... | Constable Winters | |
| Jane Bruce | ... | The Cook | |
| Paul Haney | ... | Chief Constable Barnes | |
| William Blood | ... | Minister (as Williiam B. Blood) |
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:13+ (Quebec)Filming Locations:
Stamford, Connecticut, USAFun Stuff
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Roy Scheider (billed with the middle initial R.) and Candace Hilligoss (post-"Carnival of Souls") are the only drawing cards of this cheap, somewhat atmospheric, but slow and sloggy thriller. A wealthy patriarch in 1892 New England promises in his will that horrifying deaths will befall his weak and selfish relatives if they fail to abide by his postmortem wishes. Camera-work and photography adequate, but this is strictly a fill-in-the-blanks screamer. Scheider, young and green, cannot belie his lack of faith in this material, reading his lines in a stilted monotone; he has one of those funny, "mad scientist"-styled speeches at the finish line which nearly renders the movie an unintentional comedy. So, does the corpse rise from the coffin? Initially, it appears to--complete with hat, cape, and cane in hand!--but what follows is pretty tired, even for the bargain-basement horror genre. NO STARS from ****