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Director:
Writers:
T.L. Lankford (story)
Fred Olen Ray (screenplay)
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Release Date:
December 1983 (USA) more
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They came out of the grave to get revenge.
Plot:
Silly group of college science students go an dig around in an indian burial ground for artifacts. Unfortunately... more | add synopsis
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Jesus, what a piece of junk. more (37 total)

Cast

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Jo-Ann Robinson ... D.J.

Richard Hench ... Randy / Black Claw
Roger Maycock ... Kershaw Ellerbe
Frank McDonald ... Ben Murphy
Carol Sue Flockhart ... Louise Landon
Barbara Magnusson ... Ellen Corman
Kirk Alyn ... Prof. Machen
Carroll Borland ... Dr. Sharon Reynolds
Cynthia Hartline ... Ann
Forrest J Ackerman ... Prof. Trentwood
George Randall ... Billy Ironwing
Jay Walker ... Kyle Dunne
Frank Scott ... Prospector
Pepi ... Little Kid
Romeo Rodriguis ... Cashier
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Runtime:
82 min
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According to director Fred Olen Ray this film was severely re-edited without his consent by the distributor at the time of its release. Scenes were added out of context which threw off continuity and gave away major spoilers such the fates of most of the characters, as well as the shots of chanting Indian ghost's head, which was haphazardly overlayed over such scenes as the old man cutting his own throat. Also all but one of the scenes showing the ghost with the lion's head were shot as test footage and were never intended to be included in the released film. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Before one man's decapitation, his head comes off before it's supposed to. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Terror on Tape (1983) more

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Jesus, what a piece of junk., 24 November 1999
Author: Kevin Fries (kfries@sd.quik.com) from San Diego Ca.

This one is putrid. No redeeming points at all. A friend rented this and we punched him out for daring to fall asleep during it because we still had to watch it. He deserved it and worse. What could he have been thinking in renting this travesty? Avoid at all costs, even drugging the audience is futile.

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