Corpse Eaters (1974)

Directors:

Donald R. Passmore
Klaus Vetter

Writers:

Alan Nicholson (additional dialogue)
Lawrence Zazelenchuk (screenplay)

Release Date:

16 August 1974 (Canada)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Drenched In Blood Color

Plot:

A story of zombies eating freshly killed humans. |

Plot Keywords:

Eye Gouging | Gore | Funeral Home | Cemetery | Zombie

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Michael Hopkins
Ed LeBreton
Terry London
Michael Krizanc
Helina Carson
Douglas Deering
Gary Stevens
Bill Sharen
Louise Parr
Bill Costello
Cathy Hicky
Ted Majkot
Peter Travaglini
Doris Costello
Chris Kemp

Runtime:

61 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Maniac Productions

Trivia:

Produced in 1973 by Lawrence Zazalenchuk, who owned "The 69 Drive-In" on route 69 outside of Sudbury, Ontario. He had saved $36,000 from working at a nickel mine and decided to write and produce a horror film to screen at his own drive-in. Director Donald Passmore was hired, then fired four days and replaced by Klaus Vetter. Once finished, Zazalenchuk found he could not afford the lab costs to have film developed, but finally saved enough in drive-in proceeds. The film premiered at "The 69 Drive-In" in 1974 and went on to a long local run before it was bought by a New York distributor in the market for a tax write-off.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Nightmare in Canada: Canadian Horror on Film (2004) (TV)

a real grindhouse low budget master piece

This thought long lost flick sometimes comes available on the web. So I bought me a copy. Well, of course the acting is terrible and the story line is childish but it does have his moments. I think people who searched this one also knows the backstory of it. It was made by a grindhouse cinema owner for an extreme low budget. But for me he surely didn't spoiled the money on props but on the make up. The make up is for that kind of flick well done. The zombies are watchable and the gore is intact. The only problem with that kind of movies is the quality of the pelicule. It's terrible, luckely no hiss on the sound but sometimes it's way too dark. So you have to watch clearly to see the gore. In a funny way they tried to sell this one as really not for the squeamish. A voice-over tells in the beginning of the movie to watch out for a sign and a man appearing with green flashes, that tells you there is gore on the way. Of course that doesn't work, made me think of Cannibal Girls, had that annoying bell when the red stuff started to flow. They had the original idea, Cannibal Girls was made a year earlier. Don't go for the storyline, go for the zombies and notice a continuity mistake. When the girl and guy are making love first she takes of her bra, then they make love and suddenly her underwear is back on...try to do that, or am I getting a bit offline,...eat it you ugly corpses