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Back from the Dead

  • 1957
  • 1h 19m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
202
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Peggie Castle in Back from the Dead (1957)
Horror

A newly married young woman is possessed by the evil spirt of her husband's deceased first wife. The possession turns her into a scheming killer who will stop at nothing to get what she want... Read allA newly married young woman is possessed by the evil spirt of her husband's deceased first wife. The possession turns her into a scheming killer who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.A newly married young woman is possessed by the evil spirt of her husband's deceased first wife. The possession turns her into a scheming killer who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

  • Director
    • Charles Marquis Warren
  • Writer
    • Catherine Turney
  • Stars
    • Peggie Castle
    • Arthur Franz
    • Marsha Hunt
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    202
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    • Director
      • Charles Marquis Warren
    • Writer
      • Catherine Turney
    • Stars
      • Peggie Castle
      • Arthur Franz
      • Marsha Hunt
    • 8User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Peggie Castle, Arthur Franz, Don Haggerty, and Marsha Hunt in Back from the Dead (1957)
    Peggie Castle, Arthur Franz, and Don Haggerty in Back from the Dead (1957)
    Arthur Franz and Marsha Hunt in Back from the Dead (1957)
    Don Haggerty and Marsha Hunt in Back from the Dead (1957)
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    Peggie Castle
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    • Mandy Hazelton Anthony
    Arthur Franz
    Arthur Franz
    • Dick Anthony
    Marsha Hunt
    Marsha Hunt
    • Kate Hazelton
    Don Haggerty
    Don Haggerty
    • John Mitchell
    Marianne Stewart
    Marianne Stewart
    • Nancy Cordell
    Otto Reichow
    Otto Reichow
    • Maitre Renault
    Helen Wallace
    Helen Wallace
    • Ada Bradley
    James Bell
    James Bell
    • Mr. Bradley
    Evelyn Scott
    • Molly Prentiss
    Jeanne Bates
    Jeanne Bates
    • Agnes - The Bradleys' Housekeeper
    Ned Glass
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    • The Doctor
    Jeane Wood
    • The Nurse
    Joan Bradshaw
    Joan Bradshaw
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    Frances Turner
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    • Director
      • Charles Marquis Warren
    • Writer
      • Catherine Turney
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    • Trivia
      Frances Turner's only film. She worked more in TV series.
    • Connections
      Edited into Dusk to Dawn Drive-in Trash-o-Rama Show Vol. 9 (2002)

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    4/10
    A largely forgotten horror B-movie.
    After his new wife Mandy (Peggy Castle) has a seizure, Dick Anthony (Arthur Franz) finds that she has become possessed by the spirit of his first wife Felicia, who drowned six years earlier. Dick's sister-in-law Kate (Marsha Hunt) suspects that Felicia's mother is somehow responsible and goes to occultist Maitre Renall (Otto Reichow) for help.

    Back From the Dead is one of the earliest horror movies to deal with the subject of Satanic cults and of possession, sub-genres that would become much more popular in the late-'60s and early-'70s thanks to films such as Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist.

    The reason this one isn't better known is that, despite its intriguing premise, the script is strictly second-rate and the pacing dreary. Director Charles Marquis Warren is clearly out of his comfort zone, his stock-in-trade being the Western, and he fails to conjure up any real atmosphere or suspense, the overly talky material not helping matters.

    Castle is captivating as Mandy/Felicia, her beauty one reason to seek out the film, but this is an unremarkable movie on the whole, one that ends in a muddled and rushed manner as though even Warren had grown tired of it.
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    • Release date
      • August 12, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Bury Me Dead
    • Filming locations
      • Moss Cove Beach, Laguna Beach, California, USA(fall from cliff)
    • Production companies
      • Emirau Productions
      • Regal Films
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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