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The Undead

  • 19571957
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 11m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
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The Undead (1957)
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A beautiful woman is sent back in time via hypnosis to the Middle Ages where she finds she is suspected of being a witch, and subject to being executed.A beautiful woman is sent back in time via hypnosis to the Middle Ages where she finds she is suspected of being a witch, and subject to being executed.A beautiful woman is sent back in time via hypnosis to the Middle Ages where she finds she is suspected of being a witch, and subject to being executed.
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
2.2K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
26,738
1,861
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Director
      • Roger Corman
    • Writers
      • Charles B. Griffith(screenplay)
      • Mark Hanna(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Pamela Duncan
      • Richard Garland
      • Allison Hayes
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Roger Corman
    • Writers
      • Charles B. Griffith(screenplay)
      • Mark Hanna(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Pamela Duncan
      • Richard Garland
      • Allison Hayes
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 73User reviews
    • 28Critic reviews

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    Trailer 1:44
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    The Undead (1957)
    Allison Hayes in The Undead (1957)
    The Undead (1957)
    The Undead (1957)
    Pamela Duncan in The Undead (1957)
    The Undead (1957)
    Richard Garland and Allison Hayes in The Undead (1957)
    Richard Devon in The Undead (1957)
    Dick Miller in The Undead (1957)
    Pamela Duncan in The Undead (1957)
    Richard Garland and Allison Hayes in The Undead (1957)
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    Pamela Duncan
    Pamela Duncan
    • Diana Love…
    Richard Garland
    Richard Garland
    • Pendragon
    Allison Hayes
    Allison Hayes
    • Livia - a Witch
    Val Dufour
    Val Dufour
    • Quintus Ratcliff
    Mel Welles
    Mel Welles
    • Smolkin - the gravedigger
    Dorothy Neumann
    Dorothy Neumann
    • Meg Maud - a Witch
    Billy Barty
    Billy Barty
    • The Imp
    Bruno VeSota
    Bruno VeSota
    • Scroop - the innkeeper
    • (as Bruno Ve Sota)
    Richard Devon
    Richard Devon
    • Satan
    Maurice Manson
    Maurice Manson
    • Professor Ulbrecht Olinger
    Aaron Saxon
    • Gobbo - the Jailer
    Don Garrett
    • The Knight
    • (as Don Garret)
    Dick Miller
    Dick Miller
    • The Leper
    • (as Richard Miller)
    Paul Blaisdell
    Paul Blaisdell
    • Corpse
    • (uncredited)
    Signe Hack
    • Villager
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Tornek
    Jack Tornek
    • Villager
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Roger Corman
    • Writers
      • Charles B. Griffith(screenplay)
      • Mark Hanna(screenplay)
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The sets for the film were all built inside a converted supermarket.
    • Goofs
      The "stone" wall shakes noticeably during Gobbo and Pendragon's scuffle in the Tower of Death.
    • Quotes

      Smolkin, the Gravedigger: Hickory dickory dorse / My guest is dead, of course / The clock struck two / He's turning blue / With little or no remorse.

    • Connections
      Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The Undead (1972)

    User reviews73

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    Top review
    5/10
    Roger Corman Was Feeling Ambitious
    Pamela Duncan plays a street walker who is called in to an institute being run by some men who have just returned from Tibet. They all take a trip to the Middle Ages, when the devil, played like a raffish Mephistopheles, is a general in the battle between the forces of good and evil for the soul of an earlier incarnation of Miss Duncan.

    It's a fairly ambitious little horror movie from Roger Corman, with an interesting scene in which the Devil raises three witches from their burial to offer some modern dance, gratis of choreographer Chris Miller. I never found it quite involving, because it's all shot on confined stages with AIP's usual budget in this period. Nonetheless, there are bits and pieces that seem quite stylish, like everyone had been to a screening of THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER, and was feeling inspired, particularly Richard Devon as Satan. Billy Barty also has a role as an Imp.
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    • Release date
      • March 15, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The Trance of Diana Love
    • Filming locations
      • Beverly Hills, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Roger Corman Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $70,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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