Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Currently Watching...




Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things - 1972

"Five young kinky actors and their artistic director come to a desolate and nearly forgotten burial island, complete with a morbid history of MURDER, RAPE, CURSES and DEMONS. Alan (Alan Ormsby), the brilliant but bizarre Director of the company, has brought them to this foreboding place to dabble in witchcraft; specifically to dig up a fresh corpse and use it in a ritual ceremony which is supposed to raise the dead from their graves.The PAY-OFF: It seems as though Alan has really gathered his "children" here, only to play a practical joke on them and then to party the rest of the night away. However, the joke's on Alan. His bizarre ritual ceremony really does raise the dead from their graves...only they're in no mood to party! NOTE: "BENJAMIN" CLARK is really "BOB" CLARK, the creative director behind the hit films PORKY'S, BLACK CHRISTMAS and A CHRISTMAS STORY among others. ALAN ORMSBY, though he turned in what has been described as "...one of the most obnoxious screen performances in history!", has actually made a mark for himself as the screenwriter for such memorable films as MY BODYGUARD, CAT PEOPLE, KARATE KID 3 and PORKY'S 2."

3 comments:

KL from NYC said...

Alan Ormsby also worked on the script for "Deranged" which has a movie plot closest to the actual story of Ed Gein. AIP released it, and MGM handled the DVD, but the version wasn't complete. The uncut movie DVD was supposedly in the works, but I haven't kept up with whether it has been released or not.

KL from NYC said...

I Forgot to add:
Geneni Distribution (the company that handled Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things was actually Ted Mikels, the producer-director-screenwriter of The Corpse Grinders, The Astro-Zombies, The Doll Squad, etc.
He recently died in Nevada.

The RedBoy said...

Damn! Some good info there. I know Ormsby was involved w/ Deranged, but had never heard about the Mikels connection. I do know that Ormsby was married to the chick Anya from 'Dead Things' and that he designed one of my favorite toys...HUGO the Man of a Thousand Faces!!!

http://www.retronaut.com/2012/07/hugo-man-of-a-thousand-faces/