Halloween horrror marathon: Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things

poster-children-shouldnt-play-with-dead-thingsShowing yet again that the reading aloud of ancient mystic texts for purposes of anything at all is a terrible idea, we have 1973’s Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things. Its inclusion as part of a DVD 5-pack entitled Vampire Collection speaks to the confusing nature of the film.

It has its moments of creeping unease, but you’ll be more unsettled by the fact that you’re uncertain as to whether or not the titular “dead things” are zombies or vampires. There’s feeding, but it could be either drinking or chewing — it’s a dark, dimly-lit little nasty, with dead things that are gruesome.
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