VCI Entertainment has tabbed Feb. 23 for a Blu-ray edition
of writer/director Bob Clark’s (aka: Benjamin Clark — Black Christmas, A Christmas
Story, Porky’s, etc.) 1972 dead-shall-rise indie horror gem, Children
Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things.
Alan Ormsby stars as Alan (he also co-wrote the script), the
over-the-top leader of a would-be thespian troupe looking for something fun —
and deranged — to do. We should mention
that it is Alan who is looking for “something fun,” as the rest of his
entourage simply are along for the ride — he’s a bully and you either go along
with Alan’s musings or leave the troupe (which, as things develop, would be a
blessing).
Since this is a horror film — a horror film that has over
the years achieved a certain degree of cult status — we know that Alan’s much
put-upon acting troupe (with includes his wife Anya Ormsby) are nothing more
than the “victim pool.” He’s going to
raise the dead — in this case, Orville Dunworth (Seth Sklarey) — and they, his
actors, are going to be his audience whether they like it or not. It’s all great fun for him!
His little soiree out to the creepy island is actually an
elaborate joke (pay close attention to the opening credit sequence), but for
Alan it’s a joke gone too far as things go horribly wrong and the dead actually
do rise and a zombie plague is upon them!
Bonus features include commentary from Alan Ormsby and
actors Jane Daly and Anya Cronin, the featurette titled “Memories of Bob
Clark,” a video session with Bob Clark’s long-time film collaborator, Ken Goch,
that is titled “Confessions of a Grave Digger” (Goch set up the graveyard for
the film) and a pair of music videos from The Deadthings — “Dead Girls Don’t
Say No” and “Cemetery Mary.”
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