Clark accordingly avails himself of the best abysmal wisecracks, offhand surrealism, and decomposing mise-en-scène available
Comment
09/05/09
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
44
%
Tomatometer
How does the Tomatometer work 
Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:4
Rotten:5
Average Rating:4.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: A movie director and his troupe of actor friends vacation on a remote island where they dig up a corpse and jokingly perform a ceremony to resurrect it. It works! Interesting, garishly-colored... [More]
Starring: Alan Ormsby, Anya Ormsby, Jane Daly, Jeff Gillen
Director: Benjamin Clark
Get This Movie
Reviews for Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
1 - 9 (sorted by date)
On a technical level, at least, it's great fun.
10/18/07
Clark's first film is memorable only for its catchy title.
09/29/07
No review available.
08/22/05
No review available.
06/04/03
Truly weird, sometimes effective horror cheapie.
11/25/02
Pretty bad, but not even close to Bob Clark's worst. This guy directed both "Baby Geniuses," don't forget.
07/25/02
How can you not like a film with a title like this?
04/08/01
1 - 9 (sorted by date)
Latest News for Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things
April 04, 2007:
"Christmas Story" Director Bob Clark Dies In Crash
Bob Clark, director of "A Christmas Story," "Porky's," and many other works in a career that spanned four decades died in a car crash early this morning in... More...
April 26, 2005:
Bob Clark Wants to Revisit His Old "Dead Things"
You know the horror-remake machine is getting a little crazy when a title like "Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" is being suited up for a revisit, but that's... More...
RT On Current TV
What’s Hot On RT
Fresh Links
Featured
History of Disney Animation 
MSN Movies offers a little background on the success of Disney Animation.
90 Years of Screen Vampires
TIME takes a look back at the history of vampires on film.
Virtuoso Vistas of Lovely Bones
Techland examines the visual splendor of Peter Jackson's upcoming film.
Recent Headlines as TV Movies
AOL put together a list of 10 recent news items that would be perfect as TV Movies.
The Death of Original Thought
Hollywood.com's C. Robert Cargill explores how remakes and reboots have warped our thinking.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter
Get the latest Tomatometer updates on upcoming movies!
IGN RSS Feeds