Orgy of the Dead

1965
Unrated
1h 32m

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A couple driving to a cemetery looking for inspiration for a horror story encounters the dancing dead.A couple driving to a cemetery looking for inspiration for a horror story encounters the dancing dead.A couple driving to a cemetery looking for inspiration for a horror story encounters the dancing dead.

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3.0/10

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Trivia
The cape worn by Criswell, as The Emperor, is the same cape worn by Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948).

Goofs
When the werewolf raises his head and howls you can see the skin of the actor's neck.

Quotes
[first lines]
The Emperor: I am Criswell. For years, I have told the almost unbelievable, related the unreal and showed it to be more than a fact. Now I tell a tale of the threshold people, so astounding that some of you may faint. This is a story of those in the twilight time. Once human, now monsters, in a void between the living and the dead. Monsters to be pitied, monsters to be despised. A night with the ghouls, the ghouls reborn from the innermost depths of the world.

Alternate versions
In the original VHS version of the film, there is a much-noticed driving scene near the beginning which seems to go from bright, sunny daylight in the long shots to nighttime in the close-ups. In the subsequent DVD release, the mismatch is not nearly as noticeable. The long shots of the car appear now to be rather routine day-for-night footage.

Connections
Edited into The Monitors (1969)

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Featured review

3/10

Believe it or not, at times it's fun!

Now here are a few tips if you happen to stumble upon this "movie" and decide to watch it:

-Ignore the script (there isn't one anyway)

-Ignore the acting (the actors say things like "I'm afraid! We are going to die!" with all the emotion that goes into discussions about the weather).

-Ignore the bad makeup, the inept camerawork, the overabundance of "fog", all the technical mistakes.

-Concentrate on the occasionally amusing dialogue, AND on the naked female bodies. Two or three of them are sensational. That's the only way you can get something out of this one.

-And remember that there ARE worse movies out there. Have you seen "Blood Orgy Of The She Devils"? (*1/2)