The Undead (1957)
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Synopsis of The Undead
Legendary shlockmeister Roger Corman and long-time collaborator Charles B. Griffith attempted to cash in on the popular 1950s surge in Bridey Murphy reincarnation mania with this confusing and throughly weird thriller. It begins with researcher Richard Garland hypnotizing streetwalker Pamela Duncan in an attempt to record her past-life experiences as a condemned witch in the Dark Ages. After numerous silly attempts by Garland to save her -- including regressing himself into the same period, where, by remarkable coincidence, he also lived as a soldier -- Duncan decides not to alter the course of history, and she resigns herself to her fate. Despite the spooky ambience, a cast of Corman regulars (including Mel Welles and Allison Hayes), and some clever plot twists -- including one which finds the tables turned on our meddling scientist -- Griffith's static and talky screenplay is so absurdly crammed with half-baked metaphysical musings that it becomes almost impossible to discern the plot. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of The Undead
- Pamela Duncan - Diana Love
- Richard Garland - Pendragon
- Val Dufour - Quintus Ratcliff
- Dorothy Neumann - Meg-Maud
- Bruno Ve Sota - Scroop
- Richard Devon - Satan
- Ernst R. von Theumer - Smolkin
- Pamela Duncan - Helene
- Allison Hayes - Livia
- Mel Welles - Smokin
- Billy Barty - The Imp
- Aaron Saxon - Gobbo
- Dick Miller
- Director(s):
- Roger Corman
- Writer(s):
- Charles B. Griffith, Mark Hanna
- Producer(s):
- Roger Corman
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