Relatives gather in an old house for the reading of a will, but the "dead" man comes back to life and starts killing.Relatives gather in an old house for the reading of a will, but the "dead" man comes back to life and starts killing.Relatives gather in an old house for the reading of a will, but the "dead" man comes back to life and starts killing.
Roy Scheider
- Philip Sinclair
- (as Roy R. Scheider)
William Blood
- Minister
- (as Williiam B. Blood)
Del Tenney
- The Living Corpse
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Roy Scheider
- GoofsTowards the end of the movie, the caretaker named Seth was stabbed in the throat and put into a coffin. However, when the coffin is opened, there is the face of a different actor with the throat wound. Apparently, the actor portraying Seth refused to lie in a coffin.
- Quotes
Philip Sinclair: The body is a long, insatiable tube - in need of drink and relaxation.
- Alternate versionsSome prints of the film are edited to remove the partial nudity during the bathtub murder sequence, resulting in an obvious audio-visual jump cut.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Son of Svengoolie: The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964) (1981)
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Once upon a time, The Curse of the Living Corpse was a staple of local free broadcast television horror and all-night movie slots. Gone are the days.
Entertaining for a low budget outing with fairly good cinematography, in spite of the inclusion of a bumbling "Dr.Watson-type" assisting his superior in the investigation. I say spare the unneeded "comedy relief".
The story is an old-school "Ten Little Indians" drawing-room who-dun-it, with mayhem stalking about the mansion and the nearby forest, while the style of the movie is updated (for 1964) Gothic.
Roy Scheider is very good in his first outing and, though the film is not so much scary, it is gruesome to similar effect and may disturb sensitive viewers.
A reasonable diversion for fans of indie horror.
Entertaining for a low budget outing with fairly good cinematography, in spite of the inclusion of a bumbling "Dr.Watson-type" assisting his superior in the investigation. I say spare the unneeded "comedy relief".
The story is an old-school "Ten Little Indians" drawing-room who-dun-it, with mayhem stalking about the mansion and the nearby forest, while the style of the movie is updated (for 1964) Gothic.
Roy Scheider is very good in his first outing and, though the film is not so much scary, it is gruesome to similar effect and may disturb sensitive viewers.
A reasonable diversion for fans of indie horror.
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- Budget
- $120,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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By what name was The Curse of the Living Corpse (1964) officially released in Canada in English?
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