
Pumpkinhead(1988)
When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.


“Terror... that screams from the grave!”
Two psychics place a prostitute under hypnosis in order to learn about her past-life experiences. When they unwittingly send her back in time, she finds herself in the Middle Ages, suspected of being a witch and on the verge of being executed.

Pamela Duncan
Diana Love / Helene

Richard Garland
Pendragon

Allison Hayes
Livia
Val Dufour
Quintus Ratcliff

Mel Welles
Gravedigger Smolkin

Dorothy Neumann
Meg Maud

Billy Barty
The Imp

Bruno VeSota
Innkeeper Scroop

Richard Devon
Satan

Maurice Manson
Prof. Ulbrecht Olinger
The Undead is a horror, fantasy film released in 1957 exploring themes of witch, coffin, spider, reincarnation, femme fatale, decapitation. Directed by Roger Corman, it stars Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes. Two psychics place a prostitute under hypnosis in order to learn about her past-life experiences. When they unwittingly send her back in time, she finds herself in the Middle Ages, suspected of being a witch and on the verge of being executed.
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