The Undead (film)

For the 2003 horror comedy film, see Undead (film).

The Undead
Directed by	Roger Corman
Written by	Charles B. Griffith Mark Hanna
Produced by	Roger Corman
Starring	Pamela Duncan Richard Garland Allison Hayes Val Dufour Mel Welles
Cinematography	William Sickner
Edited by	Frank Sullivan
Music by	Ronald Stein
Release date	1957
Running time	75 min.
Country	USA
Language	English

The Undead is a 1957 horror film directed by Roger Corman starring Pamela Duncan, Richard Garland, Allison Hayes, and Val Dufour. It follows the story of prostitute Diana Love (Duncan) who is put into a hypnotic trance by psychic Quintis (Dufour), thus causing her to regress back to a previous life as Helene, a woman from the Middle Ages who is to die at dawn under suspicion of being a witch. Then in an attempt to save Diana, and to keep from all of time being distorted, Quntis goes back in time to possibly convince Helene to let herself be killed. Star Allison Hayes also starred in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958). The Undead was later featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000 during its eighth season where they comment on everything from small sets, tossing cats, bad dialog, and the horrors of having seen other Corman movies. Richard Devon was also featured as Satan, as well as Billy Barty as an evil imp.

Trivia

• Filmed in a converted supermarket.
• The film was completed in six days.
• Inspired (as was the film The She Creature) by the interest during the 1950s in reincarnation especially the book The Search for Bridey Murphy by Morey Bernstein which was itself filmed in 1956. But by the time The Undead was being made, the popularity of reincarnation was starting to dwindle. Therefore Corman decided that they needed to change it up a little and added the time travel elements of Quintis, and a title change.
• The "bats" that the imp and witch continuely change into, were left over from another Corman movie, "It Conquered the World."

External links

• The Undead at IMDb
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