Vivian
is drowned in the bath
and the cook loses her
head in The Curse of the
Living Corpse
The
Curse of the Living
Corpse, one of the
more lurid and melodramatic
shockers of 1964 was
paired as a double
feature in that year
with one of the silliest
movies of all time
- The Monster of Party
Beach. Both were written,
produced and directed
by the same man, Del
Tenney, who spent
just $120,000 to make
both films and ended
up making well over
a million.
The film is known
for featuring the
movie debut of Roy
Scheider who went
on to fame in Stephen
Spielberg's Jaws.
It is also the only
other film to feature
the cult favorite
Candace Hilligoss,
the star of Carnival
of Souls.
Tenney also directed
Violent Midnight (aka
Psychomania) and I
Eat Your Skin (aka
Zombies), so bad it's
funny,
Del
Tenney decided on
the title of his violent
suspense thriller
before beginning to
write the script about
a greedy family that
gathers at the estate
of a deceased millionaire
named Rufus Sinclair
for his burial and
the reading of his
will.
When the conditions
that Rufus requested
for his interrment
are not honored by
his next of kin, they
begin falling prey
to a sadistic killer
who claims each life
in a way that reflects
their worst fears.
In the movie's most
shockingly memorable
scene, the relation
with a fear of drowning
is graphically killed
in her bath (the actress
being Del Tenney's
own wife!).
The finale of Living
Corpse is an anti-climactic
non-surprise, but
the getting there
is low-budget, old
school fun.
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