Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972)
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ThumbScore
👍 73%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 42%
(RT: 42%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Alan Ormsby as Alan
Valerie Mamches as Val
Jeff Gillen as Jeff
Anya Ormsby as Anya
Paul Cronin as Paul
Jane Daly as Terry
Roy Engleman as Roy
Robert Philip as Emerson
Is Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things good?
Most people think so. 73% audience score, estimated from 111 TMDB ratings. Critics scored it lower at 42%, but audiences disagreed.
Overview
Six actors go to a graveyard on a remote island to act out a necromantic ritual. The ceremony works, and soon the dead are walking about and chowing down on human flesh. Wikipedia ↗
