| The Dead Don't Die | |
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| Written by | Robert Bloch |
| Directed by | Curtis Harrington |
| Starring | George Hamilton Linda Cristal Joan Blondell Ralph Meeker James McEachin Reggie Nalder Ray Milland |
| Music by | Robert Prince |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Douglas S. Cramer W.L. Baumes |
| Producer | Henry Colman |
| Production locations | Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California |
| Cinematography | James Crabe |
| Editor | Ronald J. Fagan |
| Running time | 74 minutes |
| Production company | Douglas S. Cramer Company |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | January 14, 1975 |
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The Dead Don't Die is a 1975 American made-for-television neo-noir horror thriller film set in the 1930s, directed by Curtis Harrington from a teleplay by Robert Bloch, based upon his own story of the same title that first appeared in Fantastic Adventures, July 1951. The film originally premiered on NBC on January 14, 1975. The film uses the traditional Haitian concept of zombies as resurrected slaves of the living.[1][2]
- ^ John Kenneth Muir Horror Films of the 1970s -- 2011 Page 318 0786491566 "So historically, The Dead Don't Die bucks a worldwide trend in zombie movies, and deserves some note for that. It was not until The Serpent and the Rainbow in 1987, that the original concept of zombies (as undead slaves of the living) was ..."
- ^ Peter Dendle - 2009 The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia Page 50 0786455209 - The horror of The Dead Don't Die doesn't come from its diluted zombies, but from human cruelty that is pointedly graphic for a TV movie. Some highlights include a drawn-out depiction of a man going to the electric chair, including the
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