Learning from Science Fiction B-Movies

[rich]

i think one can say yeah, they were going for laughs, Bob Clark must
have known he didnt have real heavy acting talent but despite that
Children Shouldnt Play with Dead Things remains oddly creepy. the shot
when the pseudo leader Alan gets it, the POV slow mo, the doomy music,
the creepy looking smiling zombie chick, fwiw, I love it

rich

On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>> http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/06/04/120604fa_fact_whitehead
>
> It's been a long time since I've seen "Children Shouldn't Play with
> Dead Things". One of the favorite movies of my younger sister who
> describes herself as a Connoisseur of Crap.
>
> I howled with laughter the first time I saw it, but I couldn't tell if
> the filmmakers were intending it to be comedy, if some of the actors
> were camping it up, or if it was funny by sheer crushing weight of its
> intrinsic incompetence. I'm still not sure.