The Undead (1957)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1957
Running Times: 71 mins
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: AIP / Balboa
Producer: Samuel Z. Arkoff

SCRIPT
Script: Charles B. Griffith, Mark Hanna

DIRECTION
Director: Roger Corman
Assistant Director: Lou Place

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: William Sickner
Key Grip: Charles Hannawalt

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Frank Sullivan

MUSIC
Music: Ronald Stein

SOUND
Sound: Robert Post

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Curly Batson

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Property Master: Karl Brainard

MISCELLANEOUS
Choregrapher: Chris Miller

LOCATIONS
Locations: Beverly Hills, California, USA

CAST
Pamela Duncan (Diana Love / Helen)
Richard Garland (Pendragon)
Allison Hayes (Livia)
Val Dufour (Quintus Ratcliff)
Mel Welles (Smolkin)
Dorothy Neumann (Meg Maud)
Billy Barty (the imp)
Bruno Ve Sota (Scroop)
Richard Devon (Satan)
Maurice Manson (Professor Ulbrecht Olinger)
Aaron Saxon (Gobbo)
Don Garret (The Knight)
Richard Miller (the leper)
Paul Blaisdell (corpse (uncredited))

PLOT SUMMARY

Two psychical researchers manage to use hypnosis to send a prostitute back in time. In medieval Europe, she finds herself in the body of a witch awaiting execution – but if she saves herself, what impact will it have on the course of history?

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: AIP
Video Distributors: AIP Home Video; Nostalgia Video

POSTER TAGS

Terror... that screams from the grave!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Os Reencarnados - Brazilian television title
La sopravvissuta - Italian title
The Trance of Diana Love - working title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Chiller Theatre no. 13 (2000) pp.17-20 (USA)
interview with Pamela Duncan by Tom Weaver and Marty Baumann)

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

KEYWORDS

coffins, decapitation, the devil, hypnosis, hypnotherapy, hypnotism, imps, knights, medieval, reincarnation, time travel, witchcraft, witches

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009