The Curse of the Living Corpse
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Cast & Crew
Helen Waren
Roy Scheider
Margot Hartman
Robert Milli
Hugh Franklin
Candace Hilligoss
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Synopsis
Tyrannical millionaire Rufus Sinclair is obsessed with a fear of premature burial. In his will, he stipulates that if buried alive, he will return from the grave and murder his heirs in the manner each of them fears most: his wife, Abigail, will die by fire; his sons, Bruce and Philip, will die by disfiguration and suffocation respectively; and Philip's wife, Vivian, will drown. Several days after Rufus' death and burial, his corpse vanishes from its crypt, and the murders begin to occur as predicted; in addition, both the family's maid and servant are killed, and the latter's body is found in Rufus' tomb. The deaths continue until Rufus' nephew, Robert Harrington, confronts the murderer in a quicksand bog and reveals him to be the millionaire's weakling son, who has been trying to obtain the family's wealth for himself.

Cast
Helen Waren

Roy Scheider
Margot Hartman
Robert Milli
Hugh Franklin
Candace Hilligoss
Dino Narizzano
Linda Donovan
J. Frank Lucas
Jane Bruce
Paul Haney
George Cotton
William Blood
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Filmed in Stamford, Connecticut.

Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1964
Feature debut for Roy Scheider.
Released in United States 1964