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Ormsby began work in feature films with the Bob Clark-directed Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972), co-writing the script with Clark, providing the make-up effects and starring as the lead, Alan, alongside his then-wife Anya Ormsby. Two years later, Ormsby and Clark re-teamed on Deathdream, directed by Clark and penned by Ormsby ...
Alan Ormsby. Writer: Dead of Night. Writer, director and make-up effects artist Alan Ormsby was born on December 14, 1943. He was a drama student at the University of Florida, where he met future director Bob Clark. The pair first collaborated on a tongue-in-cheek low-budget zombie horror flick, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972).
- January 1, 1
- 3 min
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Dec 23, 2020 · I am referring to the 1972 Bob Clark classic, Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things. Written by both Bob Clark and Alan Ormsby, this classic zombie tale exudes its non-existent budget. Despite that challenge, this film possesses an excess of old-school zombie charm. Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things (1972) – Trailer
- Bob Clark
May 30, 2024 · Deathdream found Clark re-teaming with writer Alan Ormsby and several other cast and ... individual tracks with Clark and Ormsby from the 2004 DVD and a new track by film historians Troy Howarth ...
Alan Ormsby. Writer, director and make-up effects artist Alan Ormsby was born on December 14, 1943. He was a drama student at the University of Florida, where he met future director Bob Clark. The pair first collaborated on a tongue-in-cheek low-budget zombie horror flick, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972).
- Writer, Actor, Director, Producer
- December 14, 1943
Oct 6, 2020 · The screenplay is credited to Clark’s constant collaborator Alan Ormsby and his story is a variation on W. W. Jacobs’ The Monkey’s Paw, a 1902 short in which a mummified monkey’s hand grants wishes with horrific/ironic consequences (in one of this disc’s special features, Ormsby claims that he also based his script on Irwin Shaw’s 1936 play, Bury the Dead).
Alan Ormsby. Writer: Dead of Night. Writer, director and make-up effects artist Alan Ormsby was born on December 14, 1943. He was a drama student at the University of Florida, where he met future director Bob Clark. The pair first collaborated on a tongue-in-cheek low-budget zombie horror flick, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972). Ormsby not only co-wrote the script and did the ...
