Six actors go to a graveyard on a remote island to act out a necromantic ritual. The ritual works, and soon the dead are walking about and chowing down on human flesh.
Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things has generally received mixed reviews.
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Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things was released in 1972 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 114 reviews, giving Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1972) an average rating of 48%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 61%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 48%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things than critics were.
With a score of 48%, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1972, which stands at 58%.
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