Death entered the human experience and with it all sorts of affliction and trouble. Death curse of tartu 1966 fantastic movie musings and. The spot they choose happens to be the burial site of an ancient indian medicine man named tartu doug hobart. The complete series would have let me ramble on at length about my powerful. Egon eventually brings karen to his secret laboratory in the swamp. Sting of death is a silly, wild, and very fun picture, although it wont be remembered as a cinema classic, not by any means. The director of both this film and death curse of tartu is william grefe the wild rebels, the jaws of death and while both productions had minimal resources, grefe and his workers still deliver where it counts. Once upon a time, paramount pictures released a movie about an italianamerican organized crime family. When jesus said, i am the resurrection and the life, what he meant was that he had come to reverse this curse.
Death curse of tartu 1967 is a retread of the mummy, except this time with a seminole witch doctor getting revenge. Death curse of tartu84mins1967 has students and a teacher disturbing an ancient burial ground in the florida everglades. Perhaps his most popular films were death curse of tartu 1967, 84 minutes and sting of death 1966, 80 minutes which together, for more than a decade, were the mainstays of driveins throughout the country. Death becomes her 1992 death curse of tartu sting of death 19651968 something weird video double feature special edition death curse of tartu 1968 sting of death 1965 death merchant, the 1991 death metal. Richardson keeps the monster at bay as he and karen escape the lab. The vehicle that introduced this exotic locale was death curse of tartu, a horror. He returns from the dead, in the form of various animals, to take his revenge on those who desecrated his grave. Death curse of tartu the grindhouse cinema database. Death curse of tartu sting of death special edition.
On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Archaeology students flee from an everglades witch doctor doug hobart who can turn into a shark, snake, alligator or zombie. This is one of the more enjoyable double feature dvds from something weird video. Of course, a succession of thoughtless academics keep intruding, forcing tartu to fulfill his dying death curse and kill these white fools. Four junior anthropologists disturb an indians grave in the everglades and are knocked off by the forces of nature one by one. Watch agatha christies poirot season 9, episode 3 death on the nile. Tartu is a long dead indian who protects his tomb by allowing his spirit to take the form of dangerous animals. Death curse of tartu 1966 classic horror film board. Comments are turned off autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Death curse of tartu from the grindhouse cinema database.
A professor, his wife and four students come along and desecrate the place. And god pronounced a curse on them that we who sin like them have inherited genesis 3. Death curse of tartu al jacobs tell me who you are 1966 back in the 60s you needed a second title as a film maker, so the studio could release a double feature, hence we have death curse of tartu, a second billing to the hit main feature the sting of death. Death curse of tartu 1966 death curse of tartu 1966. Its popularity was due primarily to its cast which contained several members of hong kong bands cast. Death curse of tartu 1966 directed by william grefe. Learn more about death curse of tartu sting of death special edition on imdb. On board a steamer cruising the nile in egypt, simon and linnet doyle are. Death curse of tartu 1966 frank weed in death curse of tartu 1966. Tartu doug hobart is long dead but has a curse on his tomb that enables him to. If this is one of your favorite stories, make a recommendation tell your friends about this story short address.
This pair of william grefe floridaproduced horror films are for those with a taste for regional drivein trash, but even their patience may be tested by the limp narratives featured on this doublefeature dvd. When a group of college archaeology students accidentally disturb a sacred indian burial ground deep in the everglades, they find themselves hunted. Try and find some more information on the music from this scene. It was a selfstyled epic that used the mafia as a metaphor for both business and politics. Death curse of tartu 1966, usa is a horror film directed by william grefe contents. William grefe born 1930 is a writer and director of films, best known for his work in the. The spot they choose happens to be the burial site of an ancient indian medicine. Thoughtless archaeology students accidentally disturb the grave of a seminole indian witch doctor, tartu doug hobart, who comes back to life and goes after the kids, alternately taking the form.
The movie mixed scenes of violent death with family and community ceremonies. Death curse of tartu 1966 death curse of tartu 1966 mikethemook. Tartu comes back to life to bump them off, converting himself into a snake, a shark. Pop duos twins and boyz team up to scare up some laughs from fans in this lightweight horrorcomedy from new blood director pousoi cheang. Robert mitchum in man with the gun united artists 1955 rip sid haig. Death curse of tartu sting of death by mayra christine. Death curse of tartu concerns a group of young, underequipped archeologists venturing deep into the florida everglades in search of tartus tomb. He returns from the dead, in the form of various animals, to take his revenge on those. A naked blonde can be glimpsed through a translucent shower door.
Various creatures appear to take out the students and then eventually tartu himself awakens from his eternal slumber. Death curse of tartu 1966 archaeology students flee from an everglades witch doctor doug hobart who can turn into a shark, snake, alligator or zombie. Bens personality is a nice guy, who always try to make. A horrific tale of archaeologists who unleash the wrath of a deceased seminole witch doctor. I had seen the trailers for sting and tartu, so it was abundantly clear that these were bad movies. Its sort of like a cross between the blair witch project and animal planet. Death curse of tartu sting of death 1 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. This is the dirtcheap, soporific story of a dead medicine man named tartu douglas hobart, who just wants to rest in his coffin hidden deep in the everglades. Four hundred years ago, tartu had placed a curse on his grave, vowing that if anyone ever disturbed it, he would return and kill the desecrators of his final resting place.
The numerous tv box sets available this week could have provided plenty of materialthe star trek season 3 and the complete monty pythons flying circus collectors edition megaset would have allowed me to indulge in my inner nerd while charmed. Four students on an archaeology assignment in the everglades decide to throw a dance party on the burial site of an ancient indian medicine man named tartu. When a group of college archaeology students accidentally disturb a sacred indian burial ground deep in the everglades, they find themselves hunted by the enraged specter of a seminole. It had to be when god created beings whose life was in their blood, that is, humans, subject to death if they sinned. One of the machines causes the place to explode, destroying egon and his aquatic, bloodthirsty creation. Steven cheung plays the part of ben ting, the youngest of eightthe best looking one. Sting of death is a 1965 bhorror film directed by william grefe, written by al dempsey and herschell gordon lewis, and starring joe morrison, valerie hawkins, john. Customers who bought this item also bought these digital items. Halloween havoc death curse of tartu thunderbird international 1966 halloween havoc peter cushing in twins of evil universalhammer 1971 halloween havoc island of lost souls paramount 1932 big bad bob. Trailer death curse of tartu 1966 directed by william grefe duration. One girl crawls through some nice gray shallow mud and at the end, the other girl is chased and shaken off a log into quicksand.
Sting of death death curse of tartu twice told tales oh, good lord and, yes, i pretty much knew what i was getting into, at least for the first twothirds. The legend becomes a reality when tartu comes to life and takes the lives of the four students by transforming himself into a shark, a snake, and an alligator. It was directed by soi cheang pousoi and produced by amy tsui. The first feature and more familiar one is death curse of tartu and concerns the title character, a 100yearold witch doctor resting in an ancient burial ground in the florida swamps. Trailer death curse of tartu 1966 directed by william grefe. This cheap 1966 horror flick looks its budget, and comes complete with a good deal of padding. Very few lulls and much better than grefes next film, death curse of tartu.
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