Play Dead

1983

Drama / Horror

3
IMDb Rating 4.1/10 10 516 516

rottweiler revenge series of murders barking dog

Plot summary

A woman uses her magic powers and a vicious Rotweiller dog to murder her relatives.

Director

Peter Wittman Photo
Peter Wittman

Top cast

Yvonne De Carlo Photo
Yvonne De Carlo as Hester
David Cullinane Photo
David Cullinane as Jeff
Carolyn Greenwood Photo
Carolyn Greenwood as Monique
Glenn Kezer Photo
Glenn Kezer as Otis
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788.62 MB
1280*690
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 25 min
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1.43 GB
1920*1034
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 25 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by FieCrier 3 / 10

Bad movie! Bad movie! Now, roll over...

Apparently a *construction company* produced this film? Well, that makes just about as much sense as anything.The movie starts with shots of a Rottweiler attacking a person who is prostrate on the ground. Then, we're at the funeral of a woman. Hester shows up, and her voice is instantly recognizable as that of the actress who played Lily Munster: yes, it is she.She is the late woman's sister, and she is not well liked by her sister's children.Hester is rich, and she is angry at her sister and her niece and nephew, because she had had a relationship with her sister's husband prior to their marriage., and she feels she would have been better for him. He died years ago, but she has a place of honor in her house for a photo of him, and she likes to imagine herself dancing with him in slow motion in front of a mirror.Hester owns a Rottweiler that she brought back with her from Europe. She also dabbles in black magic of some kind. She left a necklace with a pentagram on it in her sister's casket. The dog also has one on its collar. The dog also does things in slow motion.Hester gives the dog to her niece, and pretends that she cares about her niece and nephew now that her sister has passed on. However, she does rituals involving blood and chanting Latin in order to remotely cause the dog to bring about the deaths of her nephew, her niece's neighbor and boyfriend and others.The movie doesn't really have any resolution at the end. A real non-ending, not setting up a sequel, but just petering out without letting us know what happened to some of the main characters.
Reviewed by Tikkin 4 / 10

Rather dull

I've been after this movie for a while, though mainly because of the cool VHS cover and the fact that Yvonne De Carlo is in it. Well, I finally found a copy at a market. The film didn't live up to my expectations, but I'm used to that, being a fan of low budget horror.

The film is kind of watchable and semi-interesting, but isn't much of a horror film because there are no violent deaths. The deaths are caused by the dog but in very tame ways. The plot also seems muddled and the motivation for the killings is unclear. I found the ending rather bizarre but slightly surprising.

The main reason to seek this film out as far as I'm concerned is the VHS cover (the UK one). It looks good amongst my collection of big box horror films and I love the artwork. Other than that, there's little reason to seek out this film, even for fellow fans of low-budget horror.

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