Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

So, how do you like your Hippie?...Rare? Medium? or, Well-Done?....Would you care to try some Hippie, Fricassee-Style? Mmm. Mmm. Sounds delish, doesn't it?.,...There's just so many fabulous ways to enjoy a Hippie. Like, how about Hippie Tofu-Burgers? Yum. Yum.....You know, with all this talk about Hippies, I'm starting to get pretty hungry for a morsel, or two, of some choice Hippie-Meat, myself.But, of course, if you ask Orville how he likes his Hippie he'll probably say 'Raw'. No ketchup. No pickles. No onions. Nothing. Just plain, raw Hippie. Preferably one that's still alive and kickin' and screamin' when it comes to Orville's feedin' time. Yeah. That's the only way that Orville enjoys his Hippie. Not a fussy guy, this Orville. Neither are the rest of his clan.You see, Orville, and his kin are Zombies! That's right. The Un-Dead!! So, what can you possibly expect from these savage, human flesh-eaters who've obviously got dead taste-buds, anyways? Eh?....It's all Raw-Raw-Raw for Orville, and family. You know, these Zombie guys, and gals, definitely ain't no Gourmets. That's for sure!! Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (CSPWDT) is a comedy/horror, of sorts, about (what else?) Zombies and their ferocious appetite for living, human flesh.....Well, at least, CSPWDT starts out as a comedy (as lame as this movie's humor is), but once Orville 'Rises-To-The-Occasion' (and, boy, does he ever rise) it's no laughing matter any longer.WARNING : CSPWDT is no Shaun Of The Dead, I guarantee you that.CSPWDT story revolves around what eventually happens on Halloween Night to a group of young and dippy hippie-actors, headed by their chief-hippie, dippy Alan. This group of 8 brain-deads (male & female) are heading out for some serious partying on a small, remote island off the shore of Lake Michigan.Situated upon this island is a tiny, neglected cemetery of about 30 graves. Just before nightfall, after smoking about a pound of 'weed', as the full moon rises in the sky, Alan gathers all his little, thespian love-children around him. And in front of the rickety entrance-gates to the creepy, little cemetery he tells them all why they are here."We are here to raise the dead!", Alan solemnly states."Ha! Ha! Ha! No way, man. You gotta be joking!" is the typical. snickering, hippie reaction, all around.But, no, Alan ain't joking. And before you can say "What's up. Doc!?" Alan has pointed out the grave of Orville Clark, handed out the shovels, and, is now ordering the poor, little Flower-Children to start digging like lots of human-gophers."Yeah. I really 'dig' you, Orville" is what they all must be thinking.Once Orville is out of his grave and onto a small alter-type platform, Alan, in a corny Merlin the Magician's costume, begins to perform a well-rehearsed 'Raise-The-Dead' ritual (totally straight-faced) over Orville's barely decomposed corpse (very suspicious). But, the truth is, no one is really taking any of this business very seriously and before long the interest in the resurrection ceremony has waned considerably by one, and all.The whole farce is soon abandoned completely, with everyone laughing like ninnies while leaving the cemetery, and Orville, far behind. The ever-resourceful Hippies then build an organic campfire near the edge of the woods, and start singing some really nauseating, 'feel-good' Hippie songs......Boy, I totally rejoice over my Anti-Hippie sentiments.Meanwhile......Back at the graveyard.....Orville stirs. Then Orville rises to his feet. Then about 20 other zombies tear right out of the ground and join ranks with Orville, who's the obvious leader of the pack.....And then.....And then......Well, I really don't think I need to tell you what happens 'THEN'.So, after all, Alan's mumbo-jumbo has actually worked on corpse revival. Hallelujah!! CSPWDT Is a flick that's very reminiscent of Night Of The Living Dead.With all the bad acting and cheap effects aside, CSPWDT really isn't too bad for a low-budget horror flick. It's actually more entertaining than most Z-Grade Zombie films that I've seen. There's certainly no shortage of carnage....And there's plenty of gore....And buckets of guts....And barrels of blood.... Yeah. It's enough to keep any horror-movie fan satisfied right up to the last drop, during the final, maniacal slaughter.....Shlurp! Shlurp! CSPWDT is a perfect Halloween Nightmare-Treat for all of you ravenous ghouls and goblins.

A group of unpleasant young people, having (eventually) carried out a mock Satanic ritual, are discomfited when the dead come back to life and start killing them.I am sometimes bemused at the reactions I see towards certain movies at the IMDb, and this is one such film. We are all entitled to our own opinions, and none is any more or less valid than another. Even so, I do wonder whether some of the effusive praise for this film is coming from blind and deaf people. It is slow, the script is lame, the makeup is awful, the acting is shockingly bad, and the film looks even cheaper than it actually is. Which is clearly cheap. It isn't even good at being the type of film it purports to be: it aims to be a low-budget horror comedy, and succeeds only in being low-budget.Definitely one to avoid.

"Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things" is a waste of a great title. You'd think with such a wonderful name for the film that it would be a lot more interesting--but it really isn't. In fact, it's interminably dull and the characters are hateful at best! The film is about a group of jerks--led by a bigger jerk who is supposed to be a prankster filmmaker. He takes a group of unsuspecting folks to a cemetery that looks MORE fake than the one in "Plan 9" and plans to scare them with a fake resurrection. The problem is that he is 100% annoying and won't shut up. And, you keep waiting and waiting and waiting for something to happen. However, they are so annoying and stupid that you finally just give up and change to a better film. You keep wanting them to die (especially the main character--Jeez is he annoying). But, if you do wait, the predictable happens and you see the crappiest looking zombies in film history--and the payoff just isn't enough for having to listen to these idiots talk and talk and talk. All in all a cheapo film that isn't enjoyable because the acting and writing (if there is any) is so gosh-darn bad. My advice--stick to a William Grefe, Arch Hall, Ray Dennis Steckler or Ed Wood film--at least these are bad and fun to watch!

It all starts with a group of would be actors going to an abandoned island to dig out a corpse and doing some weird stuff with it. The beginning of this cult movie from the drive-in scene starts of a bit of a comedy. Just when you think a-ha here comes the zombies it is some guy from the theater company that is playing a death guy. But somehow the director of the bunch wants more. He's doing some satanic performances to wake the death. Nothing happens they guess, but wait a minute, somethings creeping out of the burial ground...the storyline is very simple and even the place were the movie is shot was just at one place. Simple as that, but it all works fine. Even though it is a low budget the performances is very good. There is a lot of blah blah going on but it is combined with some scary shots or interrupted by someone doing weird stuff. Even as it is extremely slow it is never boring. The red stuff flows, and for a flick of that time there is a good use of the red stuff. Scary it is not, even not frightening but the use of the lightning is well done due the lack of budget, the use of shadows (like in the old German movies) and slomo works fine. Using one place to shoot your film gives you the opportunity to spend money on make up. And they did. I was surprised of the zombies, they all look like zombies, they remembered me of Michael Jackson's Thriller. One of the best zombies I have seen in the seventies. I would not advise this to be watched by children but the older one should play this flick about dead things.