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. Also known as aka original title death curse of tartu. Steven cheung plays the part of ben ting, the youngest of eightthe best looking one. I had seen the trailers for sting and tartu, so it was abundantly clear that these were bad movies. 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 medicine man. Trailer death curse of tartu 1966 directed by william grefe. Trailer death curse of tartu 1966 directed by william. 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. The 100 season 7 teaser trailer has us worried for bellamy. The tartu sting double bill was initially released in its native florida and throughout georgia, the carolinas and virginia during the fall and winter of 1966. The film was released in the vhs and dvd formats in 2001 and was distributed by something weird video.
Death curse of tartu 1966 classic horror film board. Poltergeist was released in june 1982, and in november of that year, 22yearold dominique dunne, who played dana the familys. Pictures on a doublebill with grefes torpid death curse of tartu. Tuesday, october 2, 2007 kyuketsuki gokemidoro body snatcher from hell shunsuke kikuchi goke 1968 shunsuke kikuchi, the composer of the music for goke went on from 1968 to compose music for kamen riders, ultraman, and a whole slew of dragon ball z flicks, and thats only a fraction of his output. This is one of the more enjoyable double feature dvds from something weird video. A reunion of the cult classic includes vintage clips, new comic sketches and appearances by the original characters. With fred pinero, babette sherrill, bill marcus, mayra gomez kemp. Death curse of tartu 1966 scary horror movies horrorrated. Poltergeist movie curse true story popsugar entertainment. When jesus said, i am the resurrection and the life, what he meant was that he had come to reverse this curse.
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. Death curse of tartu 1966 10171966 us horror 1h 27m user score. Death curse of tartu, william grefe, fred pinero, babette sherril, mayra christine. The bad movie report gave the film a negative rating of 2, much like bmovie central which gave it the rating of 2 bees. Death curse of tartu 1967 is a retread of the mummy, except this time with a seminole witch doctor getting revenge. Archaeology students flee from an everglades witch doctor doug hobart who can turn into a shark, snake, alligator or zombie. The spot they choose happens to be the burial site of an ancient indian medicine. The loss of a loved one through death shows the sadness of the separation between those left behind and the one who has departed this world.
Its popularity was due primarily to its cast which contained several members of hong kong bands. Death curse of tartu was shot in 7 days, made in a hurry after joseph fink and juan hildago gato from distributors thunderbird international acquired sting of death, and needed a horror film to play with it as a double feature for the driveins. Death curse of tartu thunderbird international 1966 halloween havoc. He returns from the dead, in the form of various animals, to take his revenge on those.
Death curse of tartu 84mins1967 has students and a teacher disturbing an ancient burial ground in the florida everglades. The green slimedeath and the green slimethe battle of space station gammagamma sango uchu daisakusen 19681969. William grefe born 1930 is a writer and director of films, best known for his work in the. May 03, 20 and god pronounced a curse on them that we who sin like them have inherited genesis 3. 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. Death curse of tartu 1966 death curse of tartu 1966 mikethemook. The spot they choose happens to be the burial site of an ancient indian medicine man named tartu doug hobart. 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. Death curse of tartu 1966 directed by william grefe.
Four junior anthropologists disturb an indians grave in the everglades and are knocked off by the forces of nature one by one. Watch death curse of tartu 1968 movie movietube online. He is an actor, known for death curse of tartu 1966 and the devils sisters 1966. Technically competent but boring story of the reanimated corpse of an american indian shaman that targets some trashy white folks who rudely desecrate his swampy tomb. 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. 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. Of course, a succession of thoughtless academics keep intruding, forcing tartu to fulfill his dying death curse and kill these white fools. Cast and crew credits for death curse of tartu, 1967, directed by william grefe, with fred pinero, babette sherrill, mayra cristine, at turner classic movies. Death curse of tartu 1966 fantastic movie musings and. A professor, his wife and four students come along and desecrate the place. Babette sherrill is an actress, known for death curse of tartu 1966 and the devils sisters 1966.
This cheap 1966 horror flick looks its budget, and comes complete with a good deal of padding. The curse of death placed upon the world was, and is, a just and righteous judgment from god who is the judge. In the florida everglades, marine biologist doctor richardson and his two aides, john hoyt and egon. It celebrated its dual world premiere at the 20th century and funlan driveins in tampa, florida, on october 27, 1966. Greta the mad butchergreta the torturergreta the sadistwanda the wicked wardenilsa the wicked wardenisla. Sting of death is a 1965 released 1966 american science fiction. Death entered the human experience and with it all sorts of affliction and trouble. It had to be when god created beings whose life was in their blood, that is, humans, subject to death if they sinned. Every other film in the series is violent and bloody but this one tops them all. Death curse of tartu 1966 frank weed in death curse of tartu 1966.
Death in camp delta directed by erling borgen full episode. 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. Comments are turned off autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of death curse of tartu with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. They thought it was a joke a group of students on an archaeology assignment in the everglades decide to throw a dance party one night. It was directed by soi cheang pousoi and produced by amy tsui. The main mafioso was played by a famous actor who was a big box office draw in the 1950s and another character, a war hero who was initially reluctant to get involved in the family business, was played by an upandcoming young actor. May 18, 2016 the movie mixed scenes of violent death with family and community ceremonies. Fifty years ago today page 53 classic horror film board. A group of students on an archaeology assignment in the everglades decide to throw a dance party one night. On imdb tv, you can catch hollywood hits and popular tv series at no cost. Youve got to see corruption if you havent already, its not a. Fred pinero was born on june 3, 1939 in havana, cuba as federico alberto pinero. Oct 31, 2019 months after the release of the first film, a star was murdered.
Did a search here for this film, and could find no existing topic on it. He returns from the dead, in the form of various animals, to take his revenge on those who desecrated his grave site. Sting of death is a silly, wild, and very fun picture, although it wont be remembered as a cinema classic, not by any means. Tartu doug hobart is long dead but has a curse on his tomb that enables him to. Jul 01, 2015 from the darkest depths of the florida everglades. Death curse of tartu 1968 sting of death 1965 death merchant, the 1991 death metal. Pop duos twins and boyz team up to scare up some laughs from fans in this lightweight horrorcomedy from new blood director pousoi cheang. Death curse of tartu sting of death special edition.
Tartu is a seminole witch doctor who has placed a curse on his burial site. One of the aspects of mans rebellion was separation from god. Doug hobart is known for his work on flesh feast 1970, impulse 1974 and the weird world of lsd 1967. Ive only seen the short version of this on the something weird video double feature dvd of death curse of tartusting of. Halloween havoc peter cushing in corruption columbia 1968. Death curse of tartu 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Just got the dvd set which has this paired with sting of death. Various creatures appear to take out the students and then eventually tartu himself awakens from his eternal slumber. Turkish, tv episode, tv film, tv series, uncategorized, universal. Cbs all access adds over 100 movies to its library. Volume 1 box set 20062007 death of the incredible hulk, the 1990.
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