The Undertaker and His Pals

Starring:Ray Dannis, Warrene Ott, James Westmoreland, Marty Friedman, Sally Frei, Rick Cooper, Robert Lowery, Ryck Rydon, Charles Fox (II), Karen Ciral, Dodie Warren, Tiffany Sharon O'Hara, Vince Harris, Barbro Heart, Florence Dupree
Director: T.L.P. Swicegood
Studio: Vci Video
Product Type: DVD

Drive-In Double Feature: Undertaker And His Pals (1966) / Carnival Of Blood (1970)

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A hillbilly undertaker forms an unholy alliance with a restaurant owner who serves up corpses on his menu / A phantom killer stalks the Coney Island boardwalk.

Great Cannibal Classics (The Undertaker And His Pals / The Severed Arm / I Eat Your Skin)

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Flesh Feast
A DVD with 'Taste'
3 B movies for one cheap price

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Customer Reviews:

Flesh Feast.......2006-01-09

I have a 4 pak called Flesh Feast with these same films. Let's take each film one by one:
Slave of the Cannibal God-Stacy Keach and original Bond Girl Ursula Andrews. This film was a pretty good adventure film. Some great scenery and pretty enjoyable. 3 stars
The Severed Arm-Not bad, pretty funny and pretty corney but that is ok. 2 stars
I eat your skin-Silly fun movie that takes place on a fictional island where voodoo creates the living dead. 2 stars
The Undertaker and His Pals- Now this is a funny movie. And like someone else stated the Hip Thrusting still has me wondering as well, but that is the silly comedy of this film. The opening scene where the picture of the sailor changes from happy to shock as he sees his girlfriend murdered was creative and funny. I give this film 3 stars. Overall I give the pak 3 stars, would only recommend for people who like silly, creative older films.

A DVD with 'Taste'.......2004-11-11

Although that was a pun, the selection of movies on this DVD is on the tamer side of cannibal movies. If this upsets someone because they get turned on by movies where animals are slaughtered and women are brutalized, they should seek therapy. There are three movies on this single-sided DVD. 1) 'The Undertaker and His Pals': A campy movie that is thankfully not too long. This movie answers the question, "What happens when you cross Lorenzo Semple, Jr. with H. G. Lewis?". Nobody asked that question but we still got an answer. 'The Undertaker and His Pals tries hard (too hard) at times to be funny. At times it succeeds and at times it falls flat on it's face. I did find humor and some laugh out loud moments in this movie. Some funny moments were intentional, some not, some I had trouble figuring out which (the hip thrusting recoil scene still has me wondering). I found this movie enjoyable enough to watch for it's short 63 minute runtime. It pretty much falls into the category of so bad it's good. If you do not enjoy that type of movie, you probably will not enjoy this. The simple plot of this movie centers on the owners of a diner and a undertaker who plot to kill women for food for the diner and a burial scam for the undertaker (effectively and annoyingly played by Ray Dannis not Ray Dennis as some DVDs have listed him). This also involves a P.I. and a secretary who becomes food and a secretary they want for food (and no, I am not going to make a remark about that, fill in your own blanks). 2) 'The Severed Arm': Several men are trapped in a cave-in. As time passes starvation sets in. The trapped men draw lots to see who will sacrifice a limb so the others can have food. Unfortunately, now for the one-armed man, rescue comes shortly thereafter leaving a bad memory for one survivor and a lingering revenge against the others. To help confuse matters, this movie features Roy Dennis (not Ray Dennis or Ray Dannis). 3) 'I Eat Your Skin', a.k.a. 'Voodoo Blood Bath': This movie was titled 'I Eat Your Skin' to double-bill with 'I Drink Your Blood' in 1971. This at times was gory for the times but nothing like the title suggests. A doctor (call him mad if you want) conducting experiments on a Caribean island (sound familiar) for a cure for cancer instead ends up creating a bunch of bugged eyed zombies. These zombies are not flesheaters as the title suggests but drag people off, beat them, etc. Thankfully there is nobody with the last name of Dennis or Dannis in this movie.-- Aside from the three feature films, this DVD also contains trivia about real ife cannibals. The quality is at or better than VHS and looks good on a 20" TV screen. Please do not eat the DVD.-Bob

3 B movies for one cheap price.......2004-01-02

First of all, I should point out that all 3 of these movies are also available on a collection called "Flesh Feast" that also includes "Slave of the Cannibal God." Haven't seen "Flesh Feast" so I don't know if the picture quality is better or worse. You do get a menu on this DVD with actual facts about real-life cannibals, for what it's worth.

That said, "Great Cannibal Classics" is typical of these cheap multi-movie sets: no-frills versions of the movies, no widescreen, etc. I guess if you were to buy these movies individually you might get a better version w/more extras, but this is a cheap way to get exposure to these movies without paying lots of $$$.

The best one on here is "The Undertaker and His Pals." Fans of Herschell Gordon Lewis need to see this one; it's got the mixture of blood and horribly acted 1960's comedy-shock-horror that gave his movies their distinctive flavor. If I didn't know otherwise I would have sworn he directed this one, although it's a little less gory than most of his films. It's about an evil undertaker that supplies the diner next door (actually named the "Greasy Spoon!") with fresh meat. Really hilarious, especially the ending when they show all the actors. Must be seen to be believed.

Then there's "The Severed Arm," some 70's B-trash about men trapped in a cave-in. On the verge of starving to death, they cut off one guy's arm. Five years later, a guy with a hatchet hunts them down one by one. Not as much blood as I had hoped for, and parts of the film can be damn slow. But it has that 70's cheesy charm to it (especially the weird synthesizer soundtrack), and there's a great twisted ending that makes it all worthwhile. Great for fans of cheap horror films that would have played in the 42nd Street grindhouses.

Finallly, "I Eat Your Skin." Apparently this one ran on a double bill with "I Drink Your Blood," which I've never seen. It's 60's black and white island zombie nonsense, where the zombies' bug-eyes look like Muppet style ping-pong ball halves. Don't expect good makeup here. Worth it for the unintentional laughs, especially the action hero lead who womanizes like James Bond. Pretty grainy picture quality.

Customer Reviews:

Stupdi but charming.......2006-11-28

I once read a review that said given the choice between a stupid movie that knows it's stupid and a smart movie that knows its smart, always go with the stupide one. And this movie is definitely stupid. The killers have pretty shoddy motivations. The undertaker jokes are strained and the women show up only to get murdered.

But despite that, it has its charms. The music is pure Franky and Annette at the beach and the long shots of bikes riding through the hills of California are just beautiful. And how can you really ruin a cannibalism story. The fake blood is decidedly fake and the jokes are corny. Still if you have enough booze or pot, this movie is a perfect capper to an evening.

Cheesy never tasted so good.......2006-10-04

I love this movie, it is one of those movies where everything is amataur,
Obviously everyone involved with this movie had a great time making it and the low production value and high spirits make it a fun filed ride for me.
I love it so much I am buying the DVD version despite have it on vhs for years. I love the casting in it and the idea of a "motorcycle gang" on Honda 50s or 90s barely more than a moped a hoot.
Great movie with a cheeseberger and beer.

So very, very bad........2005-02-16

The Undertaker and His Pals (T. L. P. Swicegood, 1967)

Swicegood, a writer for the TV series The Untouchables, took the directorial helm for the first time with The Undertaker and His Pals. It was the last anyone in Hollywood heard from him; not only his directorial career, but his writing career, vanished. It is not that hard to see why.

The Undertaker and His Pals is a beach comedy away from the beach, a softcore film without the sex. It certainly starts out with a shock; a woman is stalked by three masked motorcycle riders, then is attacked and killed, after which her legs are severed. The gore effects, for 1967, are stunning, and must have been shocking in the extreme to a pre-Night of the Living Dead audience. Unfortunately, Swicegood must have figured he couldn't get away with a whole film of such effects, and the explicit, deliciously shocking nature of the first scene is never to be found again. The movie descends into sixty-three minutes of slapstick, a Cro-Magnon version of Airplane! with cannibalism, but no one who can act nearly as well as Robert Hays. (And that's really saying something.)

Yes, the film is only sixty-three minutes long. And the crowning touch on this monkey is that even though the film is so short, it still has to resort to the old puff-out-the-time trick of repeating scenery. If you cut out the filler, the movie would probably have been forty-five minutes long. Which would not have been a bad thing. Much of the forty-five minutes are filled with actresses from sex comedies wearing as little as possible and silly special effects (there is one, about halfway through the film, that looks out-of-place, but is the only time during its length the movie comes even close to the power of the first sequence).

Probably good for a laugh, if you're under the influence, but otherwise, avoid it. * ½

BORING MOVIE AND POOR SCRIPT.......2004-03-30

Eating human flesh makes for easy jokes. This movie has almost none. They seem to be more concerned about gore, which is boring as hell. Also, a movie like this needs at least one good horror or comedy actor. This film has none! Since many of the acters have appeared in major productions, the acting is acceptable. So, it's not funny in a SO BAD IT'S GOOD ED WOOD vain. There are better films to spend your money on!

When heroin addicts get a camera and a budget.......2004-03-18

This is without a doubt the dumbest hour I ever spent, and I loved every minute. Who couldn't love the humble undertaker, he's just trying to make a living and no one wants extras these days. This film works on many levels and has so much social, entertainment, and educational value, I don't know where to begin.

Check out the awful sound sinc when the chick fires the gun out the window. She fires twice, then you hear two bangs, THEN she thrusts her hips twice. Classic.

The undertaker loses his license plate, gets wounded and is about to be dumped in acid, when suddenly he helps Doc kill Mort in the acid. Did anyone catch this? Why did they do this?

How did the undertaker survuve a jump off a six story building and walk away without a scratch?

How did the undertaker take a leap at Thursday from two feet away and miss? She didn't even move!

What happened to Detective Glass in the end? Thursday ends up with the fat dude?

In 1967 gas was $0.32 a gallon? WOW.

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Bone Chilling Double Feature

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The Undertaker and His Pals

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Undertaker & His Pals
Starring: Ray Dannis
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Release Date: 2004-10-26

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