Rent Sting of Death / Death Curse of Tartu (1966)
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2h 47min
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- Synopsis:
Killer sharks and human jellyfish and living mummies, oh my! Arrow Video is proud to present the first ever collection of works by William Wild Bill Grefé, the maverick filmmaker who braved the deep, dark depths of the Florida everglades to deliver some of the most outrageous exploitation fare ever to go-go dance its way across drive-in screens.
Sting of Death (1966)College girl Karen (Valerie Hawkins) visits her dad, a marine biologist, at his island compound in the Florida Everglades. Her partying friends show up, dance to Neil Sedaka tunes, and taunt the doctor's creepy assistant, Egon (John Vella). Soon they're victims of a wetsuit-wearing. bipedal jellyfish monster. Jealous of Karen's boyfriend, Egon kidnaps her and carries her to his secret underground lair.
Death Curse of Tartu (1966)
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 (Doug Hobart). He returns from the dead, in the form of various animals, to take his revenge on those who desecrated his grave site.- Actors:
- Joe Morrison, Valerie Hawkins, John Vella, Jack Nagle, Sandy Lee Kane, Deanna Lund, Lois Etelman, Blanche Devereaux, Doug Hobart, Judy Lee, Robert Stanton, Tony Gulliver, Ron Pinchbeck, John Castle, Barbara Paridon, Sidney Lee, Fred Pinero, Babette Sherrill, Bill Marcus, Mayra Gómez Kemp
- Directors:
- William Grefé
- Producers:
- Richard S. Flink, Joseph Fink, Juan Hidalgo-Gato
- Writers:
- William Kerwin, William Grefé
- Aka:
- Sting of Death / Curse of Death
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- A Brief History of Archaeology on Screen: Part 2, A Brief History of Film...
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/11/2020
- Run Time:
- 167 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0, English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.85:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- (0) All
- Bonus:
- Brand new introductions to the films by director William Grefé
- Archival audio commentaries for both films with William Grefé and filmmaker Frank Henenlotter
- 'Sting of Death': Beyond the Movie Monsters a-Go Go! a look into the history of rock 'n' roll monster movies with author/historian C. Courtney Joyner
- The Curious Case of Dr. Traboh: Spook Show Extraordinaire a ghoulish look into the early spook show days with monster maker Doug Hobart
- Original Trailers
- Still and Promotion Gallery
