Directed by Walter Stocker - the only movie he directed, he was usually an actor - and written by his son Gregory Dana, Till Death starts with Paul Ryan (Keith Atkinson) dreaming that he's picked up a woman on a foggy road, then is trapped in a crypt - with his name on it - with her dead body. He wakes just in time to get married to Anne (Belinda Balaski!) and after some making out in the fog, there's a car crash and she dies on the way to the honeymoon.
Yes, this one is dark.
Once healed, Paul goes to Eden Glen Cemetery and the Eternity mausoleum where his wife is buried. The shock is too much and he passes out, waking inside her tomb. And as you can imagine, he's not alone.
Filmed in 1972 and having a 1974 copyright, this was not released until 1978 but as other reviewers have pointed out, it didn't really show up until some UHF horror hosts played it in the early 80s. Like Chiller Theater in Pittsburgh, which even chose it for a Christmas night airing.
This is a love story with horror slightly getting involved. It's nearly elevated horror - well, if early 70s can be - but knows to stay in the mood and deliver an actual ending. It predates The Iron Rose, but I doubt Jean Rollin ever saw this. So many lovers can get locked in the cemetery, don't you know.
Yes, this one is dark.
Once healed, Paul goes to Eden Glen Cemetery and the Eternity mausoleum where his wife is buried. The shock is too much and he passes out, waking inside her tomb. And as you can imagine, he's not alone.
Filmed in 1972 and having a 1974 copyright, this was not released until 1978 but as other reviewers have pointed out, it didn't really show up until some UHF horror hosts played it in the early 80s. Like Chiller Theater in Pittsburgh, which even chose it for a Christmas night airing.
This is a love story with horror slightly getting involved. It's nearly elevated horror - well, if early 70s can be - but knows to stay in the mood and deliver an actual ending. It predates The Iron Rose, but I doubt Jean Rollin ever saw this. So many lovers can get locked in the cemetery, don't you know.