Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things (also known as Revenge of the Living Dead, Things From the Dead, and Zreaks) is a 1972 horror film directed by Bob Clark. This low-budget zombie movie is the second film of director Bob Clark, famous for later directing the films Black Christmas, A Christmas Story, and Porky’s.

Trivia

• Bob Clark revisited his zombie roots in Porky’s II: The Next Day when the boys from Angel Beach tried to set up a prank on Pee Wee, by having Steve (Rod Ball) dress as a ghoul and spring out at him in a cemetery prank.

• According to Tom Savini (who served as FX artist), Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things played all through the filming of the drive-in theater scene in Bob Clark’s Deathdream.

• Actor Bruce Solomon, who plays the ghoul named Winns also appears as Sgt. Raimi in another zombie movie titled Night of the Creeps.

• Actor Jeff Gillen (Jeff) played the Santa Claus in Clarks Film, A Christmas Story.

DVD

• Although previously available on VHS, a 35th anniversary special edition DVD was released in 2007 by VCI Entertainment.
• It features the uncut version of the film, a photo gallery, and a cast commentary.
• Briefly made available on VHS through Anchor Bay Entertainment.