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PAMELA DUNCAN, RICHARD GARLAND & ALLISON HAYES 'THE UNDEAD'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB0POnyqRnS6kkuxD4ZozzbCeuz-GfGxM7UPatus5671F5XN3px9YYL0IaoD98tKCN05o4rD__1UB5X-v11l2D2_cl4kI03WGBYkRA047AUBbmm-LFMxiZRJtwcnd7zdaKMl5gPtKwYsaQt1uCeWmxJ98ofLq_5ZBOCzXqNEpvMUbCPXshBZNmsmQ2ynW/s1674/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB0POnyqRnS6kkuxD4ZozzbCeuz-GfGxM7UPatus5671F5XN3px9YYL0IaoD98tKCN05o4rD__1UB5X-v11l2D2_cl4kI03WGBYkRA047AUBbmm-LFMxiZRJtwcnd7zdaKMl5gPtKwYsaQt1uCeWmxJ98ofLq_5ZBOCzXqNEpvMUbCPXshBZNmsmQ2ynW/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pamela Duncan in THE UNDEAD Year: 1957 Rating: ****</td></tr></tbody></table>The same year that Pamela Duncan and Richard Garland starred in <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/search/label/roger%20corman">Roger Corman'</a>s limp creature-feature <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2026/04/AOTCM.html">ATTACK OF THE CRAB MONSTERS</a> they were paired in one of the low-budget director's most ambitious, THE UNDEAD, with a modern frame-story of a prostitute hypnotized back into medieval times where she's falsely accused of being a witch... But it's actually shape-shifting sorceress in ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN Allison Hayes who wants the stalwart knight Garland (looking like a handsome diesel truck mechanic in ancient knight's clothing) for herself... putting poor Pamela's character through the kind of on-the-run ringer that never lets up...

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PAMELA DUNCAN, RICHARD GARLAND & ALLISON HAYES 'THE UNDEAD'

Pamela Duncan in THE UNDEAD Year: 1957 Rating: **** The same year that Pamela Duncan and Richard Garland starred in Roger Corman' s limp...

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