Jan 15, 2017 the product of cult film writerdirector william grefe, death curse of tartu is the type of movie specifically tailored for the drivein impresario attempting to bring in a swath of teenage spectators. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. Death curse of tartu 1966 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Death curse of tartu 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Perhaps his most popular films were death curse of tartu 1967, 84 minutes and sting of death which together, for more than a decade, were the mainstays of driveins throughout the country. Filmed in the florida everglades, this cheap production features a cast of relative unknowns, some of whom are far better actors than the others. Its popularity was due primarily to its cast which contained several members of hong kong bands. Of course, a succession of thoughtless academics keep intruding, forcing tartu to fulfill his dying death curse and kill these white fools. The dialogue is laughable the natives are restless, one team member notes and the acting is so weak, you have to chuckle at times. Death curse of tartu was shot in 7 days, made in a hurry after joseph fink and juan hildago gato from distributors thunderbird international acquired sting of death, and needed a horror film to play with it as a double feature for the driveins.
Not positive, but pretty darn sure that 67 was the release year for the eternally boundtogether double feature of sting of death and death curse of tartu. Though i dont think tartu is a native american name. The dvd edition of the film was sold as a double feature with another william grefe film, death curse of tartu. 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. The film was released in the vhs and dvd formats in 2001 and was distributed by something weird video.
Stanley 1972, backstabber 2011, blood clan 1990, skinner 1993, villa estrella 2009. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of death curse of tartu with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. It was directed by soi cheang pousoi and produced by amy tsui. Rare scenes from sting of death producer richard s. Students accidentally disturb the burial ground of an indian medicine man who comes to zombielike life with a deadly prescription. Death curse of tartu 1966 archaeology students flee from an everglades witch doctor doug hobart who can turn into a shark, snake, alligator or zombie. Trailer vault featuring death curse of tartu, sting of death, mako. An ancient seminole witch doctor doug hobart lies entombed deep in the everglades having left express notice that he not be disturbed. Flinks obscure gore epic love goddess of blood island 27 mins. Thanks to our friends at something weird video, our entry for today is 1966s the death curse of tartu. Death curse of tartu 84mins1967 has students and a teacher disturbing an ancient burial ground in the florida everglades. Director william grefe walks us through both sting of death and death curse of tartu with an amused air of detachment, freely admitting to mistakes that derived from his lack of money or just plain oversights on his part, as well as the spurofthemoment decisions that were made just to get the the latter movie made in the first place, and to. Read the full synopsis of death curse of tartu, 1967, directed by william grefe, with fred pinero, babette sherrill, mayra cristine, at turner classic movies. Death curse of tartu 1966 january 16, 2017 february 27, 2019 monsterhunter there really wasnt a whole lot to this movie a few people running from animals in the swamps for almost an hour and a half, but the one thing i was really struck by was that this was one of those rare cases where the acting actually got worse as the movie went.
Various creatures appear to take out the students and then eventually tartu himself awakens from his eternal slumber. Grefe needed to make a movie quick and he had the funding so he took the old story of the mummys curse and transplanted it to the florida everglades, changing tutankhamun to a more native americansounding tartu. Death curse of tartu 1966 directed by william grefe. The spot they choose happens to be the burial site of an ancient indian medicine man named tartu doug hobart. The bad movie report gave the film a negative rating of 2, much like b movie central which gave it the rating of 2 bees. The first feature and more familiar one is death curse of tartu and concerns the title character, a 100yearold witch doctor resting in an ancient burial ground in the florida swamps. Death curse of tartu is a 1966 english film stars fred pinero, william grefe, william grefe, babette sherrill, bill marcus, mayra gomez kemp, sherman hayes, doug hobart, brad f. Day 24 death curse of tartu 1966 monster movie kid. Death curse of tartu is available on a now outofprint dvd from something weird video. A professor, his wife and four students come along and desecrate the place.
Tartu has the ability to come to life in the form of an alligator, snake, shark, warrior or zombie, and kill. This is the dirtcheap, soporific story of a dead medicine man named tartu douglas hobart, who just wants to rest in his coffin hidden deep in the everglades. Death curse of tartu 1966 classic horror film board. A group of students on an archaeology assignment in the everglades decide to throw a dance party one night. Death curse of tartu 1966 cast and crew archaeology students flee from an everglades witch doctor doug hobart who can turn into a shark, snake, alligator or zombie. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, suspense and serious films with plots about revenge, murder, death, slasher, violence, gore and supernatural power mostly in horror, action and adventure genres. With fred pinero, babette sherrill, bill marcus, mayra gomez kemp. Death curse of tartu is a film directed by william grefe with fred pinero, babette sherrill, mayra gomez kemp, bill marcus, year. Its about a 100yearold seminole witch doctor named tartu doug hobart, who leaves behind a curse for those who enter his burial ground and desecrate it. Death curse of tartu 1966 fantastic movie musings and.
Find movie and film cast and crew information for death curse of tartu 1967 william grefe on allmovie. Grinter, frank weed, maurice steuart, gary holtz, joseph fink, julio c. Technically competent but boring story of the reanimated corpse of an american indian shaman that targets some trashy white folks who rudely desecrate his swampy tomb. Cast and crew credits for death curse of tartu, 1967, directed by william grefe, with fred pinero, babette sherrill, mayra cristine, at turner classic movies. Steven cheung plays the part of ben ting, the youngest of eightthe best looking one. In his prophesy, he says he can only be killed by nature. Death curse of tartu aims to do little else but entertain, which it does, in an unusual, low rent sort of sense. Four curious students disturb the ancient burial ground of a 400yearold indian chief who vows revenge in death curse of tartu 1966, and a marine biologist is mutated into a terrible halfman, halfjellyfish creature that wields the sting of death 1965.