Death Curse of Tartu (1967)
Directed by William Grefe
Genres - Horror |
Sub-Genres - Supernatural Horror |
Release Date - Oct 17, 1966 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 87 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Cavett Binion
The Tartu of the title refers to a foul-tempered Seminole sorcerer (Doug Hobart) who returns from the dead as a crusty ghoul to torment and destroy a group of young archaeology students who unwittingly violate his grave during field studies in the Everglades. Tartu assumes the shapes of a variety of local fauna to exact his revenge, including a venomous snake (with remarkable acrobatic qualities) and a ferocious alligator; he even takes the form (for reasons unknown) of a not-so-indigenous man-eating shark. Not before we witness the ultimate horror of Tartu camping it up in a pair of nylons (don't ask), the villain eventually falls victim to one of the swamp's many treacherous patches of quicksand. This drippy backyard nonsense made the late-night cable TV rounds before sinking into much-deserved oblivion.
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demon, alligator, archaeology, burial-ground, demonic-possession, ghost, grave, killing, revenge, shark, snake, student, witch-doctor, zombie