"A-Five, Six, Seven, Eight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                                  Girls, you may well ask, "What the hell is this?

                                   A re-imagining of "A Chorus Line?"  God forbid!

                                  Three of the  Diana Nellis Dancers, the year before they made their signature  appearance in "She Demons???????????????"

                                    That might be closer to the answer.  Actually,  this  is a clip  from the highly abreviated dance scene in Roger Corman's 19557 film, "The  Undead," which has  to be seen,to be believed.

                                       These girls, dressed in costumes foreshadowing  Cassie's in 1975, writhe on the  floor, and heave their bosoms.  Actually,  there  are a lot  of heaving bosoms in this  film, what with Pamela Duncan, as Diana Love, the most well dressed Fifties prostitute of them all.  This was when a woman could still look classy as a prostitute;  unlike today, where torn skirts, legs exposed almost to  the cooch, and torn stockings spell out SLUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                        But, don't  worry!   When we get  to  the medieval story, Allison Hayes appears in all  her  pulchritudinous glory, as  Livia,  supposedly a  most  powerful  witch, yet  one who  is easily done in by a knife stabbing.  Hons,  I am telling  you, her  bosoms  heave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                          The two  best performances in the film are Billy Barty,  as The Imp,  (Why he  was not in  "The Wizard Of Oz" eludes me.) and Dorothy Neumann  as Meg Maud,  a sort of  good  witch,  who can't  make up her mind what type of film she is in--a fantasy or  a  comedy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                           The  whole thing was filmed in an abandoned supermarket, by director Roger Corman, in just eleven days!  Maybe that  was one day too many.

                                            Interestingly,  the film foreshadows  the  visual style  of  Mario Bava's  much superior 1960 film, "Black  Sunday."  Wonder if  this influenced him??????????

                                               "The Undead" is turgid, fun in spots, but not enough to be highly successful camp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                  Those heaving bosoms make up for  it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!