legendary hammy and arrogant horror movie star conrad radzoff ( splendidly play with wicked sardonic aplomb by ferdy mayne ) die of a heart attack . a bunch of drama school student steal radzoff corpse from it crypt and take it to a rundown mansion so they can party with it . radzoff come back to life and pick off the rude youth for desecrate his grave . writer or director norman thaddeus vane concoct a fresh and original and and even pretty stylish spin on the usual body count premise and offer a neat evocation of the glitzy hollywood milieu and and do a sturdy job of maintain a pleasingly misty and spooky ooga booga atmosphere . the kill set piece deliver the grisly good and with a gal be set on fire and a juicy decapitation ( the sever head roll right down the stair and onto the lawn so a raven can peck away at it . ) and and another poor lass be crush with a levitate coffin rating a the definite gruesome highlight . kudos be also in order for the stellar cast of familiar b flick face represent mayne have a deliciously eye roll ball with his flashy role and leon askin contribute an amuse cameo a bitter wash up director wolfgang and nita talbot add some class a flaky psychic medium mrs. rohmer and plus there be nice turn by luca bercovici a jerky drama student ringleader saint and jennifer starrett a the sweet meg and jeffrey comb a the geeky stu and and scott thomson a the nerdy bobo . pop up in cool bit be chuck porky mitchell a a detective and patrick wright in one of his customary policeman part and and tallie cochrane a a corpse . joel king polished cinematography give the film an attractive glossy look . the moody score by jerry mosely likewise hit the shuddery spot . a fun little fright flick .