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Motorcycle-riding psychos, cannibal cuisine, and an undertaker with a killer business plan.

THE UNDERTAKER AND HIS PALS

Blood, blades, and bikes: two psychos paint the town red, and their buddy the Undertaker is ready to bury the mess.

1966 · 1h 3m · R · Comedy / Horror · IMDB TMDB

An undertaker befriends a pair of motorcycle-riding, knife-wielding, psycho restaurant owners who kill people for body parts to use in their blue-plate daily specials.

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What is The Undertaker and His Pals about?

The Undertaker and His Pals is a 1966 American comedy-horror film directed by T.L.P. Swicegood about a motorcycle-riding undertaker and his two biker accomplices who murder victims to drum up business for their funeral parlor and serve up body parts in their diner.

Programmer's Pick

If your tastes run to over-the-top gore with a side of cannibal cuisine and slapstick, this one’s got the recipe. The Undertaker and His Pals gleefully mashes up biker sleaze, gallows humor, and grand guignol buffet, all in just over an hour. Cheap, crass, and never boring.

— SassyFlix Programmer

Overview

A morbid sense of humor meets low-budget mayhem in this 1966 cult oddity. The Undertaker and His Pals follows a motorcycle-riding undertaker who teams up with two biker pals to create a grisly business cycle: hand-picking victims from the phone book, dispatching them in gruesome fashion, and then cashing in on cut-rate funerals for the bereaved. One of the gang is a medical student with a penchant for anatomical experiments, while their restaurant business finds a grotesque use for leftover body parts. With a private detective hot on their trail and a town full of unsuspecting citizens, the body count—and the slapstick—keep mounting. This is a psychotronic blend of gore, pitch-black comedy, and pure exploitation energy.

Details & Specs

Director
T.L.P. Swicegood
Writer
T.L.P. Swicegood
Release
1966
Runtime
1h 3m
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Genres
Comedy, Horror

Cast & Crew

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Director: T.L.P. Swicegood Writer: T.L.P. Swicegood
RD Ray Dannis The Undertaker Warrene Ott Warrene Ott Friday / Thursday James Westmoreland James Westmoreland Harry Glass MF Marty Friedman SF Sally Frei Ann KC Karen Ciral Sally Lamb RR Ryck Rydon CF Charles Fox DW Dodie Warren

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Why Cult

Biker Undertaker Triad

The film centers on a bizarre alliance between a motorcycle-riding undertaker and his two biker pals, blending subcultures rarely seen together.

Cannibal Cuisine

Victims' body parts end up as blue-plate specials in the gang's restaurant, serving up a helping of horror with every meal.

Psychotronic Gore

Expect over-the-top violence, dismemberment, and plenty of blood and guts, all served with a wink and a pie in the face.

Funeral Parlor Farce

The undertaker’s scam involves overcharging for shoddy funerals, adding a pitch-black layer of satire to the carnage.

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Trigger

Undertaker and bikers select victims from the phone book

Threat

Murderous undertaker and biker accomplices

Effect

Victims are killed, dismembered, and used for business schemes

Setting

Small American town

Questions from the Vault

When was The Undertaker and His Pals released? +

The Undertaker and His Pals was released in 1966.

Who directed The Undertaker and His Pals? +

The Undertaker and His Pals was directed by T.L.P. Swicegood.

How long is The Undertaker and His Pals? +

The Undertaker and His Pals has a runtime of 63 minutes.

What genre is The Undertaker and His Pals? +

The Undertaker and His Pals is a comedy-horror film.

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