And Debra""s zombified undead mother was discovered behind the living room couch chomping on the fleshly remains of her father""s hand - she was also killed by the professor.The overly-stagy film looked at the tangled and changed lives of the high society guests, from the time the invitations were given out for "dinner at eight" at he Jordans to the time of the party itself.Now he ever-accommodating victim of his store customers, Harold arrives at his small grocery store which he runs with the assistance of an inept helper Everett Ricks (Tammany Young).When the film won its nomination for the Best Screenplay Oscar, director Kramer boasted: "At least we beat the blacklist.Adept at impersonation, Hawkins winded up pretending to be Giacomo (John Carradine) - the new court jester of the royal usurper King Roderick the First (Cecil Parker), in order to enter Roderick""s palace.