A wealthy landowner living in Haiti convinces a sorcerer to lure the woman he has fallen for away from her fiancé. The madman later betrays their agreement by keeping the woman for himself…as a zombie.
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Bela Lugosi
Legendre
Madge Bellamy
Madeleine Short Parker
John Harron
Neil Parker
Robert Frazer
Charles Beaumont
Joseph Cawthorn
Dr. Bruner
Frederick Peters
Chauvin, a zombie
George Burr Macannan
Von Gelder, a zombie
Brandon Hurst
Silver
Clarence Muse
Coach Driver
Dan Crimmins
Pierre, the friendly witch doctor
Director
Victor Halperin
Tagline
"Stranger things are happening than you ever dreamed of!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$50,000
Production
Victor & Edward Halperin Productions
CinemaSerf
June 13, 2022
This is quite a decent little Zombie mystery with a wonderfully evocative opening few scenes as the couple drive to the eerie plantation home of "Beaumont" (Robert Frazer). Now I'm sure Haiti would be a beautiful place to marry in 2020, but back in the 1930s it was an island awash with voodoo and coffin lids that go bump in the night, so when "Beaumont" takes a shine to Madge Bellamy "Madeline" he...
hand2a
January 16, 2025
The first on-screen use of the word 'zombie'! A must watch if you are interested in the history of the horror genre, and although it is interesting, it's not the most entertaining. Robert Frazer was good as Beaumont and Lugosi was great as always, also has some nice matte painting work, but other than the historical significance, it's a pretty bog-standard early B-movie. 2/5
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