5.9
In Haiti, a wealthy landowner convinces a sorcerer to lure the American woman he has fallen for away from her fiance, only to have the madman decide to keep the woman for himself, as a zombie.
Bela Lugosi
Legendre
Madge Bellamy
Madeleine Short Parker
John Harron
Neil Parker
Robert Frazer
Charles Beaumont
Joseph Cawthorn
Dr. Bruner
Frederick Peters
Chauvin- Zombie
George Burr Macannan
Von Gelder- Zombie
Brandon Hurst
Silver
Clarence Muse
Coach driver
Dan Crimmins
Pierre- Witch Doctor
John Printz
Ledot- Zombie
Claude Morgan
Zombie
John Fergusson
Zombie
Annette Stone
Maid
Velma Gresham
Maid
Director
Victor Halperin
Dialogue, Story
Garnett Weston
Novel
William Seabrook
June 13, 2022
6
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 turns to the local witch doctor "Legendre" (Lugosi) to help him lure her away from her dashing fiancée "Neil" (John Harron). It's got all the usual flaws: (really) poor writing; Bellamy is as theatrical as she can possibly be, but Lugosi is much less like a dodgy Austrian Archduke and the paucity of lighting actually helps to create a suspenseful atmosphere. It's certainly at the better end of the scale for these cheap and cheerful horror stories and well worth an hour of your time, late at night, after a wee cognac or three...
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$50,000.00
Revenue:
$0.00