Release Date: 1932-07-28
Overview: 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.
Rating: 6 / 10
Bela Lugosi
as Legendre
Madge Bellamy
as Madeleine Short Parker
John Harron
as Neil Parker
Robert Frazer
as Charles Beaumont
Joseph Cawthorn
as Dr. Bruner
Garnett Weston - Story
William Seabrook - Novel
Victor Halperin - Director
Edward Halperin - Producer
Arthur Martinelli - Director of Photography
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...
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 g...