White Zombie

White Zombie (1932)

Actors: 

Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy & Joseph Cawthorn

Director: 

Victor Haleperin

Runtime: 69 Minutes

Plot:

Young couple Madeleine and Neil are coaxed by acquaintance Monsieur Beaumont to get married on his Haitian plantation. Beaumont's motives are purely selfish as he makes every attempt to convince the beautiful young girl to run away with him. For help Beaumont turns to the devious Legendre, a man who runs his mill by mind controlling people he has turned into zombies. After Beaumont uses Legendre's zombie potion on Madeleine, he is dissatisfied with her emotionless being and wants her to be changed back. Legendre has no intention of doing this and he drugs Beaumont as well to add to his zombie collection. Meanwhile, grieving 'widower' Neil is convinced by a local priest that Madeleine may still be alive and he seeks her out.

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Review:

This movie is a classic starring Bela Lugosi and is my favorite of his and my favorite classic horror. We are talking 1932 when actors had to act and not get by with their looks. This is not to be confused with his movie Voodoo Man, made 12 years later.
"White Zombie" is the very first (still excising) zombie movie ever made. It's not today's zombie movie but a classic voodooish zombie. I would recommend this movie to any horror movie buff as a top 10 must see.

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