White Zombie
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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Title: White Zombie Summary: A young man turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiancé, but instead turns her into a zombie slave. Directed by: Victor Halperin Actors: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn Production Company: Victor & Edward Halperin Productions Release Date: 4 August 1932 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 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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- Director
- Victor Halperin
- Starring
- Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, John Harron, Robert Frazer, Joseph Cawthorn, Frederick Peters, George Burr Macannan, Brandon Hurst
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