Zombies (1964)

User Rating:

2.6/10   

Director:

Del Tenney

Writer:

Del Tenney (writer)

Release Date:

18 March 1978 (Sweden)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A cancer researcher on a remote Caribbean island discovers that by treating the natives with snake venom he can turn them into bug-eyed zombies...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Medical Research | Cannibal | Zombie | Grindhouse

Cast

William Joyce	...	Tom Harris
Heather Hewitt	...	Jeannie Biladeau
Betty Hyatt Linton	...	Coral Fairchild
Dan Stapleton	...	Duncan Fairchild
Walter Coy	...	Charles Bentley
Robert Stanton	...	Dr. Biladeau
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vanore Aikens
Matt King
Rebecca Oliver
Don Strawn	...	Leader, Calypso Band
George-Ann Williamson

Also Known As:

I Eat Your Skin (USA) (reissue title)
Voodoo Blood Bath (USA) (promotional title)
Zombie
Zombie Bloodbath (International: English title)

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:GP | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Company:

Iselin-Tenney Productions Inc.

Trivia:

This film sat on the shelf unreleased for six years until is was picked up by distributor Jerry Gross (of Cinemation Industries), who needed a horror film to play on the bottom of a double bill with his in-house production I Drink Your Blood (1970). The title was changed to "I Eat Your Skin" (1970).

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Welcome to Eltingville (2002) (TV)

I love this flick.

Del Tenney's I Eat Your Skin was filmed in Florida in 1964, under the working title Zombies. Alot of films were made at this time to cash in on the James Bond craze, Like this one. The opening and closing scenes are filmed at Miami's Fountainbleu Hotel, the same hotel where a few scenes of Goldfinger take place. This movie was originally titled Voodoo Blood Bath, but Tenney couldn't find a distributor and didn't have another feature to release along with it for a drive-in double feature. The movie sat on the shelf for years until, in 1971, producer Jerry Gross began searching for a film to release along with his I Drink Your Blood. Gross bought the rights for Tenney's film and retitled it. All of this explains why there is no skin eating in I Eat Your Skin.

I've seen this movie at least a dozen times. This is definately one of those, so bad it's good spook movies. The makeup effects, although cheap, are at the least memorable and not just grease-paint. The acting is also memorable, if only because it's so bad. The Uber macho-ism of lead character Tom Harris (played by a mostly shirtless William Joyce) will make you laugh out loud. I cannot recommend this movie enough. I was more entertained by this flick than the last 3 big budgeted movies I rented from Blockbusters!