The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

Director:

John Gilling

Writer:

Peter Bryan (writer)

Release Date:

12 January 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Young workers are dying because of a mysterious epidemic in a little village in Cornwall. Doctor Thompson...

Plot Keywords:

Professor | Mine | Dying | Village | Epidemic

Cast

André Morell	...	Sir James Forbes
Diane Clare	...	Sylvia Forbes
Brook Williams	...	Dr. Peter Tompson
Jacqueline Pearce	...	Alice Mary Tompson
John Carson	...	Squire Clive Hamilton
Alexander Davion	...	Denver (as Alex Davion)
Michael Ripper	...	Sergeant Jack Swift
Marcus Hammond	...	Tom Martinus
Dennis Chinnery	...	Constable Christian
Louis Mahoney	...	Coloured Servant
Roy Royston	...	Vicar
Ben Aris	...	John Martinus
Tim Condren	...	A young blood (as Tim Condron)
Bernard Egan	...	A young blood
Norman Mann	...	A young blood

Also Known As:

The Zombies

Runtime:

91 min | USA:90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

UK:12 (DVD rating) | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) | Finland:(Banned) (1966) | Norway:15 | Norway:18 (1970) | USA:Approved

Filming Locations:

Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire, England, UK

Company:

Hammer Film Productions

Trivia:

Originally shown (in London) in a double billing with Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sir James and Peter are watching Alice's grave, they have to leave to help the vicar who has been attacked. The squire and his men open the grave and reveal Alice's corpse but are disturbed when Sir James and Peter return. As the two watch she transforms into a zombie and crawls out of her grave. But when they arrived back in the cemetery and found the open grave we see Alice for an instant in her coffin and she is already in zombie make up, even though this is before the transformation.

Quotes:

Sir James Forbes: Someone in this village is practicing witchcraft. That corpse wandering on the moors is an undead, a zombie.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Fright (1971)

An excellent Zombie Movie

This is one of the few good horror movies about zombies that I've ever seen. It has wonderful acting, mystery, intrigue, a great plot, and, of course, scary zombies. I wish modern horror movie makers would create more movies in the vein of this 1966 classic, rather than continually pumping out the tripe that we see so much of today. This film is a respectable addition to any horror lover's personal movie collection.