Complete credited cast: | |||
Dick Purcell | ... | James McCarthy | |
Joan Woodbury | ... | Barbara Winslow | |
Mantan Moreland | ... | Jeff | |
Henry Victor | ... | Dr. Miklos Sangre | |
John Archer | ... | Bill Summers | |
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Patricia Stacey | ... | Alyce Sangre |
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Guy Usher | ... | Adm. Wainwright |
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Marguerite Whitten | ... | Samantha |
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Leigh Whipper | ... | Momba |
Madame Sul-Te-Wan | ... | Tahama | |
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James Davis | ... | Lazarus (as Jimmy Davis) |
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Laurence Criner | ... | Dr. Couillie (as Lawrence Criner) |
During World War 2, a small plane off the south coast of America is low on fuel and blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crashland on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The easily-spooked manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts. Exploring, the 3 find a voodoo ritual in the cellar, where the doctor is trying to acquire war intelligence by transferring personalities into his zombies. But the interruption causes the zombies to turn on their creator. Written by Cynan Rees <cynanrees@hotmail.com>
This little gem of a movie is actually better than it should be considering it is a Monogram picture with a low budget and unfortunate racial stereotypes which were typical for the early 1940's.
Mantan Moreland is the star of this picture. He was a great comedic actor who was stereotyped into playing the dimwitted servant in most of his movies, but he really shines in this picture. I laughed out loud when he tells his boss that he had been "zombiefied". Every scene he is in he steals. This picture was billed as a horror movie, but it is actually a comedy. There is nothing remotely scary about the plot, which involves a German doctor who has taken over an island and is turning the natives into zombies while trying to get classified secrets from a captured American admiral through the use of hypnosis. I really enjoyed this movie despite the cheap sets, silly plot and racial stereotypes. If you want a good laugh on a Saturday afternoon, then pop some popcorn and sit back and enjoy Mantan Moreland. He more than makes up for this movie's deficiencies.