Putting aside the “first zombie film” history of this for a moment, what most surprised me is how experimental and fluid the camera was throughout most of the film.
When you think of the rather static nature of 31s Dracula and Frankenstein, the camera work here is positively dynamic with some very creative framing and movement.
The story itself IS pretty good, as is the acting. Lugosi’s odd inflection works well here.
White Zombie
Stranger things are happening than you ever dreamed of!
Rating
3.0 (1)
Release Date
7/28/1932Runtime
67 minsGenres
Overview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$50,000Revenue
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A haunting pre-code horror where supernatural manipulation and male desire converge into something bleakly perverse. The film moves with an eerie, hypnotic rhythm that lingers long after the credits roll.
Mood
UnsettlingDread-soakedMournful
Themes
ObsessionPowerBetrayal
Look
Black and whiteFormalist
Heads up
Sexual content
Bela Lugosi
Legendre
Madge Bellamy
Madeleine Short Parker
John Harron
Neil Parker
Robert Frazer
Charles Beaumont
Joseph Cawthorn
Dr. Bruner
Frederick Peters
Chauvin- Zombie
George Burr Macannan
Von Gelder- Zombie
Brandon Hurst
Silver
Clarence Muse
Coach driver
Dan Crimmins
Pierre- Witch Doctor
John Printz
Ledot- Zombie
Claude Morgan
Zombie
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