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Bookmark this pageWhite Zombie (1932)
Director: Victor Halperin
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From Time Out Film Guide
A dream-like encounter between Gothic romance and 'primitive' mythology, with an American innocent (Bellamy) plucked from her wedding feast and consigned to walk with the Haitian living dead by voodoo master Lugosi. Halperin shoots this poetic melodrama as trance; insinuating ideas and images of possession, defloration, and necrophilia into a perfectly stylised design, with the atmospherics conjuring echoes of countless resonant fairytales. The unique result constitutes a virtual bridge between classic Universal horror and the later Val Lewton productions.Author: PT
Cast & crew
Director: Victor Halperin
Producer: Edward Halperin
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Robert Frazer, Brandon Hurst, John Harron, Joseph Cawthorn full cast
Genre(s): Horror
Duration: 73 mins
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