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The Unearthly (1957)
, 1h13Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Zombie films, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors John Carradine, Allison Hayes, Marilyn Buferd, Myron Daniel Healey, Tor Johnson, Harry Fleer
Le professeur Charles Conway est un savant fou qui espère découvrir le secret de la jeunesse éternelle en faisant des expériences sur des glandes situées dans le cerveau. Il utilise comme cobayes des personnes dépressives, sans familles et sans attaches, qui pensent être soignées pour leur dépression. Toutefois, les expériences du Pr. Conway tournent mal et ses cobayes deviennent des sortes de zombies…
Voodoo Woman (1957)
, 1h15Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Zombie films
Actors Marla English, Tom Conway, Mike Connors, Lance Fuller, Mary Ellen Kay
A pair of treasure hunters, which includes the beautiful but ruthless Marilyn Blanchard (Marla English), discover gold in the voodoo idol of a tribe of the African jungle. Hoping to find more such treasures, they con the innocent Ted Bronson (Mike Connors) into acting as a jungle guide and leading them to the tribe that made the idol.
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
, 1h10Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films set in Africa, Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Morris Ankrum, Gene Roth, Frank Hagney, Ray Corrigan
A team of deep sea divers led by wealthy American tycoon George Harrison (Joel Ashley) attempt to salvage a fortune in diamonds from the wreckage of a ship that sunk 60 years earlier off the coast of Africa. When the team arrives, they discover that the ship is cursed and the diamonds are protected by the undead crew who are now zombies, forced to guard the treasure until the diamonds are destroyed or the curse is finally lifted.
Creature with the Atom Brain (1955)
, 1h9Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Zombie films
Actors Richard Denning, Gregory Gaye, Angela Stevens, S. John Launer, Lane Chandler, Tristram "Tris" Coffin
Deported American gangster Frank Buchanan (Michael Granger) forces ex-Nazi scientist Wilhelm Steigg (Gregory Gaye) to create zombies by resurrecting corpses through radiation in order to help him exact revenge on his enemies.
Zombies on Broadway (1945)
, 1h9Directed by Gordon Douglas, Gordon Dines
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Transport films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Alan Carney, Bela Lugosi, Wally Brown, Anne Jeffreys, Sheldon Leonard, Frank Jenks
The duo of Jerry Miles and Mike Strager are employed as Broadway press agents. Miles and Strager's latest idea is to hire a genuine zombie for the opening of a new nightclub. The boys head to the Caribbean island of San Sebastian where they meet the beautiful cabaret singer Jean la Dance. In exchange for her help, Jean wants passage off the island. Miles and Strager eventually meet up with the zombie expert Professor Renault. Unknown to them, the professor's zombie has captured Jean and brought her to the Professor's secret laboratory, While Miles and Strager investigate the house, Jean awakes to find herself gagged and strapped to a table as the Professor's next test subject. Before he can proceed to give Jean the serum his guard dogs detect intruders. Jean is quickly spirited to a secret dungeon where she is tied up but manages to escape. Strager becomes "zombified" by being under the spell of Renault's secret formula and Miles, la Dance, and Strager return home. When Strager comes out of his trance, the boys must face the wrath of Ace Miller, a nightclub owner, who is more frightening then anything they've seen yet.
Voodoo Man (1944)
, 1h2Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Zombie films
Actors Bela Lugosi, John Carradine, George Zucco, Wanda McKay, Louise Currie, Bill Corbett
Nicholas (George Zucco) runs a filling station in the sticks. In reality, he is helping Dr. Richard Marlowe (Bela Lugosi) capture comely young ladies, so he transfera their life essences to his long-dead wife. Also assisting is Toby (John Carradine), who lovingly shepherds the leftover zombie girls and pounds on bongos during voodoo ceremonies. The hero is a Hollywood screenwriter who, at the end of the picture, turns the experience into a script titled "Voodoo Man." When his producer asks who should star in it, the hero suggests ... Bela Lugosi.
Batman (1943)
, 4h20Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, War, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about children, Spy films, Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Batman films, Superhero films, Zombie films, Political films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson, Knox Manning, William Austin
Batman and Robin struggle against Dr. Daka, a Japanese scientist and agent of Hirohito who has invented a device that turns people into pseudo-zombies and has a base in a funhouse of horrors in a Japanese area of the city. Daka makes several attempts to defeat the Dynamic Duo before finally falling to his death when Robin hits the wrong switch, opening a trapdoor to a pit of crocodiles.
I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
, 1h8Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Tom Conway, Frances Dee, James Ellison, Edith Barrett, Boris Karloff, James Bell
Betsy Connell (Frances Dee), a Canadian nurse, relates in a voiceover how she once "walked with a zombie."
Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
, 1h1Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors John Carradine, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Bob Steele, Mantan Moreland, Veda Ann Borg
After the death of Max's (John Carradine) wife Lila (Veda Ann Borg), he holds a funeral for her. However, he has also turned her into a zombie. He is amazed when Lila show signs of free will and challenges him for control. In the excitement Dr. Keating (Barry Macollum) goes missing after entering a tomb which should not have been entered.
Bowery at Midnight (1942)
, 1h1Directed by Wallace Fox
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Zombie films
Actors Bela Lugosi, John Archer, Vince Barnett, Tom Neal, J. Farrell MacDonald, Dave O'Brien
Karl Wagner dirige un refuge dans le Bowery, un quartier mal famé de New York. Ce refuge est en fait une couverture rempli de pièces secrètes qui lui servent de quartier général pour monter des cambriolages et des hold-up. Wagner ne s’embarrasse d'aucun scrupule, engage des tueurs pour participer à ces casses et n'hésite pas à s'en débarrasser ensuite. L'argent ainsi récolté lui sert à payer les frais de bouche du refuge mais aussi a combler de cadeaux sa femme, car Wagner à une double vie, à la ville il est le professeur Frederick Brenner, éminent psychologue. Alors que la police manque de pistes, tout se complique quand Richard, élève de Brenner et petit ami de Judy, (l'assistante de Wagner) est éconduit par cette dernière. Pour la reconquérir il se déguise en clochard et vient chercher de la soupe dans le refuge, il y croise Wagner et comprend alors que Wagner et Brenner sont la même personne. Wagner n'a plus qu'une solution se débarrasser de Richard. Le lendemain la famille de Richard s'inquiète, téléphone à Judy qui dit l'avoir aperçu au refuge... La police peut alors remonter la piste.
King of the Zombies (1941)
, 1h7Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Horror comedy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, Mantan Moreland, Henry Victor, John Archer, Guy Usher
During World War II, a Capelis XC-12 plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily frightened manservant (Mantan Moreland) soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies, and confirms this with some of the doctor's hired help. Exploring, the three stumble upon a voodoo ritual being conducted in the cellar, where the doctor, who is in reality a foreign spy, is trying to acquire war intelligence from a captured US Admiral whose plane had crashed in a similar fashion on the island. But the interruption causes the zombies to turn on their master.
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
, 1h25Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Ghost films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas, Willie Best, Pedro de Cordoba
200px In a Manhattan radio studio, a broadcast is being made by crime reporter Lawrence Lawrence (Bob Hope)—"Larry" to his friends, as well as his enemies, who are many in number among the local underworld.
Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
, 1h5Directed by Victor Halperin, Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Genres Action, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Dean Jagger, Roy D'Arcy, George Cleveland, Carl Stockdale, E. Alyn Warren, John Archer
On the Franco-Austrian Frontier during World War I, an Oriental priest, chaplain of a French colonial regiment, is condemned to life imprisonment because he possesses the power to turn men into zombies. In his prison cell, the priest prepares to burn a parchment containing the location of the secret formula. Gen. Mazovia (Roy D'Arcy) kills the priest and takes the partially burned parchment. After the war, an expedition of representatives from the Allied countries with colonial interests are sent to Cambodia to find and destroy forever the so-called "Secret of the Zombies". The group includes Colonel Mazovia; a student of dead languages, Armand Louque (Dean Jagger); Englishman Clifford Grayson (Robert Noland); General Duval (George Cleveland); and his daughter Claire (Dorothy Stone).
White Zombie (1932)
, 1h7Directed by Victor Halperin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn, John Harron, Robert Frazer, Frederick Peters
On arrival in Haiti, Madeleine Short reunites with her fiancé Neil Parker, with imminent plans to be married. On the way to their lodging, the couple's coach passes Murder Legendre, an evil voodoo master, who observes them with interest and manages to grab Madeleine's scarf. Neil and Madeleine arrive at the home of the wealthy plantation owner, Charles Beaumont. Charles's love of Madeleine prompts him to meet Murder secretly in Murder's sugar cane mill, operated entirely by zombies. Charles wants to convince Madeleine to marry him and solicits Murder's supernatural assistance. Murder states that the only way to help Charles is to transform Madeleine into a zombie with a potion. Beaumont agrees and surreptitiously gives the potion to Madeleine. Shortly after Madeleine and Neil's wedding ceremony, the potion takes effect on Madeleine and she appears to die. After her funeral, Murder and Charles enter Madeleine's tomb at night and Murder revives her as a zombie. Drunk and depressed, Neil imagines ghostly apparitions of Madeleine and goes to her tomb. Finding it empty, Neil seeks assistance from the local missionary, Dr. Bruner, who recounts how Murder turned many of his rivals into zombies, who now guard his estate. The two men journey to Murder's cliffside castle to rescue Madeleine.
The Skeleton Dance (1929)
, 5minutesDirected by Walt Disney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Musical, Animation
Themes Zombie films, Comedy horror films, Children's films
Actors Walt Disney, Carl W. Stalling
La nuit tombe, le hibou s'éveille, les chauve-souris quittent le clocher de l'église qui sonne les douze coups de minuit, une araignée quitte son arbre, un chien hurle à la lune, deux chats se battent dans le cimetière... C'est le moment qu'attendaient les squelettes pour sortir et s'amuser un peu.