I Walked with a Zombie

Unrated

4/21/19431h 9m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ She's alive…yet dead! She's dead…yet alive! ~

Overview:

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

Director:

Jacques Tourneur

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

island
jealousy
love triangle
nurse
superstition
voodoo
calypso
plantation
half-brother
psychological abuse
sorrow
sibling rivalry
zombie
doctor
alcoholic
tower
val lewton
tropical island
voodoo ritual
science vs religion
guilty conscience
voodoo doll
gothic romance
brain dead
descendants of african slaves
plantation owner
cane field

Cast

James Ellison

~ as ~

Wesley Rand

Frances Dee

~ as ~

Betsy Connell

Tom Conway

~ as ~

Paul Holland

Edith Barrett

~ as ~

Mrs. Rand

James Bell

~ as ~

Dr. Maxwell

Christine Gordon

~ as ~

Jessica Holland

Theresa Harris

~ as ~

Alma

Sir Lancelot

~ as ~

Calypso Singer

Darby Jones

~ as ~

Carrefour

Jeni Le Gon

~ as ~

Dancer

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
Frances Dee portrays "Betsy Connell" a nurse hired to travel to a Caribbean island to care for the catatonic wife of a local plantation owner. Once there, she does her best for the poor woman as she slowly falls in love with the husband "Paul Holland" (Tom Conway). She decides she must do what she can to help her charge recover and that involves dealing with the local community and using their voodoo. The film is actually quite thought provoking; it touches on the conversation about continuing to live regardless of the quality of life and it questions the role of traditional (and often religiously ethical medical treatments) against what could be described as more pagan ones. It's eerily shot which means at times quite it can be hard to see what's going on, but is still an interesting horror film with virtually no screaming!