Directed by:
Jean YarbroughCinematography:
Mack StenglerComposer:
Edward J. KayCast:
Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, Mantan Moreland, John Archer, Patricia Stacey, Laurence Criner, Henry Victor, Guy Usher, Leigh WhipperVOD (1)
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John Archer, Dick Purcell and valet Mantan Moreland are forced to down their small aircraft on a remote Caribbean Island. Mad scientist (Henry Victor) is using voodoo & hypnotism to turn the local populace into an army of zombies. His fiendish pan is to use them in gathering secret defense information for the Axis. Mantan Moreland steals the show with a memorable comic performance that elevates the King of the Zombies to a cult classic. (official distributor synopsis)
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As a zombie film, King of the Zombies is overly traditional, a bit about nothing, and certainly doesn't have the surprise it theoretically could have had at the time of its release. But it's the humor that helps the film, that lifts it up, and that makes the hour and a bit definitely not wasted time. It's not a good horror film, but it's a fun comedy with elements that have horror origins.
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