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White Zombie is a 1932 American horror film directed by Victor Hugo Halperin. The cast includes Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Robert Frazer, and John Harron. Produced by Victor & Edward Halperin Productions, the movie was distributed by United Artists and Netflix. It is presented in black-and-white and was originally released in English. The narrative is set in Haiti and features the zombie motif.
The film explores themes of unrequited love, brainwashing, social exploitation, and slavery. Xavier Cugat composed the score. Production costs were $50,000, while the box office gross reached $8,000,000. The runtime is listed as 67 or 69 minutes. It holds a review score of 7.3 out of 10 and 86 percent, with an IMDb rating of 6.2. The work is in the public domain and is associated with the Pre-Code Hollywood movement.
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Film · TMDB
6.0A 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.
Cast
- Bela Lugosi as Legendre
- Madge Bellamy as Madeleine Short Parker
- John Harron as Neil Parker
- Robert Frazer as Charles Beaumont
- Joseph Cawthorn as Dr. Bruner
- Frederick Peters as Chauvin, a zombie
Themes
- voodoo
- plantation
- haiti
- zombie
- black and white
- newlywed
- pre-code
- poverty row
- woman in peril
- grim
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Internet Archive
moviesWhite Zombie (restored, colorized) (1932, pre-code horror, imdb score: 6.3)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- zombie film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- slavery
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Victor Hugo Halperin
- Cast member
- Joseph Cawthorn
- Composer
- Xavier Cugat
- Narrative location
- Haiti
- Duration
- 69
- FilmAffinity ID
- 530925
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Promotional float for Paramount Theatre, Bundaberg, ca. 1930s.jpg
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- Commons category
- White Zombie (film)
- publication date
- 1932-01-01
- title
- White Zombie
- distributed by
- Netflix
- color
- black-and-white
- capital cost
- 50000
- box office
- 8000000
- narrative motif
- zombie
- review score
- 86%
- copyright status
- public domain
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