
Revolt of the Zombies
Revolt of the Zombies is a 1936 American horror film directed by Victor Halperin, produced by Edward Halperin, and starring Dean Jagger and Dorothy Stone. One of the earliest zombie films, it was initially conceived as a loose sequel to the director's moderately successful White Zombie (1932) but, due to a lawsuit, was unable to promote itself as such.
Plot
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 General 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).
More details
author | Howard Higgin Rollo Lloyd Victor Halperin |
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contentLocation | Cambodia |
director | Victor Hugo Halperin |
editor | Douglass Biggs |
genre | horror |
keywords | angkor condemn french protectorate of cambodia high priest life imprisonment phnom penh prison cell secret formula world war i |
musicBy | Charles Dunworth Hugo Riesenfeld |
producer | Edward Halperin |
productionCompany | Victor & Edward Halperin Productions |
publisher | Academy Pictures Distributing Corporation |
theme | independent zombie |