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White Zombie

White Zombie

Horror · 1932

A 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.

Movie details

White Zombie

“Stranger things are happening than you ever dreamed of!”

1932 Horror 1h 7m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

A 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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over White Zombie?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Victor Halperin

Written by

Garnett Weston

Bela Lugosi

Bela Lugosi

Legendre

Madge Bellamy

Madge Bellamy

Madeleine Short Parker

John Harron

John Harron

Neil Parker

Robert Frazer

Robert Frazer

Charles Beaumont

Joseph Cawthorn

Joseph Cawthorn

Dr. Bruner

Frederick Peters

Frederick Peters

Chauvin, a zombie

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George Burr Macannan

Von Gelder, a zombie

Court is in session

Put White Zombie on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.