WHITE ZOMBIE-1932-3 STARS

You know I read that this film was shot with a budget of $50,000. Now I wonder how much of that Lugosi got, what do you think, probably a couple thousand? Damn, no wonder he died broke. I also read that the film was shot in eleven days, which explains the sub-par acting (not by Lugosi), but hey, its still a classic. If you’re into zombies, then you’re really gonna love this film. Unfortunately you won’t see them tearing bodies apart and eating them, but they’re more controlled, and they know how to do stuff, like work in sugar mills, grave-robbing, and playing the piano, so make sure you don’t miss that.

The movie starts off with another suck-butt couple Neil (John Harron), and Madeleine (Madge Bellamy), who are about to be married at the home of back stabbing friend Charles (Robert Frazer). To be totally honest with you, this guy isn’t even a friend, he’s a super jerk, who isn’t to be trusted. I mean, talk about no class, he allows a couple to get married in his home, so that he can persuade the bride to marry him instead.

What a dreamer, to think that Madeleine is gonna dump her fiance to run off with that clown. Anyway, Charles is running out of time, and decides to pay a visit to zombie voodoo master Murder Legendre (Lugosi) in his sugar mill. Yes, Murder is his first name, and don’t ask me why, I didn’t write the script. Charles asks Legendre if there’s anything he can do to stop the wedding, and Lugosi says that his only option at this point, is to turn her into a zombie with one of his potions.

In the beginning, Charles is against this, but since there is no other woman that would put up with his crap, he gets desperate, and decides to use the zombie potion on Madeleine on her wedding night. Now who in the hell is that lonely that they would want to be married to a zombie? Hmmm, wait, let me think about this for a minute, maybe its not such a bad idea, especially if you’re a stuck up brat who has to have the last word in every argument, remember, zombies don’t talk back.

Okay, so now Madeleine is a zombie, and now Legendre (who has the hots for her also), takes control of her, and tries to do away with Charles and Neil, but doesn’t succeed. I don’t understand, why are all these guys after Madeleine, c’mon now, she’s not all that. Now after a little bit of scufflin’ ,Legendre and Charles lose their life in the end, and Madeleine is unzombified, and can now run off with hubby Neil.

Wait a minute, how does someone become unzombified, I thought when you became a zombie, it was for life? This movie definitely needs to be restored, the picture quality was not good by any means, and the plot was pretty lame, but Lugosi gives it that one-two punch, and that’s why I’m giving it 3 stars. Oh, and another thing, he looks kind of handsome with that goethe!

White Zombie

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