Johan Louwet Before zombies became flesh eating creatures it were slaves driven by voodoo rituals from witch doctors. Even though a much better effort than the overly boring "I walked with a zombie" this one focuses on the greed of a magistrate (and he has a few other important professions) using voodoo not only to cause death upon young people (mostly men). Again with voodoo he brings them back to life as zombies who are forced to work for him as slaves in a mine digging I guess for gold or other precious things. It has a few nice scenes such as the rising from the grave from Alice and turning into a zombie and than the dream sequence where we see other dead people digging themselves up from their resting place. Unfortunately that is not enough to save the movie. Not saying the story is bad and it's OK in the visual department but it doesn't come across as very atmospheric. There are no stand out performances. I feel this one would have been better had it been in black and white. For me it lacked soul and felt overly long to reach its goal. A rather weak finale too. I think White Zombie did a much better job even though the story was very simple.

TeresaCarledo Instead of gory garbage and pervasive ugly trashiness, this is well- done B-movie with beautiful production values, decent script and good cast, especially Andre Morell as very gentlemanly older hero. The poor zombies really behave like zombies of Haitian folklore, not like cannibals and ghouls, and filth and depravity of younger generation ooze under the surface, led by over-aged but well-acting John Carson as murderous, possibly necrophiliac super-capitalist. (He played only four years later father of the grown-up man in uneven but not unimpressive Taste the blood of Dracula). This is not The Brides of Dracula but then, what is?

lovechop-vs-bacon To keep this simple - atmosphere, that is the best, single word to describe this film for me.It emanates the creepiness that modern zombie flicks lack, thus, this is the definitive zombie film in my book. The acting is top-shelf and you warm up to (connect with) the characters quick-like as a result.Then, the makeup... as one of the earlier zombie films done in color, you really get to see the terrific detail lacking in earlier B&W movies, and I dare say better than later, more mainstream titles that I won't mention by name ;) Again, atmosphere.Bottom line, not much in the way of gore, as is so common in modern zombie movies (they seem to rely on it), but what you get is emotion. I can watch often and love to experience the creepy feel of the film, the ruthlessness of the villains, the triumphs and tragedies of our protagonist and his crew, then...the films climax. Greatness from start to finish. Love it!

pegstermm i remember seeing this movie when i was only 8 yrs old. scared the crap out of me. my dad had to come to the theater and get me. i never forgot this movie. cant wait to see it again. i remember this movie had the whole place screaming. very graphic for its time. i found this movie when i was looking for other movies done back in the 1960's. I'm so glad i found it and for a real good price. it will a gem in my DVD collection. i will be making a big bowl of popcorn for this one!! i often tried to find this movie but was not sure of the title. i like the old thrillers as i remember sneaking off to the movies. i used to take money from my grandmothers purse, and sneak off with my friend. dad would get so mad when he had to drag a terrified child home and then try and convince me it was just a movie. oh the good times!!