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Revenge of the Zombies

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Scott Warrington (Mauritz Hugo) returns to his childhood home in Louisiana after learning that his deceased sister, Lila (Veda Ann Borg), may have been poisoned. He brings a detective (Robert Lowery) with him, and they switch identities to protect Scott. At first, they find only Lila's sad husband, Dr. von Altermann (John Carradine). Secretly, however, von Altermann is a Nazi who has been perfecting a way to turn the dead, including Lila, into an army of zombies who will serve Hitler.

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Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 11/30/2024
1.5/4
Sloppiness ensues, as much on the part of the scripters as on the demented doctor. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 12/08/2008
C
Is about as much fun as playing with a Gestapo agent who is torturing you. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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04/06/2012 Listed by TCM as: "A mad bayou doctor makes zombies for Hitler after practising on his wife." That pretty much says it all. (Still, a fun watch for fans of b-horror!) See more 11/17/2010 No scares and no thrills and some very stereo typical characters in this thankfully short film See more 10/02/2010 Is this real or is this pretend! See more 08/22/2010 Wow. I sure expected more out of this. I thought it was going to be a scary eerie film rather than the comedy-thriller I got. I know these aren't the flesh-eating "Night of the Living Dead" zombies, but would it have killed them to make it a LITTLE bit scary? White Zombie was made a full decade before this, and it has GREAT zombies, plus a really spooky atmosphere and tone. Ditto for I Walked With a Zombie. This had a feel and score that reminded me of Spider Baby (a very weird but entertaining horror-comedy), including Mantan Moreland as comic (?) relief. John Carradine in the "mad scientist" role didn't help. Besides Grapes of Wrath, was that guy EVER in a GOOD movie? I don't think he ever said "no" to ANYTHING. Big disappointment. See more 08/05/2010 Cashing in on the Zombie storm of the 30's and 40's - not lending much to Seabrooks' Magic Island just trying to make a quick buck - really poor but again is all part of the evolution of the zombie cinema See more 12/08/2009 A little campy, and a bit politically uncorrect. This movie could stand a Hollywood remake. After all, thats what Hollywood does now, remake other films. See more Read all reviews
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Steve Sekely

Director

John Carradine

Dr. Max Heinrich von Aldermann

Robert Lowery

Larry Adams

Veda Ann Borg

Lila von Aldermann

Gale Storm

Jennifer Rand

Mantan Moreland

Jeff
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Synopsis Scott Warrington (Mauritz Hugo) returns to his childhood home in Louisiana after learning that his deceased sister, Lila (Veda Ann Borg), may have been poisoned. He brings a detective (Robert Lowery) with him, and they switch identities to protect Scott. At first, they find only Lila's sad husband, Dr. von Altermann (John Carradine). Secretly, however, von Altermann is a Nazi who has been perfecting a way to turn the dead, including Lila, into an army of zombies who will serve Hitler.
Director
Steve Sekely
Producer
Lindsley Parsons
Screenwriter
Edmond Kelso, Van Norcross
Production Co
Lindsley Parsons Productions
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 17, 1943, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Runtime
1h 1m