The Plague of the Zombies
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| The Plague of the Zombies | |
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 1966 theatrical poster |
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| Directed by | John Gilling |
| Produced by | Anthony Nelson Keys |
| Written by | Peter Bryan |
| Starring | André Morell Diane Clare Brook Williams Jacqueline Pearce John Carson Alexander Davion |
| Music by | James Bernard |
| Cinematography | Arthur Grant |
| Editing by | Chris Barnes |
| Distributed by | Warner-Pathé (UK) 20th Century Fox (USA) |
| Release date(s) | January 9, 1966 (UK) January 12, 1966 (USA) |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Language | English |
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The Plague of the Zombies is a 1966 Hammer Horror film directed by John Gilling. It stars André Morell, John Carson, Jacqueline Pearce, Brook Williams and Michael Ripper. The film is notable for its seminal imagery, which influenced many films in the zombie genre, and its themes of colonialism, exploitation and tyranny.
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[edit] Production
Production on the film began on 28 July 1965 at Bray Studios. It was shot back-to-back with The Reptile using the same sets, a Cornish village created on the backlot by Bernard Robinson.
[edit] Plot synopsis
Sir James Forbes (Morell) and his daughter, Sylvia (Clare), travel to a Cornish village at the request of his former pupil, Dr. Peter Thompson (Williams). He needs help solving a spate of mysterious deaths, and Peter's wife, Alice (Pearce) is soon the next victim. The trail leads to Squire Hamilton (Carson), who has returned from a trip to Haiti armed with voodoo secrets, which he is using to resurrect his victims as zombies to work in his tin mine.
[edit] Publications
- The script was novelized by John Burke as part of his The Second Hammer Horror Film Omnibus paperback in 1967.
[edit] Trivia
Phil Anselmo of the heavy metal band Pantera has a tattoo on his arm of the Zombie that throws Jaqueline Pearce's character down the hill
Dub musician Scientist has a song called Plague of Zombies on his 1981 album Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires, which is a possible reference to this film.
[edit] References
- Rigby, Jonathan, (2000). English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema. Reynolds & Hearn Ltd. ISBN 1-903111-01-3.
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