I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

Directed by

Jacques Tourneur

Genre

fantasy film, horror film, zombie film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 08m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 330 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Canadian nurse travels to a Caribbean island to care for the sick wife of a sugar plantation owner. She becomes entangled in local Vodou practices and questions whether the wife is truly among the living.

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What happens

I Walked with a Zombie is a 1943 American horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur and produced by Val Lewton for RKO Pictures. It stars James Ellison, Frances Dee, and Tom Conway, and follows a Canadian nurse who travels to care for the ailing wife of a sugar plantation owner in the Caribbean, where she witnesses Vodou rites and possibly encounters the walking dead. The screenplay, written by Curt Siodmak and Ardel Wray, is based on an article of the same title by Inez Wallace, and also partly reinterprets the narrative of the 1847 novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. The film premiered in New York City on April 21, 1943, before receiving a wider theatrical release later that month. It has been analyzed for its themes of slavery and racism, and for its depiction of beliefs associated with African diaspora religions, particularly Haitian Vodou. Though it received mixed reviews upon its release, retrospective assessments of the film have been more positive. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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