The Dead Don't Die (1975)

Directed by

Curtis Harrington

Genre

thriller, horror film, neo-noir, thriller film, zombie film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 14m

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the 1930s, a man investigates a series of strange deaths linked to a voodoo cult that raises the dead as mindless servants. He uncovers a plot involving a scientist who uses a zombie army to further his own sinister goals.

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What happens

The Dead Don't Die is a 1975 American made-for-television neo-noir horror thriller film set in the 1930s, directed by Curtis Harrington from a teleplay by Robert Bloch, based upon his own story of the same title that first appeared in Fantastic Adventures, July 1951. The film originally premiered on NBC on January 14, 1975. The film uses the traditional Haitian concept of zombies as resurrected slaves of the living. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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