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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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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Is about as much fun as playing with a Gestapo agent who is torturing you. Rated: C Dec 8, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member 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!) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member No scares and no thrills and some very stereo typical characters in this thankfully short film Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member Is this real or is this pretend! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member 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. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
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