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The Plague of the Zombies |
Traditionally, zombies were men and woman who had no will of their own but were undead servants of a sorcerer who had enslaved them with Voodoo magic. The zombies in this 1966 film are of this traditional type.
A plague has taken the lives of twelve people in twelve months in a quaint village in the Cornish countryside. Dr. James Forbes arrives with his outspoken daughter Sylvia in a town plagued by more than disease after being summoned by former student and local physician Dr. Peter Thompson.
Dr. Thompson's efforts to discover the the cause of these mysterious deaths has been hampered by the superstitious beliefs of the villagers and the meddling of the town's wealthy and controlling Squire, Clive Hamilton. Because autopsies have been forbidden by the locals, the two doctors decide to examine the most recently deceased in the graveyard under the full moon. When they open the casket they discover that the body is gone. Soon after, Dr Thompson's wife turns up dead at an abandoned tin mine.
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Ether is the perfect drug for Las Vegas. |
The Plague of the Zombies is Hammer B-movie gold. If you watch it as a low budget and quickly shot B-movie punctuated with comical acting and effects, I think you will be pleasantly surprised. Remember, it's a mystery movie as much as it is a horror so don't expect it to be like a modern zombie film. These old Hammer films were created to be spooky more than outright scary and I think this movie succeeds in that. Watching it with a pint or two of Guinness couldn't hurt either.
30 comments:
Zombie movies get my heart racing, like my whole body would be if zombies were real!
Saw this a long time ago, liked it a lot but dated now.
Thats amazing!, i wanna watch it!
Wow I did not know the difference between zombies and ghouls... thanks for educating me!
I wanna see this. I'd love to see these traditional zombies.
Traditional zombies, yay!
wow your header looks absolutely horryfing! def. $supporting you for more awesome stuff to come
All this time, ghouls. I can't get over it.. The movie looks.. different. I love the poster.
Sweet vid!
Happy St. Patty's Day! :)
hahahahaha. sweet
I found it kinda creepy :D
I love zombie movies of all kinds, I'll check this out!
This looks very cool.
movie needs better weapons, still cool though
the trailer looks amazing. I'm not kidding. I liked it a lot. Thanks for the review banacek
It's got zombies, I love it!
had no idea there were so many old school scary movies like this
i can't keep up with all your reviews!
great post title, btw. :)
great review - Happy St Paddy's day!
if i could pick how i die, it would be while battling zombies with badass weapons in a zombie apocalypse.
anyway, followed. get back at me
This movie looks great!
I was hoping for an evil leprechaun or something for St. Patrick's day.
Will watch this with Guinness beer sometime :D
Frikkin awesome, I had no idea this film even existed! I like these older zombie flicks alot better too.
"Ether is the perfect drug for Las Vegas."
Comedy gold (hat tip to Dr. Gonzo)
I like zombies-related stuff, so will check this out
Especially for movies, I prefer the modern, fast zombies. But I'll take any Z-Day related product.
i love zombie movies.
+follow for sure :]
The Zombie theme is a bit tired out really...
I love films like these thanks for sharing!
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