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White Zombie

Stranger things are happening than you ever dreamed of!

6.0(292)19321h 7m2

A wealthy landowner living in Haiti convinces a sorcerer to lure the woman he has fallen for away from her fiancé. The madman later betrays their agreement by keeping the woman for himself…as a zombie.

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Status
Released
Budget
$50K
Box office
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Language
English
  • voodoo
  • plantation
  • haiti
  • zombie
  • black and white
  • newlywed
  • pre-code
  • poverty row
  • woman in peril
  • grim
  • telepathic mind control
  • vulture

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Behind the camera

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)28 Jul 1932
    • Theatrical4 Aug 1932
    • TVNew York, premiere2 Jul 1949
    • PhysicalNRUnited American Video Corporation (UAV) #1025 [VHS] 74 minutes11 Jul 1985
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical (limited)London, cuts made, rated A20 Sept 1932
    • TheatricalCuts made, rated A26 Mar 1933
    • PhysicalPGVHS11 Feb 1991
    • PhysicalPGDVD7 Oct 2002
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical31 Oct 1932
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical12DVD1 Jun 2012
  • ItalyIT

    • TV31 Jul 1989
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical1621 Jul 1976

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White Zombie was released on 28 July 1932.

Audience reviews

2
  • C

    CinemaSerf

    6/13/2022

    6/10

    This is quite a decent little Zombie mystery with a wonderfully evocative opening few scenes as the couple drive to the eerie plantation home of "Beaumont" (Robert Frazer). Now I'm sure Haiti would be a beautiful place to marry in 2020, but back in the 1930s it was an island awash with voodoo and coffin lids that go bump in the night, so when "Beaumont" takes a shine to Madge Bellamy "Madeline" he turns to the local …

  • H

    hand2a

    1/16/2025

    4/10

    The first on-screen use of the word 'zombie'! A must watch if you are interested in the history of the horror genre, and although it is interesting, it's not the most entertaining. Robert Frazer was good as Beaumont and Lugosi was great as always, also has some nice matte painting work, but other than the historical significance, it's a pretty bog-standard early B-movie. 2/5

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