The Plague of the Zombies
by John Gilling
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Actor: Andr? Morell, Brook Williams, Diane Clare, Jacqueline Pearce, John CarsonDirector: John Gilling
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-11-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Movie Reviews of The Plague of the Zombies
Movie Review: Zombies Hammer-style
Summary: 4 Stars
Fete of Death
When I ordered this movie a few days ago, I didn't realize I had already seen it. The title "Plague of the Zombies" didn't ring any bells. After the fox hunters kidnaped Andre Morell's daughter, though, I remembered that I had already seen it.
This is an excellent Hammer horror movie that few people have ever heard of. I don't know why this movie gets so little exposure. It's right up there with the best of Hammer's horror flicks. It has a great gothic ambience, a tight story line, smart direction, and a skillful cast. The zombies my seem cheesy by today's standards, but they still spooked me. If you like horror movies, don't miss this one. There isn't much blood and gore, but if "Plague of the Zombies" proves anything, it's that you don't need them to serve up the chills.
--Bryan Cassiday
Summary of The Plague of the Zombies
Anticipating Night of the Living Dead by a couple of years, the John Gilling-directed Plague of the Zombies gives the gothic treatment to the stumbling undead. Andr? Morell plays an unassuming medical professor called by a former student, village doctor Peter Tompson (Brook Williams), to investigate a mysterious plague in a small Cornish village. They uncover an unholy plot by the devilishly decadent local Squire (John Carson), who has been using black magic to create an army of laborers to work his failing tin mine and has now infected William's sickly young wife. Gilling sets a spooky atmosphere, a fog-drenched village where the inhabitants live as if under a cloud of doom, dominated by the arrogant squire, who bullies his way about with his gang of cruel, aristocratic thugs. The film's highlight is the eerie introduction of the zombies, clawing their way up through the earth and emerging as lumbering, death-masked ghouls. The film has been remastered from the original 35mm negatives in the Hammer vaults, and letterboxed to its original aspect ratio. --Sean AxmakerArt House & International DVD Video
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