White Zombie
film by Halperin [1932]
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portrayal of zombies
- In zombie: History
…the first feature-length zombie film, White Zombie—inspired by the book and by a stage play called Zombie—was released. In it a lovesick man conspires with a sorcerer (played by Bela Lugosi) to turn the object of his affections into a zombie just after she weds someone else, so that he…
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role of Lugosi
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…Edgar Allan Poe’s short story; White Zombie (1932); Island of Lost Souls (1932); and Mark of the Vampire (1935). He costarred with Karloff in several films, including The Black Cat (1934), The Raven (1935), and The Invisible Ray (1936), and he appeared occasionally in non-horror films, such as the
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