I Walked with a Zombie

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Supernatural Horror Zombie Horror Drama Fantasy Horror Romance

A nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.A nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.A nurse is hired to care for the wife of a sugar plantation owner, who has been acting strangely, on a Caribbean island.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

15K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations total

Alma
(as Teresa Harris)

Sir Lancelot

Calypso Singer

Darby Jones

Carrefour

Jeni Le Gon

Dancer
(as Jeni LeGon)

Richard Abrams

Clement
(uncredited)

Doris Ake

Black Friend of Melise
(uncredited)

Rita Christiani

Friend of Melise
(uncredited)

Vivian Dandridge

Melisse
(uncredited)

Alan Edmiston

Job Interviewer
(uncredited)

Kathleen Hartsfield

Dancer
(uncredited)

Norman Mayes

Bayard
(uncredited)

Jieno Moxzer

Sabreur
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Edith Barrett, who played the mother, was only 3 years older than James Ellison, who played her younger son, Wesley. She was 2 years younger than Tom Conway, who played her older son, Paul.

Goofs
When Besty goes to talk with Wes on the porch about an hour into the film, they are both lit by light coming through the louvered door to the left. But, in the next closer shot, that striped lighting pattern disappears.

Quotes
[first lines]
Betsy Connell: [voice over, giggling after the first line] I walked with a zombie. It does seem an odd thing to say. Had anyone said that to me a year ago, I'm not at all sure I would have known what a zombie was. Oh, I might have had some notion that they were strange and frightening... even a little funny. It all began in such an ordinary way...

Crazy credits
At the beginning, in small letters at the bottom of the screen is this disclaimer: The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are fictional. Any similarity to any persons, living, dead, OR POSSESSED, is entirely coincidental.

Connections
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: I Walked with a Zombie (1969)

Soundtracks
O Marie Congo
(uncredited)
Traditional
Performed by ensemble
[Sung by the crew of the clipper ship]

User reviews143

Featured review

Poetic, entrancing, and one of Lewtons two best.

The basic plot: A Canadian nurse arrives at the isle of St. Sebastian to take care of a plantation owners mentally entranced and disturbed wife, but once she get's there, she learns more than she should about the family secrets, voodoo , and zombie fever......

The praise: A truly poetic, hypnotizing, and creepy film experience. The poetry of the island traditions, the family mysteries and everything else about the movie is truly evocative and sensitive. There are smatterings of spooky moments throughout, all frightening suggestively, using sound , imagery and implied chills. All classically and romantically constructed and written, a flagon of longing, taste, and character in every little detail. Well-shot, especially the impressive voodoo ceremony. Very atmospheric, with black& white used to enhance the mood, as in all Lewton movies. Watch for calypso singer Sir Lancelot, who Lewton also used in " Curse of the Cat People", an equally poetic movie, which I also have reviewed. A masterpiece of the horror film, it has many scenes which take together the essential elements of suspense and atmosphere , sound and imagery , such as Dee traveling to the voodoo ceremony. A must-see. Very hard-to-find. The only way I could find it was to order a copy of an unauthorized copy of it from Canada.Truly great.