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Cornish zombies of The Plague of the Zombies
Hammer's zombie film moves voodoo to a Cornish village, where the local squire turns people into the walking dead to work his tin mine. Historians credit it with influencing Night of the Living Dead two years later. Radio Times called it director John Gilling's best work.1
Première apparition
1966
Released 1966Œuvre d'origine
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
John Gilling (Hammer)Fabriqué en
Royaume-Uni
Ce qui le provoque
Sorcellerie
A Cornish squire practises voodoo, using a vial of each victim's blood in his rituals.Comment on en devient un
A voodoo ceremony turns the victim into one of the walking dead.
Points faibles
- fire
- burning the squire's voodoo figures
Quand est-il apparu pour la première fois ?
Released 1966
notes de terrain
Ce que disent les sources
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The squire raises dead villagers to work his tin mine1
2
Burning the small ritual figures sets the zombies themselves alight1
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Credited with influencing Night of the Living Dead1
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Shot back to back with The Reptile on the same Cornish village set built by Bernard Robinson1
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It turned a profit, earning about 2.34 million dollars in rentals1
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