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Undead crew of Mora Tau

IfilimuIvuswe ekufeniIsiqalekiso1900 ukuya ku-1967

A Sam Katzman production about a cursed ship whose undead crew protects its diamonds. Its zombies are a cursed crew rather than the servants of a voodoo master. Zombie historian Peter Dendle calls the film surprisingly prescient for the motifs it anticipates.1

Yiphose edabini
Yavela okokuqala
1957
Released 1957
Umsebenzi woqobo
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Edward L. Cahn
Indawo eyenziwe kuyo
IMelika
Oko kuyibangelayo
Isiqalekiso
A curse on a ship keeps its dead crew guarding a cargo of diamonds.
Iindawo ezibuthathaka
  • destroying the diamonds lifts the curse
amanqaku ophando

Oko kuthethwa yimithombo

1

The dead sailors guard the treasure until the diamonds are destroyed or the curse is lifted1

2

Written by blacklisted screenwriter Bernard Gordon under a pseudonym1

3

Peter Dendle calls it surprisingly prescient for anticipating later zombie-film motifs1

4

Released on a double bill with The Man Who Turned to Stone1

Imithombo

  1. Zombies of Mora Tau - Wikipedia

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