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The Zombie of The Ghost Breakers

FilmUndead1900 to 1967

A horror-comedy based on a 1909 stage play that includes a zombie played by Noble Johnson. Its success led Monogram to make King of the Zombies the following year and to sell it along the same lines. It is cited as a prime example of the classic Hollywood horror-comedy.12

Battle it
First appeared
1940
Released 1940
Source work
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
George Marshall
Made in
USA
What causes it
Never explained
The film's page does not explain what made the zombie.

When did it first appear?

Ancient world
Middle Ages
1500 to 1899
1900 to 1967
1968 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to today
1940

Released 1940

field notes

What the sources say

1

Played by Noble Johnson12

2

The film is the third screen version of a 1909 play; the two silent versions are lost12

3

Cited as a prime example of the classic Hollywood horror-comedy12

4

It was one of the inspirations for Ghostbusters12

5

Remade by the same director in 1953 as Scared Stiff12

Sources

  1. The Ghost Breakers - Wikipedia
  2. King of the Zombies - Wikipedia

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Same era: 1900 to 1967

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