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Undead crew of Mora Tau
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
First appeared
1957
Released 1957Source work
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Edward L. CahnMade in
USA
What causes it
A curse
A curse on a ship keeps its dead crew guarding a cargo of diamonds.Weak spots
- destroying the diamonds lifts the curse
When did it first appear?
1957Released 1957
field notes
What the sources say
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
Sources
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