
Ifayela No. 076 kwangu-446
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
Kuvele kuqala
1957
Released 1957Umsebenzi womthombo
Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
Edward L. CahnYenziwe ku-
I-USA
Okuyibangela
Isiqalekiso
A curse on a ship keeps its dead crew guarding a cargo of diamonds.Izindawo ezibuthaka
- destroying the diamonds lifts the curse
Yaqala nini ukuvela?
Released 1957
amanothi ensimini
Okushiwo yimithombo
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The dead sailors guard the treasure until the diamonds are destroyed or the curse is lifted1
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Written by blacklisted screenwriter Bernard Gordon under a pseudonym1
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Peter Dendle calls it surprisingly prescient for anticipating later zombie-film motifs1
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Released on a double bill with The Man Who Turned to Stone1
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