White Zombie

Pros: Comprehensible story, good performances.
Cons: The Lugosi name sometimes gets in the way of the Lugosi performance.

On the boat ride from new York to Haiti to meet her fiance Neil, Madeleine (Madge Bellamy) meets Charles Beaumont (Robert Frazer) who not only invites Madeleine and Neil to marry in his home, but promises that on their return to New York, he’ll offer ...

Pros: Bela Lugosi really carries the day.
Cons: I want to punch all the other cast members in the face.

*cue catchy jingle* Three more days to Halloween, Halloween, Halloween. Three more days to Halloween - Silver Shamrocks! Welcome Boys and Ghouls to Month of the Living Dead, my thirteen day (and then some) tribute to that most wonderful of ...

Pros: Lugosi,the zombies,the imagery of some scenes
Cons: some acting,flawed in a few aspects

Possibly Bela Lugosi's second most famous leading role,White Zombie was released in 1932 and is considered the original zombie movie by many. It's the last film on my Bela Lugosi collection DVD, and given that it was the best known, I figured I ...

Pros:
Pioneer of zombie movies, dark
Cons:
Stiff performances, annoying music, pieces missing

White Zombie is a pioneer of movies. I believe it was the first to ever introduce the concept of zombies, a concept more like the true voodoo legends than the Resident Evil types. It’s dark and creepy though sometimes slow. ...

Pros:

Moody, visually inventive, with Lugosi’s fine performance

Cons:

Some stodgy acting, clumsy story development, and the languid pacing can slip into sluggishness.

A twilit fairy tale of love, betrayal, and sinister magic, ldquo;White Zombie rdquo;< b>, from 1932, also contains perhaps Bela Lugosi rsquo;s< b> best performance as the zombie master Murder Legendre. A young couple, Madelaine (Madge Bellamy) ...

Pros: Bela Lugosi, interesting story, good acting and music, creepy zombies,.
Cons: Some plot elements are left hanging.

A year after starring in the role that would make him a horror legend, Bela Lugosi stars in White Zombie, which (aside from being the inspiration for the band) is the original zombie movie. This is pre-Romero zombies, which means it's all about voodoo. ...