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A Allied team of scientists is looking for the secret of zomibification
in Angkor Cambodia (a region that in real life is not even remotely
connected with any kind of zombie cult) after a batallion of zombies has
fought for the Germans in World War I. Soon, a high priest (William
Crowell) is found out who knows the secrets of zombification, but alas,
before the priest can reveal anything, he is killed by your typical
oriental villain Colonel Mazovia (Roy D'Arcy), who also steals some secret
chart from the priest.
Following the death of the priest, the team of scientist tries to
restore the secret from the ruins of the temple of Angkor. Among the
scientists are lively Claire (Dorothy Stone), hyperintelligent but shy
Armand (Dean Jagger), and eloquent Clifford. Armand falls madly in love
with Claire, and it seems the feeeling is mutual, so the two are getting
engaged. But then it turns out all was just a plan by Claire to catch the
attention of Clifford, the man she really loves - and when that has
worked, she breaks up the engagement ... but Armand, though heartbroken,
just can't seize to love her.
Heartbroken Armand soon throws himself into work, and soon enough, all
on his own, he finds the secret of zombification and mind-control, and
soon has taken over the minds of everybody in his vicinity, including
Clifford ... everybody but Claire that is.
Eventually, Colonel Mazovia realizes Armand's immense power and plans
to win him over for his cause, by force if necessary, but Armand has by
now grown far too strong for him and just has him killed by one of his
zombies ...
With everybody under his spell, Armand persuades Claire to marry him,
but she gives in only under the condition that he turns Clifford back to
normal. Eventually, Armand realizes that Claire can never love him because
of what he has done, and in a last attempt to win her over, he releases
all the zombies he planned to conquer the world with of his spell ... but
once released, his would-be minions turn against him and kill him ...
Planned to be a sequel to White
Zombie, Revolt of the Zombies has actually precious little
to do with that masterpiece of horror cinema, neither in story nor in
quality. The story of Revolt of the Zombies is simply ridiculous,
and the idea of transplanting Haitian voodoo to Cambodia is actually the
least of the film's problems. What's way more annoying is the fact that
the film can never decide if it's a love story, a horror shocker or a pure
pulp epos ... and as a result, it makes the least out of all three genres,
to sometimes unintentionally hilarious results. A static direction that is
reminiscent of silent cinema (but not in a good or original way) and is
unable to exploit the impressive backdrops of Angkor Wat to full extent
doesn't help the film one bit either.
That all said, you might even kind of like this film if you are into
bad 1930's horror, but don't expect anything remotely as impressive as White
Zombie.
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