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Revolt of the Zombies

USA 1936
produced by
Edward Halperin for Academy Pictures
directed by Victor Halperin
starring Dorothy Stone, Dean Jagger, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Noland, George Cleveland, E.Alyn Warren, Carl Stockdale, William Crowell, Teru Shimada, Adolph Milar, Sana Rayya, Selmer Jackson, Hans Schumm
written by Howard Higgin, Rollo Lloyd, Victor Halperin, special effects by Ray Mercer, musical direction: Abe Meyer

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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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.

 

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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