I Walked with a Zombie

I Walked with a Zombie

8/4/1943 1h 9m 6.8/10

Overview

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

Director

Jacques Tourneur

Top Billed Cast

Tom Conway

Tom Conway

Paul Holland

James Ellison

James Ellison

Wesley Rand

Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Betsy Connell

James Bell

James Bell

Dr. Maxwell

Edith Barrett

Edith Barrett

Mrs. Rand

Christine Gordon

Christine Gordon

Jessica Holland

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/26/2022

6/10

Frances Dee portrays "Betsy Connell" a nurse hired to travel to a Caribbean island to care for the catatonic wife of a local plantation owner. Once there, she does her best for the poor woman as she slowly falls in love with the husband "Paul Holland" (Tom Conway). She decides she must do what she can to help her charge recover and that involves dealing with the local community and using their voodoo. The film is actually quite thought provoking; it touches on the conversation about continuing to live regardless of the quality of life and it questions the role of traditional (and often religiously ethical medical treatments) against what could be described as more pagan ones. It's eerily shot which means at times quite it can be hard to see what's going on, but is still an interesting horror film with virtually no screaming!

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