The picture is set in Haiti and deals upon a wizard called Murder (Bega Lugosi) who wants to abduct a charming girl(Magde Bellamy) from her recent husband by means of Voodoo. The sorcerer rules an army of Zombies who execute every its eerie wishes.The film is based on the novel with title ¨The magic island¨.
Today is considered a cult movie in spite of being a little ridiculous,outdated and slow moving .However along with ¨Dracula¨(Tod Browing), is deemed the best film of the Austro-Hungarian actor making a creepy interpretation with his mesmerizing eyes and gestures .The movie is shot during thirteen days with low budget and short runtime(seventy minutes)and was a authentic ¨sleeper¨ but the producers didn't wait the success.The picture has sinister scenarios and spooky images what are adding fascination into of gloomy and lugubrious atmosphere. Besides appears as make up artist Jack Pierce ,he's famous by ¨Frankestein¨and his wide career in the ¨Universal¨.The film had influence in others as ¨Plague of Zombies¨(John Gilling) and ¨Night of living dead¨(Romero)¨. It's the better film directed by Victor Halperin.
