White Zombie

White Zombie (1932)

Timing: 1:7 (67 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1932-07-28

Country

United States

Production

Victor & Edward Halperin Productions

Genre

Horror

Budget

$50 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Victor Halperin

Actors

Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, John Harron, Robert Frazer, Joseph Cawthorn, Frederick Peters, George Burr Macannan, Brandon Hurst, Clarence Muse, Dan Crimmins
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Scenario

Producer

Edward Halperin, Phil Goldstone

Operator

Arthur Martinelli

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Harold McLernon
All team (21)

• The film was shot in 11 days.
• The film was long considered lost. The reels with the footage, containing all of its parts, were only found in the 1960s.
• The film's success was largely due to its innovative advertising campaign. The premiere screenings took place in New York at the Rivoli Theater. During these days, a huge crowd of onlookers gathered in front of the theater, watching nine women in zombie costumes and makeup walk listlessly along a wooden boardwalk under an awning. Meanwhile, sounds from the film were broadcast through a loudspeaker: the beat of tom-toms, the noise of work on sugarcane plantations, and the singing of cicadas.