Review of I Walked with a Zombie (1943) by Adrian B — 06 Jun 2012

Intriguing, early zombie movie in which a Canadian nurse (Frances Dee) heads to an island in the Caribbean, of which she becomes involved in a deep, perplexing mystery. Her patient (Edith Barrett) is under a strange, voodoo hypnosis by the native residents of the island.

The patient's husband (Tom Conway, brother of more famous actor George Sanders who looks exactly like him) is the owner of a plantation on the island. Very short and at times silly, but also interesting and a unique movie that displays peculiar performances and very nice set pieces along with cinematography.

I think the film could have been a bit better had they strung out the plot a little longer than its 69 minute running time.