Review of White Zombie (1932) by Andrew R — 17 May 2009

Has not aged the best through the years, the film's style and performances seemed to fall in between silent film and talkie, with melodramatic performances and gestures.

However, the significance of the film cannot be ignored, as it is the first film to deal with the subject of zombies, albeit in the more traditional sense and not the brain-eating corpses that have become the norm in most horror films.

A particularly creepy scene involving the zombies working in a sugar mill is quite memorable, as is Bela Lugosi's performance, which is the only real noteworthy one in the film, and the use of lighting and sound (although the version I saw was choppy at times) were obviously revolutionary for the horror genre.