Voodoo Island (1957)

Calificación de los usuarios:

4.2/10   

Director:

Reginald Le Borg

Guionista:

Richard H. Landau (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

febrero 1957 (USA)

Género:

Horror

Frase comercial:

SEE! Men Turned Into Zombies! SEE! Woman-Eating Cobra Plants! SEE! Strange Voodoo Rituals! SEE! The Bridge Of Death!

Plot:

A wealthy industrialist hires the renowned hoax-buster Phillip Knight to prove that an island he plans to develop isn't voodoo cursed...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Voodoo | Native | Man Eating Plant | Zombie

Comentarios de los usuarios:

That voodoo that you do so well

Reparto

Boris Karloff	...	Phillip Knight
Beverly Tyler	...	Sarah Adams
Murvyn Vye	...	Barney Finch
Elisha Cook Jr.	...	Martin Schuyler (as Elisha Cook)
Rhodes Reason	...	Matthew Gunn
Jean Engstrom	...	Claire Winter
Friedrich von Ledebur	...	Native Chief (as Frederich Ledebur)
Glenn Dixon	...	Mitchell
Owen Cunningham	...	Howard Carlton
Herbert Patterson	...	Dr. Wilding
Jerry Frank	...	Vickers

También conocida como:

Silent Death (USA) (reissue title)

Duración:

76 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.75 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (PCA #18395)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Kaua`i, Hawaii, USA

Compañía:

Aubrey Schenck Productions

Trivialidades:

The first film of Adam West.

Citas:

Howard Carlton: Knight, I'm a God-fearing man. Something happened here... to him. I don't want to think why.
Phillip Knight: Are you trying to tell me that he's under the spell of some ouanga? A hex?
Howard Carlton: All right. Go there. Find out. I'd welcome it.
Phillip Knight: When I take hold of something, I don't let go.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "Svengoolie: Voodoo Island (#1.16)" (1995)

That voodoo that you do so well

I'd been searching for this movie for more than a year now.Hadn't seen it since the early 70's.Was just going to give in and buy a bootleg when lo and behold it aired on TCM.Taped it and settled in to give it a watch.

Critics tore this one up.Karloff was accused of "phoning in" his performance.Have to wonder what movie they were watching.The movie is low budget and the script admittedly is very weak but Boris is the saving grace for the film.He makes it worth watching.

What little plot there is involves a hotel magnate hiring Mr Knight(Karloff).Knight is a renowned hoax buster and he is to ferret out the secrets of an island that the hotel magnate wishes to build on.

The intrepid group runs into voodoo, man eating plants and nasty natives.Are they all doomed or will somebody survive to tell the tale?

Again this film was shot on the cheap (probably under $100000 with probably 25% of that going to Boris).There is a lot of talk and a little action.Just watch it for Boris, still capable at the age of 70 of carrying a film on his shoulders.