- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 12
- Studio: Warner
- DVD Release Date: 11 Oct 2004
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0002VF69C
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 105,168 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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A Victorian Cornish tin-mining village suffers a series of mysterious deaths and the local doctor's old professor, Sir James Forbes (Andre Morell), comes to investigate. Graves are empty, a man who has just been buried is seen on the moors and the Squire is up to his neck in camp voodoo rituals. Though containing one genuinely disturbing graveyard sequence involving the undead, The Plague of the Zombies is more a feverish black-magic thriller, the real threat coming from the malevolent Squire Clive Hamilton (John Carson) and his upper-class cronies. Indeed, the portrayal of fox-hunters as shockingly brutal thugs is remarkable for 1966, and while the genre horror is dated, the real horror is in the extreme class warfare which drives the plot. Less famous than Hammer's Dracula and Frankenstein films, this is nevertheless a gripping, stylish picture from The Studio that Dripped Blood. Depending not on gore but on story, acting and atmosphere, it continues the tradition of Val Lewton's I Walked With a Zombie (1943) and, pre-dating The Night of the Living Dead (1968), is the last old-style zombie classics. Blake's Seven fans will be delighted by an early lead role for Jacqueline Pearce (Servalan), who the same year starred in Hammer's The Reptile. --Gary S. Dalkin
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A different setting for a zombie film, but it works,
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This review is from: The Plague of The Zombies [DVD] (DVD)
This film is fine and has a strong and commanding lead role by Andre Morell. It's a good story, is well put together, and interestingly is set in 1860 in darkest Cornwall (and not as you would perhaps expect in the Caribbean, or Haiti in particular).
Sir James Forbes, an eminent professor of medicine at London University, receives a troublesome letter from one of his former protege students and decides, along with his pretty daughter, Sylvia, to visit him. In the Cornish village, 13 people have died within a year and all under mysterious circumstances. Suspiciously, the local squire will not authorise any autopsies. The doctors decide to investigate and in doing so uncover empty coffins, voodoo practice, strange going-ons at a disused tin mine and, ultimately, as the title suggests, a plague of zombies. Diane Clare plays the role of the voluptuous Victorian beauty and overall this is a decent 86 minute offering from the Hammer team. The dream scene is particularly memorable and is a famous slice of 60's horror (remember that this film was actually made before 'Night of the Living Dead'). It is ironic that the human psyche naturally fears the idea of zombies but, at the same time, a belief in life after death is a basic tenet of most world religions.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of the Better Hammers,
By E. A. Redfearn "eredfearn2" (Middlesbrough) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Plague of Zombies [DVD] (DVD)
This film made back to back with The Reptile is actually one of Hammers most popular films. A fine cast, decent sets, a good script and a really good dream sequence when the zombies emerge from their graves make it a really good watch indeed. Also includes the lovely Jacqueline Pearce who is fondly remembered for her role in Blakes Seven a few years back. Overall, a fine effort worth adding to any DVD collection. Good picture and sound too.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of Hammer's best,
This review is from: The Plague of The Zombies [DVD] (DVD)
Hammer are, or were, a Brit film maker who specialised in cheap and cheerful horror flicks in the 60's and 70's. Some were good, many were reasonable, quite a few were poor, but Plague of the Zombies was one of their very best.
I saw the film when it first came out in the 60's and was instantly impressed as it was streets ahead of most of their other films. Although made back to back with The Reptile using the same set, this is a better film. The film has genuine atmosphere, its is well produced (on a limited budget as all their films!), well directed, good and enterprising photography, and competent acting as opposed to hammy acting. A great film.
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