I Walked with a Zombie
The movie follows trained nurse Betsy as she travels to the tropics to care for Jessica, who has a severe tropical fever that burns out portions of her spine, leaving her in a zombie-like state.
November 1, 1882 in Seneca City, South Carolina, USA
24 March 1902, Cumuto, Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]
15 September 1904, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
October 16, 1898 in Los Angeles, California, USA
19 January 1907, Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
31 December 1911, Houston, Texas, USA
July 04, 2008
This is a film that wants to ellicit not screams but shivers as it takes you on its journey into the heart of human darkness ...
October 14, 2011
I Walked with a Zombie is a horror film for grownups, which presents a complex picture of human relations and offers multiple explanations for events portrayed without definitively endorsing any of them.
August 08, 2006
A dull, disgusting exaggeration of an unhealthy, abnormal concept of life.
June 24, 2006
It is Tourneur's caressingly evocative direction, superbly backed by Roy Hunt's chiaroscuro images, that makes sheer magic of the film's brooding journey into fear.
October 13, 2012
Instead of true horror, what the film has to offer is atmosphere by the bucketful.
September 24, 2007
Overcrowded with trite dialog and ponderous acting.
April 17, 2009
One-ups Cat People with its stylish visual scheme and West Indies voodoo rhythms.
October 06, 2013
The lighting, shadows, exotic setting and music all contribute to the immensely disturbing atmosphere, making this stunning piece of poetic horror a classic of the genre.
September 19, 2008
I Walked with a Zombie is a horror film for grownups, which presents a complex picture of human relations and offers multiple explanations for events portrayed
September 24, 2007
It transcends the conventions of the horror genre and remains one of Lewton-Tourneur's most compelling studies in light and darkness.
May 12, 2013
Between Halperin's White Zombie and Mizoguchi's Ugetsu lies Jacques Tourneur's masterpiece