Zombie Movies of the 1940s
Zombie films are about the dead walking, and what the living do about it. Horror turned to suggestion and shadow, from Val Lewton's low-budget chillers to the Wolf Man. Standouts from the 1940s include The Ghost Breakers, I Walked with a Zombie and King of the Zombies.
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Rated 6.5 on TMDB
After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located off the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle.
See where it’s streamingI Walked with a Zombie (1943)
Rated 6.8 on TMDB
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.
See where it’s streamingKing of the Zombies (1941)
Rated 5.2 on TMDB
During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island.
See where it’s streamingSpooks Run Wild (1941)
Rated 5.1 on TMDB
A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.
See where it’s streamingValley of the Zombies (1946)
Rated 5.4 on TMDB
A woman falls under the hypnotic spell of a resurrected madman.
See where it’s streamingRevenge of the Zombies (1943)
Rated 5.4 on TMDB
When Dr. Von Altermann's wife Lila dies mysteriously at his spooky mansion her relations suspect murder.
See where it’s streamingThe Mad Ghoul (1943)
Rated 5.9 on TMDB
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning the would-be surgeon into a murdering ghoul as part of a plan to steal his lover.
See where it’s streamingZombies on Broadway (1945)
Rated 5.1 on TMDB
Two bumbling press agents must search for a zombie to fulfill a commitment to their ex-gangster boss's new nightclub or face the consequences.
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