Not Bad But Lacks Luster
"Revolt of the Zombies (1936)" is sorta a sequel to the Lugosi film "White Zombie (1932)". We did have Lugosi's eyes from the original film showing up every so often in "Revolt" but Lugosi is NOT in this film otherwise. They could have very easily used someone else's eyes or simply left that part out of the "Revolt" film.
The movie is pretty good and worth watching if you liked the original film but it really does lack that luster, darkness, mysteriousness & story appeal of "White Zombie (1932)".
Armand Louque (Dean Jagger) discovers the secret to zombism but does not use the power to destroy his rival Clifford Grayson (Robert Noland) in a way that you would assume he would. That is the bonus to the movie - not using an easy and typical horror cliche which is 'kill the rival'.
Gen. Mazovia (Roy D'Arcy) looks something like Lugosi's "White Zombie" character 'Murder' Legendre. And he does reference his ties to Satanism before Armand's zombie servant kills him. I found this interesting but really nothing to tie Satanism into the film and really was not a need for this reference otherwise. I just think they could have tied this into the film better.
I personally think this film could have been better with more work on the script and longer screen time. It would have been nice for "Revolt" to have been tied closer the original film "White Zombie".
Overall, this film was entertaining and worth watching.
6/10
The movie is pretty good and worth watching if you liked the original film but it really does lack that luster, darkness, mysteriousness & story appeal of "White Zombie (1932)".
Armand Louque (Dean Jagger) discovers the secret to zombism but does not use the power to destroy his rival Clifford Grayson (Robert Noland) in a way that you would assume he would. That is the bonus to the movie - not using an easy and typical horror cliche which is 'kill the rival'.
Gen. Mazovia (Roy D'Arcy) looks something like Lugosi's "White Zombie" character 'Murder' Legendre. And he does reference his ties to Satanism before Armand's zombie servant kills him. I found this interesting but really nothing to tie Satanism into the film and really was not a need for this reference otherwise. I just think they could have tied this into the film better.
I personally think this film could have been better with more work on the script and longer screen time. It would have been nice for "Revolt" to have been tied closer the original film "White Zombie".
Overall, this film was entertaining and worth watching.
6/10
No comments:
Post a Comment