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White Zombie is a 1932 pre-Code horror film independently produced by Edward Halperin and directed by Victor Halperin.The screenplay by Garnett Weston, based on The Magic Island by William Seabrook, is about a young woman's transformation into a zombie at the hands of an evil voodoo master.
White Zombie was co-founded by Rob Zombie, after coming up with the band idea in 1985 while attending Parsons School of Design in his junior year. Zombie named the band after a 1932 horror movie starring Bela Lugosi called White Zombie, considered the first true zombie movie (the movie title was also the source for Rob Zombie's stage name, as he was born Robert Cummings).
White Zombie is considered the first feature-length zombie film and has been described as the archetype and model of all zombie movies. [2] [3] A number of Hollywood actors made a name for themselves in horror films of this decade, in particular Bela Lugosi (Dracula, 1931) and Boris Karloff (Frankenstein, 1931).
White Zombie (1932) Victor Hugo Halperin (August 24, 1895, Chicago, Illinois – May 17, 1983, Bentonville, Arkansas ) was an American stage actor , stage director , film director , producer , and writer .
English: White Zombie, American horror film directed by by Victor Halperin and produced by his brother Edward.Written by Garnett Weston and based on William Seabrook's novel The Magic Island, it's about a young man who turns to a witch doctor to lure the woman he loves away from her fiancé, but instead turns her into a zombie slave.
Bellamy remained out of public view until the 1980s, when film historians and silent film fans who had rediscovered her work began requesting interviews. She also began attending screenings of the low budget horror film White Zombie, which was a moderate success upon its initial release and has since become a cult classic. [22]
The Eagles and Commanders face off in the NFC championship game. The NFC East rivals are headed for a rubber match.
Aside from Zombie's work, she also appeared in Black Label Society's video for "Stillborn" and Prong's video for "Rude Awakening". In 2003, Moon co-starred in her husband's first feature film, House of 1000 Corpses , as Vera-Ellen "Baby" Firefly, but previous to that, she claims that she had never had aspirations of becoming an actress. [ 6 ]