Bela Lugosi
"Murder" Legendre, a white Haitian voodoo master who commands a crew of zombies.
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Synopsis
A couple's arrival in Haiti draws them into a plantation owner's scheme and the power of a sinister intermediary. The bride becomes the object of a struggle that threatens her will and identity. Love encounters a form of control presented as supernatural enslavement.
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DirectorsVictor Halperin
Historical context
Its controlled, working zombies differ from the later flesh-eating model. The film belongs to Hollywood's imagined Haiti and should not be treated as a factual representation of Haitian religious practice.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- Bela Lugosi — Fortepan adományozó SALY NOÉMI · Public domain
- Madge Bellamy — Edwin Bower Hesser · Public domain
- Joseph Cawthorn — Publisher: T.B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter · Public domain
- Robert W. Frazer — https://archive.org/details/motion1724moti/page/n11/mode/2up · Public domain
