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On a spooky island, three stranded travelers find an evil doctor working with foreign spies and in control of zombies.On a spooky island, three stranded travelers find an evil doctor working with foreign spies and in control of zombies.On a spooky island, three stranded travelers find an evil doctor working with foreign spies and in control of zombies.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
James Davis
- Lazarus
- (as Jimmy Davis)
Laurence Criner
- Dr. Couillie
- (as Lawrence Criner)
Elias English
- Zombie
- (uncredited)
Darby Jones
- Zombie
- (uncredited)
Edward Patrick
- Zombie
- (uncredited)
Thomas Sherman
- Zombie
- (uncredited)
Josephine Whitten
- Native Girl
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAs of 2011, remains the only zombie-related film to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category (in this instance, Best Original Score for a Dramatic Picture).
- GoofsDr. Sangre tells Mac that his sleeping quarters adjoin Bill's, but later in the film Bill and Mac are seen sharing a bed, with no explanation.
- Quotes
Jefferson 'Jeff' Jackson: [Squeezing between two hypnotized "zombies"] Move over, boys, I'm one of the gang now.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Terror! Theatre: King of the Zombies (1957)
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Fun cheeziness
I agree with what was said of Mantan Moreland, because this really is his show. He was really good at what he did and could have been in many, many better movies. With that aside, this movie is a schlocky laugh riot, combining Moreland's intentional humor with everyone else's unintentional humor to make a horror-comedy classic. One of the greatest laughs is an unintentionally hilarious moment where the "Irish" guy gets into a fight with some less-than-alive assailants. The oh-so-diabolical Henry Victor character blames the attack on over-zealous guards, but the "Irish" guy aggressively comes back with, "Are ya sure it wasn't a zombie?!" I also love it when Victor is given lines like, "That's nonsense, zombies don't eat... meat." Aside from Victor, Moreland seems to be the only real actor out of all of them. Some of the intentional humor is hit-or-miss ("Look out, admiral, here we come"), but Moreland carries nearly every joke with comic flair. I don't consider "King of the Zombies" a total classic by any means (as schlock or otherwise), but it is fun and more than worth the four bucks I spent to buy it.
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- El rey de los zombies
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- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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