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I Walked with a Zombie

I Walked with a Zombie

Mystery · Horror · Drama · 1943

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.

Movie details

I Walked with a Zombie

“She's alive…yet dead! She's dead…yet alive!”

1943 Mystery · Horror · Drama 1h 9m

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6.8 / 10

Community rating

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.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over I Walked with a Zombie?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Jacques Tourneur

Written by

Curt Siodmak · Ardel Wray

James Ellison

James Ellison

Wesley Rand

Frances Dee

Frances Dee

Betsy Connell

Tom Conway

Tom Conway

Paul Holland

Edith Barrett

Edith Barrett

Mrs. Rand

James Bell

James Bell

Dr. Maxwell

Christine Gordon

Christine Gordon

Jessica Holland

Theresa Harris

Theresa Harris

Alma

Court is in session

Put I Walked with a Zombie on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.