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Designed as a follow-up to the Halperin Brothers' phenomenally successful White Zombie, Revolt of the Zombies unfortunately isn't nearly as good. The story is set in Cambodia in the years following WW... read more read more...I. Evil Count Mazovia (Roy D'Arcy) has come into possession of the secret methods by which dead men can be transformed into walking zombies and uses these unholy powers to create a race of slave laborers. An expedition is sent to the ruins of Angkor Wat, in hopes of ending Mazovia's activities once and for all. Unfortunately, Armand (Dean Jagger), one of the members of the expedition, has his own agenda. Stealing a set of secret tablets, he sets about to create his own army of zombies, targeting those whom he considers to be enemies. But Armand is hoist on his own petard when the zombies rebel and turn against him. The anachronistic moviemaking techniques which contributed so much to the atmosphere and entertainment value of White Zombie are totally out of place in Revolt of the Zombies; also, Dean Jagger's performance lacks the conviction necessary for this sort of horror fare. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 5 min.

Directed by: Victor Halperin

Release Date: June 4, 1936

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  • ajv2688
    October 29, 2010
    ajv2688
    First of all this movie was badly made, so the look and feel is very cheap/low budget, and not in a good way. The story itself has been done before, for example in the movie White Zombie, which I would recommend seeing instead of this movie. Plus, this movie forgets that zombie... read mores are corpses, not just people who are being mind-controlled. This movie isn't worth the time.
  • 366weirdmovies
    December 4, 2009
    366weirdmovies
    An archeologist whose been scorned by a woman tries to find the ancient secret of creating "zombies" (actually, creating slaves through a kind of chemical hypnosis) in Angkor Wat. No real suspense, atmosphere, or zombies; it's hard to believe the same director who made the brill... read moreiant WHITE ZOMBIE followed it up with this clunker.
  • hypathio7
    June 16, 2008
    hypathio7
    Boring. Not suspenseful or scary at all. The zombies are not recognizable as zombies by today's standards (more mass voodoo mind-control). The frights audiences of the time might have received was probably more a racist thing.
  • sirtheory
    November 29, 2011
    sirtheory
    Muddled, illogical, and confusing attempt to mix the 1930's concept of zombie with war and archaeological issues. Luckily the last 10-odd minutes are the best 10 minutes in the movie... although whether many viewers will get past the first 30 is a completely different beast--and ... read morenot enough to save the movie, anyway.

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Tim Brayton
April 27, 2011
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

The story is crude and inexplicable, the acting stagey, the tone completely gaudy and not even a tiny bit horrifying. Full Review

Rob Humanick
October 9, 2007
Rob Humanick, Projection Booth

A barely-there soap opera with superstitious underpinnings thrown in for good measure. Full Review

Steve Crum
July 6, 2006
Steve Crum, Dispatch-Tribune Newspapers

Revolting is right.

Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
December 16, 2002
Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies

In many, many ways, this is not a good movie. Full Review

Ken Hanke
October 2, 2002
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Supposed sequel to White Zombie. Just plain dreadful. And dull.

Frank S. Nugent
March 25, 2006
Frank S. Nugent, New York Times

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Emanuel Levy
October 12, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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