{"id":35326,"date":"2015-11-16T13:11:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T20:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35326"},"modified":"2020-12-15T11:27:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T18:27:10","slug":"plague-of-the-zombies-the-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35326","title":{"rendered":"Plague of the Zombies, The (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;This disease seems to me to be more mental than physical.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Poster-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-35328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Poster-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Poster-101x128.jpg 101w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Poster.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA young doctor (Brook Williams) in a 19th century Cornish village summons the help of his mentor (Andre Morell) in determining the cause of a mysterious plague killing off his patients. When Dr. Forbes (Morell) arrives with his plucky grown daughter (Diane Clare), they are distressed to notice that Williams&#8217; wife (Jacqueline Pearce) &#8212; who is enamored by a local squire (John Carson) &#8212; seems sickly. Meanwhile, when attempting to conduct an autopsy, Morell and Williams discover that graves are being exhumed and bodies are missing.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amateur Sleuths<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Voodoo and Black Magic<\/li>\n<li>Zombies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nHammer Studios&#8217; foray into zombie films evokes visceral memories of Val Lewton&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17013\"><em>I Walked With a Zombie<\/em> (1943)<\/a> and foreshadows certain visual elements of George Romero&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=13027\"><em>Night of the Living Dead<\/em> (1968)<\/a>. On its own, it remains a reasonably effective, historically situated horror flick with fine cinematography and direction &#8212; particularly during a green-tinted mid-film zombie sequence which emerges as a freaky surprise and is genuinely disturbing. Other elements of the narrative strain credulity or are overly obvious, but that&#8217;s par for the course in a genre flick like this. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Deep-voiced Carson &#8212; who film fanatics may recognize as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35313\">Captain Kronos&#8217; vampire-fighting partner<\/a> &#8212; sounds remarkably like James Mason, don&#8217;t you think?    <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective cinematography (by Arthur Grant) and direction (by John Gilling)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Cinematography1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Cinematography1-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Cinematography1-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Cinematography1-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Cinematography1-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Cinematography1.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Cinematography2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Cinematography2-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Cinematography2-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Cinematography2-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Cinematography2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Cinematography2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The spooky mid-film zombie sequence<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Dream.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Dream-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Dream-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Dream-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Dream-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Dream.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Dream2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Dream2-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-35332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Dream2-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Dream2-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Dream2-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Plague-of-the-Zombies-Dream2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended for fans of zombie flicks. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0060841\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/horror\/plague-of-the-zombies-1966.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s242plague.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/the-plague-of-the-zombies\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;This disease seems to me to be more mental than physical.&#8221; Synopsis: A young doctor (Brook Williams) in a 19th century Cornish village summons the help of his mentor (Andre Morell) in determining the cause of a mysterious plague killing off his patients. When Dr. Forbes (Morell) arrives with his plucky grown daughter (Diane Clare), they are distressed to notice that Williams&#8217; wife (Jacqueline Pearce) &#8212; who is enamored by a local squire (John Carson) &#8212; seems sickly. Meanwhile, when&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=35326\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35326"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58031,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35326\/revisions\/58031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}