A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This movie hails from the era when Haiti had cornered the market on zombies. No raising from the dead, no alien induced zombie, no foot dragging or brain eating fun zombies. These zombies were gainfully employed at the sugar mill. Young Bela boasts an "Eddie Munster" hair style, pointy ears, manicured eyebrows, and a goatee. Along with his superimposed eyes he has come to epitomize evil. He is the one who actually creates zombies in what is now a campy film from a former horror classic.Madge Bellamy stars in the title role, a bride, abducted by another man and turned into a zombie. The ending wasn't exactly a cliff hanger. A good movie to watch with "Reefer Madness" if you catch my drift.

If you're looking for a movie about undead cannibals that walk around with their rotting flesh falling off or want to see intestines get ripped out of people while they're still alive, you're going to be very disappointed.White Zombie is one of the first zombie movies ever made, and it's still one of the scariest. It's a creepy and atmospheric movie from the time when filmmakers made true horror movies that didn't rely on cheap jump scares or guts and gore.Bela Lugosi's character is probably one of the most evil villains in a horror movie. In some ways, he's worse than Dracula. Dracula could always blame it on the curse...what's this guy's excuse? He's just a sadist.The zombies are frightening to look at, especially the "chief executioner". He's comparable to Count Orlok from Nosferatu or Erik in Phantom of the Opera from 1925 (in fact, the whole movie feels like a silent movie). I bet the actors cracked up a lot during the making of the movie, though.Everything in White Zombie looks creepy, from start to finish. It's like a very bad dream. The graveyard, the house, the castle...and then there's the darn vulture. Stop making those awful noises! But fortunately, since this is an old movie, it has a happy ending where the villain is defeated, and our heroes (hopefully) live happily ever after.Forget overrated zombie movies like Dawn of the Dead and garbage like Fulci's "Zombi", and watch a true zombie movie instead.

White Zombie is an old time horror movie. This movie is found to be just like every other horror movie from this time period. Most old horror movies aren't found to have a lot of action or be very gory like horror movies are today. Just like other old movies, it is recorded in the studio. All the sets are made specifically for each scene. The sets are easily noticeable and corny but if the viewer can get past the corniness, the movie and story is pretty good. I find lighting to have a positive impact on many older movies. This movie also benefits from lighting. Lighting is very important to horror movies, it inputs a certain feeling and mood for the viewer just like music does. The acting in this movie was very poor. This definitely was not my favorite horror movie and I would not recommend someone to watch it.

To begin with, I'm a Bela Lugosi fan. He had a pair of the most evil eyes this side of Lee Van Cleef. And I think he did a typically good job of portraying a mysterious and sinister character. By today's standards the plot is not very deep. But it is nonetheless enjoyable. Fans of this early era of horror movie know that it's often not only the film that is black and white. Good and evil are clearly defined. And for my taste I believe that's why I sometimes enjoy these old movies of all kinds. There are no veiled social messages to have to sort through. One thing I noticed about this film are the early attempts at screen effects. Surely not to be compared with modern effects...I think some of the ones used in this movie were...effective. They add dimension to the film. Especially when you consider that this film is over 80 yrs. old I think some great imagination was shown in this regard. I didn't think the acting was bad. I didn't think it was great, either. But for me it didn't interfere with my enjoying the film. You'll also notice that in some scenes you can actually see the breath of the actors who appear to be in something like a dungeon. I don't know the exact circumstances that caused this. But it adds another sense of atmosphere to the film. I also like the very last line spoken. I got a chuckle out of it. I'd recommend this movie to anyone who would like to see the beginning of the evolution in film horror.