King of the Zombies 1941  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Cast: Dick Purcell, Joan Woodbury, Mantan Moreland, Henry Victor, John Archer, Patricia Stacey, Guy Usher, Marguerite Whitten, Leigh Whipper, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, James Davis, Laurence Criner
A U.S. agent, his pilot, and his man-servant are sent to the Caribbean to locate an admiral whose plane crashed. They also crash on a tiny island where a German doctor is making zombies out of the inhabitants through hypnosis. He had also caused the admiral's plane to crash, planning to hypnotize the admiral and then extract secrets from him. But our heroes stop that nonsense in this World War II propaganda film–though the U.S. had not yet entered the war.
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Maid of Salem 1937  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Frank Lloyd
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Fred MacMurray, Louise Dresser, Gale Sondergaard, Beulah Bondi, Bonita Granville, Donald Meek, Harvey Stephens, E.E. Clive, Benny Bartlett, Edward Ellis, Virginia Weidler, Halliwell Hobbes, Pedro de Cordoba, Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Barbara Clark (Claudette Colbert) lives in Salem, Massachusetts, during the "witch trials" of colonial days. When she falls in love with Roger Coverman (Fred MacMurray) who is on the lam from Virginia, her romance causes a scandal. After young Ann Goode (Bonita Granville) pretends to be possessed, she is tried and sentenced to be burned at the stake. Now, Barbara is accused of witchcraft, but Roger arrives in town to save Barbara and Ann, and all ends well.
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Revenge of the Zombies 1943  N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Horror
Director: Steve Sekely
Cast: John Carradine, Gale Storm, Robert Lowery, Bob Steele, Mantan Moreland, Veda Ann Borg, Barry Macollum, Mauritz Hugo, James Baskett, Sybil Lewis, Franklyn Farnum, Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Dr. von Alterman (John Carradine) works in his Louisiana mansion creating zombies to become soldiers in the Nazi Army. When the doctor's wife, Lila (Veda Ann Borg), dies under mysterious circumstances, she is also turned into a zombie for the cause. But his plan is foiled when Lila's brother Scott (Mauritz Hugo), heroine Jen (Gale Storm), and undercover FBI Agent Larry (Robert Lowry) arrive on the scene and are aided by Zombie Lila who seems to have a will of her own.
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| 1. King of the Zombies (1941)
2. Maid of Salem (1937)
3. Revenge of the Zombies (1943)
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