Young couple Madeleine and Neil are coaxed by acquaintance Monsieur Beaumont to get married on his Haitian plantation. Beaumont's motives are purely selfish as he makes every attempt to convince the beautiful young girl to run away with him. For help Beaumont turns to the devious Legendre, a man who runs his mill by mind controlling people he has turned into zombies. After Beaumont uses Legendre's zombie potion on Madeleine, he is dissatisfied with her emotionless being and wants her to be changed back. Legendre has no intention of doing this and he drugs Beaumont as well to add to his zombie collection. Meanwhile, grieving 'widower' Neil is convinced by a local priest that Madeleine may still be alive and he seeks her out.
我记得谁他妈告诉过我，贝拉路高西根本就不会英语，他念台词需要记住背下怎么去读。这部电影让我觉得这要么是一个谣言，要么路高西就是个真正的天才。
【MUBI】属于“影史教材”电影。毕竟是第一部长片长度的僵尸片，凭借此点就可以在恐怖片范畴内有一席之地了。故事现在看来羸弱“搞笑”些（一个小时也无法强求什么故事进展），但和已经固定化的现代僵尸片相比，本片反而更有新意：如何变成僵尸，僵尸可以痊愈等。这些设定哪怕放在现在也是天马行空的。但可能Bela Lugosi 的吸血鬼角色印象太深，导致本片看的时候（或者演的时候）有些出戏。
我挺喜欢老电影的 但是这也太老了吧
最早的僵尸片，剧本比较差，卢戈西演的也有点用力过猛。几个不同僵尸的设定还挺有趣，但完全不是主要内容，有点浪费。亮点是有一些摄影手法上的尝试，有一些特殊的机位和轨道运动，还有很多奇特的扣像效果。
影史第一部僵尸电影长片，拍得粗糙又廉价，布景还是《德古拉》和《科学怪人》用过的，但票房不错，还带出了一系列类似的僵尸电影，以中南美洲巫术为源头，影射了种植园黑人群体。我还挺喜欢这个故事，讲你爱一个人却得不到对方，于是用巫术把她变成僵尸，让她在你身旁，但爱欲仍无法满足，这样的故事，好像从小到大看过很多类似的，挺经典的。