Customer Reviews
HAMMER HORROR DOES A DECENT ZOMBIE MOVIE - By: stuart, 06 Aug 2007 
It's reallly a shame Hammer didn't made more zombie movies after this one.
Pre-"Night of the Living Dead" made zombie movie always had a fantastic stylish & creepy atmosphere. Examples of this are movies like "White Zombie", "I Walked with a Zombie" & also most certainly this movie. It weren't movies with real scares in it but it more were movies with a well build up tension & a consistent mysterious & creepy atmosphere. After "Night of the Living Dead" zombie movies were never the same again. Had Hammer continued making zombie movies after this movie, perhaps the genre of stylish atmospheric zombie movies would still be around these days.
This is a slowly told- & build up movie. It takes it time to set-up the right atmosphere & tension. It makes this movie a mysterious one, that was made with lots of style. Wonderfully directed by John Gilling alll! He never chooses to over-do things in this movie, even though he could had easily done this. The zombies are not portrayed as horror-characters but more as servants that obey their master. There aren't reallly many well known Hammer horror elements present in the movie or story, which will perhaps disappoint the hardened Hammer fan.
It's a bit of a shame that there aren't reallly well known Hammer actors in this movie. The movie could had reallly done good with Peter Cushing and/or Christopher Lee in it. That doesn't of course mean that the actors in this movie aren't much good. André Morell is a fantastic actor & he played in classics like; "The Hound of the Baskervilles", "Ben-Hur", "Barry Lyndon" & "The Bridge on the River Kwai". He has a wonderful voice & accent. Also great was John Carson as the charismatic 'villain'.
This movie might perhaps bore some people, since it isn't fast paced & it doesn't feature any formulaic horror sequences but I still feel that everyone must be able to appreciate this movie its atmosphere & the mystery elements.
One of the Better Hammers - By: E. A. Redfearn, 01 Jan 2005 This film made back to back with The Reptile is actuallly one of Hammers most popular films. A fine cast, decent sets, a good script & a reallly good dream sequence when the zombies emerge from their graves make it a reallly good watch indeed. Also includes the lovely Jacqueline Pearce who is fondly remembered for her role in Blakes Seven a few years back. Overalll, a fine effort worth adding to any DVD collection. Good picture & sound too.
