I Walked with a Zombie

"She's alive…yet dead! She's dead…yet alive!"

Apr 30 1943 Approved 1h 9m
Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

Plot

Young Canadian nurse Betsy comes to the West Indies to care for Jessica, the wife of a plantation manager Paul Holland. Jessica seems to be suffering from a kind of mental paralysis as a result of fever. When she falls in love with Paul, Betsy determines to cure Jessica even if she needs to use a voodoo ceremony, to give Paul what she thinks he wants.

Written by

Curt Siodmak, Ardel Wray, Inez Wallace

Directed by

Jacques Tourneur

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
14,561
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA