I Walked with a Zombie
Year: 1943
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
Director: Jacques Tourneur
Cast: James Ellison, Frances Dee, Tom Conway, Edith Barrett, James Bell, Christine Gordon
Crew: Jacques Tourneur (Director), Val Lewton (Producer), Curt Siodmak (Screenplay), J. Roy Hunt (Director of Photography), Mark Robson (Editor), Ardel Wray (Screenplay)
Runtime: 69 minutes
Release: Apr 21, 1943
IMDb: 6.77/10 by 294 users
Popularity: 2
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0

Frances Dee portrays "Betsy Connell" a nurse hired to travel to a Caribbean island to care for the catatonic wife of a local plantation owner. Once there, she does her best for the poor woman as she slowly falls in love with the husband "Paul Holland" (Tom Conway). She decides she must do what she can to help her charge recover and that involves dealing with the local community and using their voodoo. The film is actually quite thought provoking; it touches on the conversation about continuing to live regardless of the quality of life and it questions the role of traditional (and often religiously ethical medical treatments) against what could be described as more pagan ones. It's eerily shot which means at times quite it can be hard to see what's going on, but is still an interesting horror film with virtually no screaming!