In 1860, Sir James Forbes (André Morell) and his daughter Sylvia (Diane Clare) receive a letter from his former brilliant student Dr. Peter Tompson (Brook Williams), who is married to an old school friend of Sylvia, Alice (Jacqueline Pearce). In this letter, Peter tells that mysterious deaths are happening in the area where he is the local doctor. Sir James decides to visit the friends with Sylvia and to help Peter to find out what is happening. There, he realizes that the bodies of the new dead are disappearing from their graves. A further investigation shows them the existence of zombies in that location.
"The Plague of the Zombies" is a 1966 creepy film of zombies by Hammer, with great story, screenplay, characters and performances. There are few good movies of zombies, the best is probably the 1968 classic "The Night of the Living Dead" and the two sequels by George Romero, "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead". "The Plague of the Zombies" is also an excellent movie of the genre, and if the viewer pays attention, he or she will notice that it was made BEFORE the 1968 "The Night of the Living Dead". Therefore George Romero's movie is not the first important horror film to explore the zombie theme, and this 1966 Hammer's movie came first. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Epidemia de Zumbis" ("Zombie Epidemic")
"The Plague of the Zombies" is a 1966 creepy film of zombies by Hammer, with great story, screenplay, characters and performances. There are few good movies of zombies, the best is probably the 1968 classic "The Night of the Living Dead" and the two sequels by George Romero, "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead". "The Plague of the Zombies" is also an excellent movie of the genre, and if the viewer pays attention, he or she will notice that it was made BEFORE the 1968 "The Night of the Living Dead". Therefore George Romero's movie is not the first important horror film to explore the zombie theme, and this 1966 Hammer's movie came first. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "Epidemia de Zumbis" ("Zombie Epidemic")