The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

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1h 30min
Horror
12 Jan 1966 (USA)
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During a mysterious epidemic in a small Cornish village, the local doctor summons his professor friend for help.

Director:

John Gilling

Writer:

Peter Bryan

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	André Morell	...	Sir James Forbes
	Diane Clare	...	Sylvia
	Brook Williams	...	Dr. Peter Tompson
	Jacqueline Pearce	...	Alice
	John Carson	...	Clive Hamilton
	Alexander Davion	...	Denver (as Alex Davion)
	Michael Ripper	...	Sergeant Swift
	Marcus Hammond	...	Martinus
	Dennis Chinnery	...	Constable Christian
	Louis Mahoney	...	Coloured Servant
	Roy Royston	...	Vicar
	Ben Aris	...	John Martinus
	Tim Condren	...	Young Blood (as Tim Condron)
	Bernard Barnsley	...	Young Blood (as Bernard Egan)
	Norman Mann	...	Young Blood
	Francis Willey	...	Young Blood
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	John Adams	...	Man at Funeral (uncredited)
	Chris Adcock	...	Pub Patron (uncredited)
	Jolyon Booth	...	Coach Driver (uncredited)
	Jim Brady	...	Pub Patron (uncredited)
	John Cam	...	Graveyard Zombie (uncredited)
	Peter Diamond	...	Zombie (uncredited)
	Ron Gregory	...	Gravedigger (uncredited)
	Reg Harding	...	Zombie (uncredited)
	George Holdcroft	...	Undertaker (uncredited)
	Eric Kent	...	Pub Patron (uncredited)
	Roy Lansford	...	Man at Funeral (uncredited)
	Dickey Luck	...	Pub Patron (uncredited)
	George Mossman	...	Coach Driver (uncredited)
	Keith Peacock	...	Zombie (uncredited)
	Ernie Rice	...	Man in Pub (uncredited)
	Jerry Verno	...	Landlord (uncredited)
	Del Watson	...	Zombie (uncredited)
	Fred Wood	...	Lone Villager on Steps (uncredited)

Directed by

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John Gilling

Written by

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Peter Bryan

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Produced by

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Anthony Nelson Keys

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producer

Music by

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James Bernard

Cinematography by

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Arthur Grant

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director of photography

Editing by

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Chris Barnes

Editorial Department

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Chris Barnes	...	editor
James Needs	...	supervising editor

Production Design by

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Bernard Robinson

Art Direction by

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Don Mingaye

Makeup Department

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Roy Ashton	...	makeup artist
Frieda Steiger	...	hair stylist
Richard Mills	...	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

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George Fowler

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production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Bert Batt	...	assistant director
Hugh Harlow	...	second assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Roy Baker	...	sound editor
Ken Rawkins	...	sound recordist

Special Effects by

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Les Bowie	...	special effects (uncredited)
Terry Schubert	...	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Stunts

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Bernard Barnsley	...	stunts (uncredited)
Peter Diamond	...	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Moray Grant	...	camera operator
Bob Jordan	...	focus puller (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Rosemary Burrows

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wardrobe

Music Department

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Philip Martell

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musical supervisor

Script and Continuity Department

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Lorna Selwyn

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continuity

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Distributors

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Warner-Pathé Distributors (1966) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century Fox (1966) (Canada) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century Fox (1966) (United States) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century Fox (1966) (Japan) (theatrical)
Twentieth Century-Fox (1966) (Mexico) (theatrical)
Fox Norena Film A/S (1970) (Norway) (theatrical)
America (1988) (France) (VHS)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (1997) (United States) (VHS)
Anchor Bay Entertainment (1999) (United States) (DVD)
Anolis Entertainment (2004) (Germany) (DVD)
Imagica Media Shuppan (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (1987) (Finland) (tv) (as MTV1)
Paradiso Home Entertainment (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
SPO (2002) (Japan) (DVD)
Scream Factory (2019) (United States) (Blu-ray)
StudioCanal (2009) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
StudioCanal (2012) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
Warner Bros. Television (2001) (United States) (tv) (syndication)
Warner Home Video (1989) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
Warner Home Video (2003) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
Works Editora (Brazil) (DVD)
e-m-s the DVD-Company (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

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Bowie Films

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Bray Studios Ltd. (filming location)

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Plot Summary	Young workers are dying because of a mysterious epidemic in a little village in Cornwall. Doctor Tompson is helpless and asks professor James Forbes for help, and the professor and his daughter Sylvia travel to Tompson. Soon terrible things happen, beyond imagination or reality. Dead people are seen near an old, unused mine; recently-deceased people seem to have come back to life. Professor Forbes presumes that black magic is involved and someone has extraordinary power. He doesn't know how close he is: the dead become alive because of a magic voodoo ritual, so they must serve their master as mindless zombies. Written by Matthias Luehr Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	decapitation shovel epidemic umbrella fire See All (120) »
Taglines	Only The Lord Of The Dead Could Unleash Them! See more »
Genres	Horror
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Finland:(Banned) France:12 (new rating) France:13 Ireland:15 Mexico:B Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) Netherlands:18 Norway:12 (recommended rating) Norway:18 (cinema rating) Norway:(Banned) (cinema rating) Portugal:(Banned) United Kingdom:12 (DVD rating) United Kingdom:X United Kingdom:15 (video rating) United Kingdom:12A United States:Approved West Germany:16 (nf)

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Also Known As	L'Invasion des morts-vivants (France) La Malédiction des morts-vivants (France) La plaga de los Zombies (Spain) La maldición de los zombies (Spain) 僵尸谷惊魂 (China, Mandarin title) See more »
Runtime	90 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.66 : 1 (35 mm version) See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Filming Locations	Frensham Ponds, Farnham, Surrey, England, UK See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	Filmed simultaneously with "The Reptile (1966)," in August and September of 1965, using many of the same sets, most noticeably the main village set on the back lot at Bray Studios. See more »
Goofs	When Sir James and Peter are watching Alice's grave, they have to leave to help the vicar who has been attacked. The squire and his men open the grave and reveal Alice's corpse but are disturbed when Sir James and Peter return. As the two watch she transforms into a zombie and crawls out of her grave. But when they arrived back in the cemetery and found the open grave we see Alice for an instant in her coffin and she is already in zombie make up, even though this is before the transformation. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Fright (1971). See more »
Quotes	Sir James Forbes: Someone in this village is practicing witchcraft. That corpse wandering on the moors is an undead, a zombie. See more »

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