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KING OF THE ZOMBIES (1941)

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RobShot		#41	[-]
Nov 1 12 4:59 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I love how all the white characters take the situations seriously while all the black characters act like the whole thing's a joke. Talk about post-modern! Even when MM is zombified he just says "Move over boys - I'm joining the club" Best line in 40's horror film.
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Yuers Truly		#42	[-]
Nov 26 12 3:47 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I agree with Elizabeth that Dick Purcell would have been much better as the lead. My favorite Mantan Moreland movie (and I've seen quite a few).
Granny Lou		#43	[-]
Dec 17 12 10:46 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I liked this movie very much. Got it on Alpha Video. Alpha can be great to poor in quality for picture. I liked Manton Moreland in this film very much. He was also Birmingham Brown , Charlie Chan's chauffeur, in several Chan films. Granny Lou - The Dowager of The Horrors. Last Edited By: Granny Lou Dec 17 12 10:48 AM. Edited 1 times.
rvoyttbots		#44	[-]
Dec 19 12 9:03 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Shame Lugosi didn`t do this one.
MYST0		#45	[-]
Jan 1 13 4:09 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<> I have seen this at least 20 times over the years and I ALWAYS have that regret. I can't wait till 100 years from now when they can perfectly CGI different actors into a film. This is the only film where I would accecpt that kind of tampering with Lugosi replacing Victor. I just hope they don't colorize it! Of course they can put Mantan into any scene from any age and the film will be better. Somewhere there is a "Just add Mantan" thread that I always get a laugh out of. Example: THe love in the waves scene from FROM HERE TO ETERNITY is great. Add Mantan and it's better.
jplibby		#46	[-]
Jan 1 13 9:48 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm sure I've asked this question before, but why was Bela unavailable for this film? Was he on tour in ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at the time?
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Jigsaw		#47	[-]
Jan 4 13 1:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	This is one of my favorite (or at least top ten) horror films from the 40's, and I'm happy to see that others aside from myself find this to be enjoyable. Moreland was such a joy to watch.
Andy	No Expert	#48	[-]
Jan 5 13 12:37 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dear jplibby, Arsenic and Old Lace was still in Broadway pre-production when King of the Zombies was under way. Thinking about the time-frame, I would suspect that Poor Bela was still under contract to, or at least working fairly steadily for at Universal at the time in question. Lugosi was in Black Friday, Black Cat, The Wolf Man, Night Monster, Ghost of Frankenstein during the Mongram film's preparation and run. Lugosi did not begin his stint with Sam Katzman until after 1942/1943 and Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man. Lugosi would have been really great in the Dr. Sangre role. Sort of a throw-back to White Zombie, don't you think? Best regards, Andy in Vancouver.
Allen Champion		#49	[-]
Jan 6 13 1:25 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Lugosi was the property of Sam Katzman's unit (Banner Productions) and I think that this movie was produced (off the top of my head) by Lindsley Parsons. (Not that KING was produced off the top of my head, but you get my point, and when you are through with it please give it back because now my hat doesn't fit.) CARLOS VILLARIAS!! Slowly I turned . . . . .
jplibby		#50	[-]
Jan 6 13 7:18 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks! I was thinking KOTZ was produced later. So yeah, it was probably commitments at Universal that prevented Bela from doing the film.
atkalu		#51	[-]
Jan 12 13 6:14 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Caught up with this one after many years and totally agree with all the other posters - Lugosi would've ruled if he got to do Henry Victor's part and Mantan Moreland is at his very best! His scenes when he's turned into a "zombie" by hypnosis are hysterical. What a great parody of a zombie!
Andy	1940's Race Relations	#52	[-]
Jan 19 13 12:21 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Greetings, Also loved the drum reference of Mr. Moreland's when asked about the throbbing cadence, "Well, it ain't Gene Krupa!" Regards, Andy in Vancouver.
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