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An evil scientist runs a veritable army of LSD-crazed zombies.An evil scientist runs a veritable army of LSD-crazed zombies.An evil scientist runs a veritable army of LSD-crazed zombies.
Carlos East
- Lt. Andrew Wilhelm
- (as Charles East)
Rafael Bertrand
- Capt. Pierre Labiche
- (as Ralph Bertrand)
Quintín Bulnes
- Klinsor
- (as Quintin Bulnes)
Julia Marichal
- Mary Ann Vandenberg
- (as July Marichael)
Quintin Miller
- Gomez
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Juan Ibáñez
- Jack Hill(US scenes)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaThis film and the other three horror films that were all in the same package were originally supposed to be filmed entirely in Mexico City, Mexico in 1968. At that time, however, Boris Karloff was 81 years old and in extremely poor health, was suffering from both advanced emphysema and rheumatoid arthritis, only had one-half of one lung that was still functioning (both the other half of it and all of the other lung had already been removed due to lung cancer (Karloff had been a heavy smoker for most of his adult life)) and could only breathe through an oxygen mask that was connected to a mobile oxygen unit. In addition to all of this, his doctors had already told him not to travel to Mexico City because of the thin air at its high altitude. As a final result, all of Karloff's scenes for all four of these films were filmed on a soundstage in Hollywood in 1968 out of necessity.
- Quotes
Anabella Vandenberg: Modern science has shown that alcohol is responsible for 99.2 % of all the world's sins.
- Crazy creditsIn this film's closing credits Boris Karloff is billed twice, the first time as Damballah and the second time as Karl van Molder.
- Alternate versionsFor the German DVD version of this film titled "Cult of the Dead", the second scene in it, the one featuring the zombie resurrection, is abridged.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 100 Years of Horror: Zombies (1996)
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Boris Karloff & Zombie Fans
This film is also known by it's shorter name "Snake People". This is not what you would call a good film... but it's not completely horrible - it's so-so.
We have Boris Karloff as Carl van Molder / Damballah a man that owns over half of the island and studies parapsychology. He is a firm believer in leaving the island natives to their ways - but there is a deeper reason for this.
We have voodoo cultist killing people, a beautiful voodoo priestess and zombies. If this sounds appealing to you and you like older low-budget horror movies then you might like this film. This is not one of those "must see for horror fans" films but rather for those that like some of the older trash horror films.
This is a good film to have for Boris Karloff fans - it's one of his last films.
4/10
We have Boris Karloff as Carl van Molder / Damballah a man that owns over half of the island and studies parapsychology. He is a firm believer in leaving the island natives to their ways - but there is a deeper reason for this.
We have voodoo cultist killing people, a beautiful voodoo priestess and zombies. If this sounds appealing to you and you like older low-budget horror movies then you might like this film. This is not one of those "must see for horror fans" films but rather for those that like some of the older trash horror films.
This is a good film to have for Boris Karloff fans - it's one of his last films.
4/10
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- Countries of origin
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- Also known as
- Snake People
- Filming locations
- Santa Monica, California, USA(Studio, Karloff's scenes)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Isle of the Snake People (1971) officially released in Canada in English?
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