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Zombies of Mora Tau [VHS]

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This one has it all!! Any fan of '50s horror or sci-fi movies will absolutely love this movie. Why? First, it has cleavage-queen Allison Hayes adorned in her usual skin-tight outfits and spouting some of her best lines ever! Allison even gets to faint in her own grave!! Second, it has another hot gal, seldom-filmed but sexy Autumn Russell vying with Allison for masculine attention! Third, it has Morris Ankrum, great character actor who co-starred in numerous '50s drive-in classics, spouting his usual cult-classic dialogue and even getting to make a play for Allison early in the flick. And last, but certainly not least, it has a fabulous plot about sea-going zombies guarding a sunken-diamond treasure worth zillions! Zombies so deadly that even a mere lighted candlestick keeps them at bay!! Somebody needs to clue Columbia/Tristar that the time has come to release this scream-gem on DVD!! DON'T MISS THIS ONE!!

I would agree with the assessment of this movie given by Kenneth of Oklahoma City, it's got it all. It doesn't have the blood and guts in it like today, but it still might give some people nightmares. So cudle up with your sweetheart, pop the popcorn, turn off the lights and put this movie in. Sounds like a great evening to me.

This is a well-done "Old School" zombie movie. Nice noir atmosphere and creepy looking zombie cast. I liked the scene of the old lady recounting the dead expeditions as they walk past their graves. Unfortunately, about half-way through the movie, Allison Hayes becomes a zombie...perhaps the hottest looking zombie ever. Her husband just reads her condition as shock, which is understandable if you've been carried off by zombies. She has no pulse and no longer breathes, but with proper care and rest, hopefully she'll get better. And this presents a heavy philosophical question: if your wife looked like Allison Hayes and became a zombie, would you keep her? On the plus side (since these zombies were mute), no nagging or arguments. On the minus side, all sharp objects must be removed from the house. But then, marriage is about compromise, right? I think in this case, I would be willing to go with at least a trial arrangement.

This is classic 1950s' B sci fi at it most enjoyable. The presence of Allison Hayes makes it a minor cult classic. No work of art but very interesting to those who seek escapism entertainment. A group of fortune hunters seek buried treasure but find the walking dead instead! From 1957 and in black and white.

I saw this movie when it first came out in 1957 - I was 13 years old. From my Junior High and High School years there were three movies that I thought were truly scary - this was one of them. The others were Psycho and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
I remember it as wonderful - but I have not seen it since 1957.