Not many films manage to combine two horror styles but this does, and is successful doing it. The "disturbed doctor reviving the dead" story is mixed in with voodoo to produce a fast moving, fairly unpredictable film. While following many of the cliches it manages to supercede them with unique elements such as a dead dog revived from the grave to become a vampire and walking through walls. If it sounds crazy, then perhaps it is but it is played totally straight and produces the odd creepy moment. John Carradine is excellent as the questing but sympathetic doctor and the acting is generally of a high standard with the voodoo priestess servent is notable. The sets are good and the laboratory with it's tubing and pulsing electricitiy is particularly fine. The howling ghoul dog is quite unsettling and the ending with footsepts walking into the sea is also genuinely sad. A most enjoyable film that rises above its B-movie roots to be interesting, full of pace and even exciting. 8/10.
Special Thanks to Mark Coyle for this Movie Review.