Voodoo Island released in February 1957, produced by Howard W. Koch and starring Boris Karloff, Elisha Cook Jr. and Rhodes Reason. The film is about a wealthy industrialist that plans on developing the island but he must prove the island isn't cursed.
The films starts out with a slow pan over a model of an Island Hotel, fading into a room with Boris and a group of people looking over a Zombie. The industrialist tells explains his deliema how Boris can help.
A group (headed by Boris) goes to Voodoo Island to investigate the Island when trouble seems to happen around every corner. The take the "Zombie" back to the Island.
This is a very low budget b/w film with a large part being shot outdoors in Hawaii. "Special Effects are few and of the greatest quality. The script is decent and acting is pretty good. Always fun to watch Boris Karloff (even though he would be nearly 70 years old at the time) in a film though so it get extra marks (Elisha Cook Jr. is great to watch also). It is worth a watch for fans of low budget flicks. 5.5/10
This is also the first film of Adam "Batman" West in a very small, uncredited role.
Created: 2009 July 31