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The Dead One

  • 1961
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 8m
IMDb RATING
3.4/10
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The Dead One (1961)
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A voodoo priestess sends out zombies to bring back live victims for her sacrificial rituals.A voodoo priestess sends out zombies to bring back live victims for her sacrificial rituals.A voodoo priestess sends out zombies to bring back live victims for her sacrificial rituals.

  • Director
    • Barry Mahon
  • Writer
    • Barry Mahon
  • Stars
    • John McKay
    • Linda Ormond
    • Monica Davis
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  • IMDb RATING
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    • Director
      • Barry Mahon
    • Writer
      • Barry Mahon
    • Stars
      • John McKay
      • Linda Ormond
      • Monica Davis
    • 15User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    John McKay
    • John Carlton
    • (as John MacKay)
    Linda Ormond
    • Linda Carlton
    Monica Davis
    • Monica
    Clyde Kelly
    • Jonas
    Darlene Myrick
    • Bella Bella
    Lacey Kelly
    • Lacey
    Paula Morris
    • Kooch Club Proprietress
    • (as Paula Maurice)
    Robert Henderson
    Wilson Scott
    The Joe Burton Trio
    • Night Club Band
    Joe Jones' Orchestra
    • Dixieland Band
    • (as Joe Jones Orchestra)
    George Trussell
    Jean Wade
    Herman Alfonso
    Lloyd Guttierrez
    Alton Fobb
    Richard Thomas Washington
    Andrea Chase
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      • Barry Mahon
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      • Barry Mahon
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    3trashgang

    early zombie/voodoo flick

    I did it again, i mean, watching a movie from the 60's. And again it came clear to me why i am not into movies coming from the fifties and the sixties. I can watch the old classics even flicks from the silent era without a problem but the era as stated is really nothing for me. It's the time they are trying to start with effects but they are so silly. This flicks was once a lost one and it popped up but never full uncut. This is the first full uncut release to see so I did but what should be the difference between cut and uncut here, I don't know. The movie clocks in just over one hour and still some scene's are way too long. When they shown some jazz clubs they show the musicians, but too long. I'm not wanted to see the jazz, I want to see horror...But it's the importance of this flick why you should have it. it's one of the early zombie flicks just before Night Of The Living Dead. I know, there are older ones but here it's more zombie than the early zombies flicks were it's all about voodoo. Here voodoo is also important but you see the zombie coming out of the grave. The zombie itself looks scary for the time being, but the storyline isn't that strong, it takes a while before things get started but the movie really has some followers due the history and as said, the importance in the story of zombie flicks.
    Michael_Elliott

    Too Slow for Its Own Good

    The Dead One (1961)

    * (out of 4)

    Johnny (John McKay) and his new wife Linda (Linda Carlton) travel to a property that now belongs to him but once there he notices that a voodoo priestess is bringing a man back from the dead to kill for her.

    Barry Mahon was a filmmaker who dealt with a variety of subjects but the majority of his pictures were in the sexplotiation genre. He created some pretty bad movies and some rather bizarre ones but this one here is pretty darn boring from the opening scene to the closing one. With that said, it's interesting to see what he attempted to do with such an early zombie movie and one that most people haven't seen or haven't even heard of.

    The film was eventually released to DVD under the "new" title of BLOOD OF THE ZOMBIE and the zombie is about the only reason to watch the picture. It's interesting seeing another zombie movie made before NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD so this one here has more in common with WHITE ZOMBIE and I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE. Once again we've got someone using voodoo to bring the dead back to life in order to do her killing.

    Everything about this movie shows it's "C" grade. Everything from the performances to the direction to the way the story is told. There's really not too much that happens in the 68 minute running time and usually all of the scenes are padded to the point where you might start laughing. Just check out the scene where the zombie is climbing up a flight of steps and moving incredibly slow. How anyone would get caught by this thing is just hilarious.
    6meddlecore

    A Real Time Capsule, That Offers You A Glimpse Into The Past Of New Orleans.

    In The Dead One, we find a white voodoo priestess using a ritual to awaken and summon a zombie-vampire named Jonas, whom she can control using a voodoo doll.

    Which she uses to send him to kill off her enemies.

    A young newly wed couple, meanwhile, makes their way around New Orleans, taking in the sights and the sounds of the city, as the new bride gets to know her new stomping grounds.

    This gives the whole film a bit of a timely travelogue vibe...as we get to take in Joe Burton at his local joint; bellydancers at The Dream Room;, and a jazz band at The Jazz Room.

    One evening, the groom helps a young woman whose been stranded when her car breaks down.

    Taking her in for the night.

    They stay at the old Kennilworth plantation, which is known to harbour malevolent voodoo spirits.

    But, being a modern man, the groom fails to heed the warnings, because he doesn't believe in voodoo himself.

    Unfortunately for him, it's not a matter of belief.

    For it's his cousin who is the voodoo priestess...and she has brought her dead brother back to life via necromancy.

    It seems that she is at risk of losing the plantation, and will do anything it takes to protect it.

    Even if it means utilizing her will, to send Jonas to kill his wife, so as to prevent their inheritance claim.

    But when their guest goes missing- shortly after voodoo drumming is heard- they become suspicious and start to investigate.

    Apparently, Jonas mistook the young woman for the man's wife, and killed her by mistake.

    Leaving the couple to survive long enough to escape...or get help from the outside world.

    Can love defeat the dark forces of voodoo?!

    Or are they doomed to suffer it's deadly curse...

    There's nothing particularly amazing about this low budget gem, except that it's a pretty interesting look back at some of the New Orleans haunts of the era.

    Makes you realize how, even a fiction film made by friends can act as an important audio-visual document, once things have been lost to time.

    6 out of 10.
    3zeppo-2

    "Silly superstitious nonsense!"

    So says the leading man and he should know! Then again he keeps saying similar statements throughout this film, even when voodoo evidence is staring him in the face. But he isn't the sharpest tool in the box, after marrying his lovely new bride, he brings her back to the family's ancestral home and what does he do on their honeymoon? Shows her around the old slaves quarters and the burial crypts...Romantic fool or what?

    This zombie film falls into the old style, where the creatures stumble around while following the will of another. Unlike the brain eating ones from 'Night of the living dead' film and onwards. At least this one here is natty dressed in a suit and bow-tie, always good to look your best when your long dead.

    Reading between the lines, it looks like the producers of this film must have got some financial backing from the New Orleans tourist board as the first half hour takes in the jazz clubs and exotic dance bars of the city.

    A very slight story here in itself, the new groom's cousin wants the family business for herself and enlists her dead brother through voodoo to get rid of him and his friends. Only one person is killed, the annoying exotic dancer they picked up on the way and due to her appalling acting, I wasn't that sad to see her go! After gatecrashing the voodoo ceremony and throwing the beaten drum out the window and giving his cousin a good slap, our hero saves the day. Sudden sunlight finally does for the zombie brother, seems a lack of drum beat and sunlight are things that finish off these creatures. Here's me thinking it was a good bullet in the old noggin.

    At least the short running time is one thing in this film's favour but very little else. Still, I can now add to my fellow reviewer here, that there are now three (count 'em) people who have seen this film.

    Or in the immortal words of New Orleans jazz club owner puts it before launching into a piano solo, "What's happening, dad?"

    Er...not a lot actually....
    reptilicus

    A lost movie, found! Now was it worth looking for?

    I now know of 2 people in the world who have seen this rare movie from Barry Mahon, myself and my girlfriend. A lost movie has been found. Now we just have to ask, was it worth it? Barry Mahon is best known for his "Adults Only" films from the early 1960's. Perhaps best remembered for THE BEAST THAT KILLED WOMEN, a story about a killer gorilla loose in a nudist colony (hey I just review 'em I don't write 'em!). You cannot take any of those so-called "nudie cuties" seriously because they never took themselves seriously; they were there to enjoy and that was that. THE DEAD ONE on the other hand is . . .dare I say it? . . .deadly serious. Set in the back country of Louisiana it involves a plantation run by a woman who fears losing control to her recently married cousin. To fight losing the business she has run single handed for many years she uses voodoo to bring her dead brother back to life to kill off her relatives. Makes sense to me. The zombie, who at times resembles Alice Cooper, is very effective. The plot is very well handled, the photography is competent and the acting is . . .well . . .okay in most cases. Barry could indeed handle a serious genre entry and it was nice to re-discover this film. Sam Sherman, head of Independent International has . . .er . . .dug up the film and released a beautiful print in widescreen and colour under the title BLOOD OF THE ZOMBIE. Oh yes, the low budget shows. The film is padded with scenes of 2 hot jazz bands (one of which plays a hot version of "When The Saints Go Marching In")and a stripper called Bella-Bella; and at times the dialogue is hilarious. One classic moment occurs when the husband and wife discover a victim of the rampaging zombie. The husband grimly says "She's dead." and the wife responds with "But can't we help her?" Is THE DEAD ONE or BLOOD OF THE ZOMBIE worth seeing? Yes! You just might find yourself having fun in spite of yourself.

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      Six-inch voodoo dolls with "real hair" were given as a premium with each paid admission at some venues during the initial run of THE DEAD ONE.
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      Featured in Shiver & Shudder Show (2002)

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    • Release date
      • January 13, 1961 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Blood of the Zombie
    • Filming locations
      • New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
    • Production company
      • Mardi Gras Productions Inc.
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      1 hour 8 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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