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Watch free: full movie White Zombie 1932
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A young couple arrive in Haiti to marry, but a jealous plantation owner makes a deal with a sinister mill owner, played by Bela Lugosi, who controls an army of silent, staring workers raised from the dead. Made a year after Lugosi's most famous role, it's often called the first feature-length zombie film, and its zombies are nothing like Romero's: mindless servants, not flesh-eaters. The pace is slow and stagey, but the images stick, especially the sugar mill scene and Lugosi's hypnotic hand gestures. It draws on William Seabrook's 1929 travel book The Magic Island, itself now out of copyright.
Watch it if you're a Bela Lugosi fan, or you want to see the very first zombie movie.
Why is it free?
Its US copyright lapsed: US law at the time required a copyright notice on release and a renewal after 28 years, and the owners didn't keep it up, so it entered the public domain.
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White Zombie: your questions
How long is White Zombie?
1h 07m: a short one, easy for a weeknight.
Is it legal to watch White Zombie free?
Yes, in the United States. Its US copyright lapsed: US law at the time required a copyright notice on release and a renewal after 28 years, and the owners didn't keep it up, so it entered the public domain. We only play it to US visitors because copyright rules differ between countries, and we show the plain original, never a restored or re-scored version.
Where can I stream White Zombie?
Right here, free, if you're in the US (player above). For a sharper restored copy, rent or buy it on Prime Video or Blu-ray.
- Released
- 1932
- Runtime
- 1h 07m
- Directed by
- Victor Halperin
- Starring
- Bela Lugosi, Madge Bellamy, Joseph Cawthorn, Robert Frazer
- Genre
- Horror
- Sound
- Original soundtrack
- Subtitles
- English (auto-generated)
