meant to start on 10 May 1943. However this date was pushed back and John Carradine became the star. Reception Writing in The Zombie Movie Encyclopedia, Peter Dendle wrote that it is the first zombie film to presume that audiences know what a zombie is. Dendle called it a remake of King of the Zombies and "stock fare from the Monogram horror mill." References External links 1943 films 1943 horror films 1940s comedy horror films American zombie films Monogram Pictures films Films directed by Steve Sekely American black-and-white films Nazi zombie films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films