Teenage Zombies
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| Directed by | Jerry Warren |
| Produced by | Jerry Warren |
| Written by | Jerry Warren |
| Starring |
Katherine Victor Don Sullivan |
| Cinematography | Allen Chandler |
| Edited by | Jerry Warren |
| Distributed by | Governor Films Inc. |
Release dates | April 15, 1960[1] |
Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Teenage Zombies is a 1960 horror science fiction film, written and directed by Jerry Warren.
Plot
While boating (and possibly water-skiing), a quartet of teens, Reg (Don Sullivan), Skip (Paul Pepper), Julie (Mitzie Albertson), and Pam (Brianne Murphy), accidentally discover an island run by a mad scientist named Doctor Myra who, backed by foreign agents from "the East", intends to turn everyone in the United States into a zombie. The teenagers become trapped on the island, and are temporarily imprisoned in cages. They are freed when other teenagers arrive with the sheriff (who turns out to be in league with Doctor Myra). A complicated fight scene serves as the climax, in which a de-zombified gorilla arrives just in time to attack Dr. Myra's henchmen and allow the teens to escape. When they are safely back on the mainland, it is implied that the teens will receive a reward for discovering the island, and will have an audience with the President of the United States.
Cast
- Don Sullivan as Reg
- Katherine Victor as Dr. Myra
- Steve Conte as Whorf
- J.L.D. Morrison as Brandt
- Brianne Murphy as Pam
- Paul Pepper as Skip
- Mitzie Albertson as Julie
- Jay Hawk as Morrie
- Mike Concannon as Sheriff
- Nan Green as Dotty
- Don Neeley as Maj. Coleman
- Mitch Evans as Gorilla
- Chuck Niles as Ivan
Reception
- The movie was criticized for its use of stock footage from feature films by Jerry Warren, who later used it in his most famous film, 1981's Frankenstein Island.
- Although water-skiing is repeatedly referenced (and may be implied), there is no actual footage of water-skiing anywhere in the film.
- As with similar zombie-films of this era (such as Bela Lugosi's Bowery at Midnight), the zombies in this film are markedly unlike those portrayed in contemporary zombie-films. Instead, the zombies in Teenage Zombies appear like hypnotized persons.
External links
- Teenage Zombies at the Internet Movie Database
- Teenage Zombies is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- Teenage Zombies at AllMovie