Teenage Zombies
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 date | April 1960[1] |
Running time | 73 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Teenage Zombies is a 1960 black and white horror science fiction film, written and directed by Jerry Warren. Although the film's credits include a 1957 copyright statement for G.B.M. Productions, the film was not registered for copyright at the time of its release.[1]
Plot
While taking their boat out for some water-skiing, a quartet of teens named 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 (Katherine Victor) who, backed by foreign agents from "the East", intends to turn everyone in the United States into mindlessly obedient zombies.
The teenagers are captured by the hulking, bearded zombie Ivan (Chuck Niles) and imprisoned in cages down in Myra's basement, but the boys manage to escape, planning to find a way off the island and then come back to rescue the girls. When a couple of their young friends arrive with the local sheriff to save them, he turns out to be in league with Myra and has been supplying her with victims for her experiments.
A complicated fight scene serves as the climax, in which a previously zombified gorilla arrives just in time to attack Myra's henchmen and allow the teens to escape. When they are safely back on the mainland and the proper authorities informed, 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
External links
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- Teenage Zombies at AllMovie
References
- 1 2 "Teenage Zombies". American Film Institute. Retrieved May 2, 2017.