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Zombies of Mora Tau

Zombies of Mora Tau

1957Movie⏱️ 1h 10mApproved
ActionAdventureFantasyHorrorThriller
5.2
IMDB Rating
1,362 votes

Zombie-like, dead crewmen of a sunken ship have always prevented salvagers from claiming the wreck's legendary box of diamonds, but will a new group of treasure hunters succeed?

Director
Edward L. Cahn
Writers
George H. Plympton, Bernard Gordon
Stars
Gregg Palmer, Allison Hayes, Autumn Russell
Release Date
November 20, 1957
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Gregg Palmer
Gregg Palmer
as Jeff Clark
Allison Hayes
Allison Hayes
as Mona Harrison
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Autumn Russell
as Jan Peters
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Joel Ashley
as George Harrison
Morris Ankrum
Morris Ankrum
as Dr. Jonathan Eggert
Marjorie Eaton
Marjorie Eaton
as Grandmother Peters
Gene Roth
Gene Roth
as Sam
Leonard P. Geer
Leonard P. Geer
as Johnny
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Karl 'Killer' Davis
as Zombie
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William Baskin
as Zombie

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA
Production
Sam Katzman Productions

🏷️ Keywords

zombievoodoosailorwalking deadstock footage

🎯 Categories

B-HorrorActionAdventureFantasyHorrorThriller

⭐ Featured Review

She's undead, you idiots!
by marcslope2007-07-23
4/10

"One of the many plot implausibilities in this enjoyably awful Sam Katzman-produced dreck occurs when Allison Hayes, she of the killer figure, is murdered by diamond-loving zombies and becomes one of the walking dead. She's clearly a zombie; Marjorie Eaton, trying to preserve her dignity as the Maria Ouspenskaya-like hideous matron, tells everyone she's a zombie; she walks like a zombie, and her face is even blanker than when she was alive. But the rest of the avaricious crew treats her like a real live girl, vowing to get her to a doctor as soon as possible for a diagnosis. That lead..."

💡 Did You Know?

The prologue to the story reads in part, "On a shore that time has forgotten - there is a twilight zone between life and death," - thus using the now iconic phrase "twilight zone" two years before the premiere of Rod Serling's classic show.

📖 Synopsis

Zombie-like, dead crewmen of a sunken ship have always prevented salvagers from claiming the wreck's legendary box of diamonds, but will a new group of treasure hunters succeed?