The Dead One

The Dead One (1961)

EXOTIC VOODOO RITUALS

A voodoo priestess sends out zombies to bring back live victims for her sacrificial rituals.

Date of release
1961-01-13
TMDB
3.3 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Horror
Director
Barry Mahon

Casting

Interesting facts

The Dead One is a 1961 American independent horror film written, produced and directed by Barry Mahon. It stars John McKay, Linda Ormond, Monica Davis and Clyde Kelly. The narrative follows two cousins—one a businessman (McKay), the other a woman who practices Voodoo (Davis)—who each seek control of their family's Louisiana plantation.

Production

The Dead One is a regional horror film, according to critic Brian Albright. He defines a regional film as one that is "(a) filmed outside of the general professional and geographical confines of Hollywood, (b) produced independently, and (c) made with a cast and crew made up primarily of residents of the states in which the film was shot." The Dead One was filmed on location in New Orleans, Louisiana by the independent Mardi Gras Films, which pro…

The Dead One was shot in Eastmancolor and Ultrascope, a "form of Cinemascope from Germany" with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. It is significantly one of the first two zombie movies to be filmed in color, the other being the British Doctor Blood's Coffin. Both films were released in 1961, but it is "hard to know which one officially hit theaters [in the US] first.

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