revolt of the zombie start with armand louque ( dean jagger ) try to convince general duval ( george cleveland ) that his mate tsiang ( william crowell ) be a priest who have the power to hypnotise people and render them under his control turn them into mindless zombie ( a bit like the people i work with really ) . anyway and tsiang be murder by colonel mazovia ( roy darcy ) but fail to gain the knowledge of turn people into zombie . an expedition have be set up by general duval to hunt for the secret since tsiang ain not go to tell them much anymore . general duval head the expedition along with his daughter claire ( dorothy stone ) who be engage to louque who also come along . during the expedition claire dump louque for his mate clifford grayson ( robert noland ) at which louque isn not too pleased about . in a way that could only happen in a film louque find the secret to turn people into zombie by himself and start to use his new found power to gain revenge on claire and clifford . co write and direct by victor halperin revolt of the zombie have a bad reputation and after watch it i can see why . the script by halperin and howard higgin and rollo lloyd all uncredited and have a good central idea but be kill stone cold dead by be dull and as exciting a watch paint dry . nothing much happen for age and then nothing much happen afterwards either . how halperin depict his zombie be different to that which most modern audience would consider to be a zombie and these zombie be just brainwash people and filmgoing audience would have to wait over thirty year before george a. romero would define what a zombie be now think a in night of the living dead ( 1968 ) . at only about an hour in length revolt of the zombie still feel too long . technically the film be ok consider it be make 70 year ago and the black and white cinematography be adequate although some of the scene look like they be shoot against a photo of the background location . the acting be wooden and largely unimpressive . revolt of the zombie might have be hot stuff in 1936 but it hasn not date well and in 2005 it an absolute chore to sit through . i believe the film be now public domain a it turn up on lot of ultra cheap dvd compilation and budget label and but it still not worth watch no matter how cheap you can get it for .