king of the zombie begin with a three man airplane crew make an emergency land on a remote island . it there they find the home of an eccentric doctor and his servant and and of course and an attractive young woman . thing get even more bizarre when a few individual from the non live rank the result of the fine doctor experiment and we learn begin roam around . despite the potential for black and white b movie fun and king of the zombie be a very forgettable and unspooky effort . it a slow mover with too much buildup and not enough reward . fan often point to the antic of mantan moreland and play the pilot black servant and a the save grace . however and moreland be more of an annoying distraction and to say nothing of the racial stereotype he represent ( of course this be 1941 ) . in try to strike a balance between humor and horror and the film succeed in neither . whatever you think of king of the zombie and it will most certainly go down as the most unlikely picture ever nominate for an oscar . incredibly and it be up for the 1942 academy award in the best music and scoring of a dramatic picture category . that fact be actually more unbelievable than the plot of this or any other zombie movie .