A plane carrying a U.S. government agent, his valet and a pilot crashlands on a remote island on the way to the Bahamas. Here they find, Dr. Sangre, a Lugosi-esque mad scientist-type who just happens to have a mansion infested with the living dead.
At midnight, they are said to attack the living.
Originally set to be a straight horror film, production changes were made to make it more comedic following the success of Bob Hope's Ghostbreakers the year before. Monogram Pictures cinched it so by bringing in their leading bug-eyed funnyman, Mantan Moreland.
Laughs outnumber the scares in this mystery flick with elements of Dracula, King Kong, Abbott & Costello, and Scooby-Doo, (especially in the wrap-up,) so this may well be the very first "Zom-Com!"
The zombies are of the voodoo variety and, sadly, onscreen for too-brief amount of time, and provide minimal threat when they are.
The ZMR gave it a 2.5 rating but doesn't take its dated nature into consideration.
This is less for zombie movie fans than it is for classic movie buffs, and Mantan Moreland not only steals every scene he is in, but the whole damned movie!
Here is the movie trailer: KING OF THE ZOMBIES
I am sure that the whole film is also available on YouTube if you like what you see!
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