Day: December 3, 2024
Dec
03
Hollywood’s First Horror: How White Zombie Shaped the Zombie Genre and Stigmatized Haitian Vodou
In 1932, the film White Zombie debuted as the first feature-length Hollywood horror film to focus on zombies. Directed by Victor Halperin, the movie introduced Western audiences to the concept of zombies as mindless beings controlled by occult forces. Unlike the modern flesh-eating undead, White Zombie drew heavily from Haitian Vodou practices, blending Gothic horror with mysticism. However, its […]