Hooptober 12.0 – White Zombie (1932)
Being Film #17 for Hooptober 2025
Sometimes a movie is so good, it doesn’t matter the condition you see it. In a world of 4K, Dolby Vision, IMAX, and other buzzwords for the highest of definitions, a picture ultimately rests on its construction and execution. That being said, I wish some of that visual pizzazz could have been used in the tired, washed out low-budget schlock that is White Zombie. Alas, I watched this dismal Bela Lugosi vehicle in a terrible colorized transfer, so alarming in its greenish, vomit-like hues I was scrambling to find my original TV remote so I could at least turn the color off and have a measure of relief. Would a better viewing experience have made the film better in my eyes? Maybe in the literal fashion, but I think that would be it.
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