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Isla de sortilegio

Título original: Voodoo Island
  • 1957
  • Approved
  • 1h 16min
PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
4,6/10
1,1 mil
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Boris Karloff and Beverly Tyler in Isla de sortilegio (1957)
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Añade un argumento en tu idiomaA scholarly type is asked to investigate the possible island site for a large resort hotel--an island rumored to be infested with zombies.A scholarly type is asked to investigate the possible island site for a large resort hotel--an island rumored to be infested with zombies.A scholarly type is asked to investigate the possible island site for a large resort hotel--an island rumored to be infested with zombies.

  • Dirección
    • Reginald Le Borg
  • Guión
    • Richard H. Landau
  • Reparto principal
    • Boris Karloff
    • Beverly Tyler
    • Murvyn Vye
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  • PUNTUACIÓN EN IMDb
    4,6/10
    1,1 mil
    TU PUNTUACIÓN
    • Dirección
      • Reginald Le Borg
    • Guión
      • Richard H. Landau
    • Reparto principal
      • Boris Karloff
      • Beverly Tyler
      • Murvyn Vye
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    Boris Karloff
    Boris Karloff
    • Phillip Knight
    Beverly Tyler
    Beverly Tyler
    • Sarah Adams
    Murvyn Vye
    Murvyn Vye
    • Barney Finch
    Elisha Cook Jr.
    Elisha Cook Jr.
    • Martin Schuyler
    • (as Elisha Cook)
    Rhodes Reason
    Rhodes Reason
    • Matthew Gunn
    Jean Engstrom
    Jean Engstrom
    • Claire Winter
    Friedrich von Ledebur
    Friedrich von Ledebur
    • Native Chief
    • (as Frederich Ledebur)
    Glenn Dixon
    • Mitchell
    Owen Cunningham
    • Howard Carlton
    Herbert Patterson
    • Dr. Wilding
    Gerald Frank
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    Adam West
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      • Reginald Le Borg
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      • Richard H. Landau
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    5ferbs54

    For Uncle Boris Completists Only

    The 1957 Boris Karloff film "Voodoo Island" seems to have a widespread reputation as being one of the actor's all-time worst, so it was with a feeling of resignation and borderline cinematic masochism that I popped this DVD into the player the other night. "Voodoo Island" was Karloff's first horror picture in four years, his only release for 1957; he would rebound a bit the following year, with the releases of the fun shlockfest "Frankenstein 1970" and the even better (British) film "Grip of the Strangler." Filmed on the Hawaiian island of Kauai on the cheap, the picture turns out to be a modest little B film that, despite its many flaws, still retains a certain strange charm.

    In it, Boris plays a character named Phillip Knight, who seems to be a professional debunker of popular myths. Knight, when we first encounter him, has already disproved the legends of the Loch Ness monster and a Nantucket sea creature, and now, the owner of an international hotel chain wants him to hightail it to the Pacific island that the company hopes to build on. It seems that a party of men has already been lost there, the only survivor being in an unqualified zombie state. So off Knight goes, accompanied by his beautiful but prim research assistant (played by Scranton-born Beverly Tyler), a tough blonde architect/designer (Jean Engstrom), the zombie and his doctor, and a hotel chain rep (Murvyn Vye). En route, they stop over at a nearby island, where they charter a boat from its greedy owner (the great character actor Elisha Cook, Jr., always a welcome presence in any film) and his hunky-dude right-hand man (played by Rhodes Reason, who my fellow Trekkers may recall as Flavius from the episode "Bread and Circuses"). And then...it is on to the eponymous Voodoo Island....

    So, you might be asking yourself at this point, just how bad IS "Voodoo Island"? Well, I'm not gonna lie to you: Objectively speaking, the film really IS pretty lame. Not the slightest bit scary and only occasionally suspenseful, the picture also suffers from a weak script and an ending that even the most forgiving viewer would categorize as a letdown...and an overly abrupt letdown, at that. Seemingly inevitable is the halfhearted romantic subplot that we must bear with, as Knight's lovely but repressed assistant and the Reason character (who I suppose suffers with what today is termed PTSD) squabble, make up and discover love. None of the characters are all that likable, and even Karloff's is something of a stuck-up know-it-all (or so he thinks). The direction by Reginald LeBorg (whose previous "psychotronic" credits include "Weird Woman," "The Mummy's Ghost" and "Dead Man's Eyes," all from 1944) is uninspired, the FX are weak, and the beautiful Hawaiian scenery...well, let's just say that it's a shame that this thing was not shot in color!

    Fortunately, though, there IS some good news, especially for Karloff's fans. For that special breed (of which I count myself a member), any opportunity to watch this fascinating actor, and to hear that wonderfully mellifluous voice, is a pleasurable one. Simply stated: Boris saves this movie from being a total loss just by his mere presence. Plus, once on Voodoo Island, the picture becomes very much a "safari film," a subgenre for which I have been a sucker ever since I was a little kid. And then there are those cobra-headed, carnivorous plants, easily the most horrific aspect of the film, and they DO make for some cheezy fun. The acting by one and all is better than this material would seem to demand, and...well, that's about it. I really cannot come up with any more pluses, no matter how hard I try. Truth to tell, this film really is for Uncle Boris completists only. I'm not sure if it's his worst, as I still have never experienced such supposed late-career stinkers as "Snake People" and "Cauldron of Blood," but of the 40 Karloff films that I have seen, this one is certainly right near the bottom. On the flip side of this MGM DVD can be found the 1959 chiller "The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake," another film dealing with the subject of voodoo, and this is where the real horrors reside on this disc. "The public loves to be scared," Phillip Knight tells us at one point; too bad his picture just isn't up to the task!
    youroldpaljim

    Not as bad as its reputation suggests.

    I first saw this film on T.V. when I was about six years old back in the 1960s. Years later I heard this film was pretty bad. I happened to recently find a badly transfered video copy at my local video. I took it home and watched it. I did not find it as bad as I expected. The parts I liked as a kid I still found effective. Critics slammed Boris Karloff here, but he is smooth and professional. However I don't think anyone would say this was one of his best performances. The best performance in the film is Elisha Cook. The ending sequence is quite creepy and Cook pulls it off well. The rest of the cast just goes through the motions. The script however, leaves a lot to be desired. As far as I know, nothing remotely like Voodoo is practised in Polynesia where this film takes place. I also was annoyed with the mish mash of supernatural and science fiction elements. The giant carnivorous plants are explained as relics from a prehistoric age; hence science fiction. The Voodoo stuff is purely supernatural fantasy. The giant plants are effective. In frightening scene, they swallow a little girl. However they have nothing to do with the plot. They are thrown in just to use up running time and seem almost to have dropped in from some other film. None the less, this film does have a few good shocks.
    3JoeB131

    Not sure how MST3K missed this one!

    This movie was kind of sad to watch, because Karloff is a much better actor than this kind of tripe. It is always a sad commentary when the actors care more about the quality of a movie than the writers, directors and producers, who just were happy to tack Karloff's name on this turkey and run with it...

    Okay, apparently, the writers didn't know anything about Voodoo, other than Voodoo dolls and Zombies. They didn't know enough to know that Voodoo happens in the Caribbean, not in the South Pacific. I think this might have been an excuse for everyone to go to Hawaii...

    So the characters land on this island and encounter these man-eating plants that resemble... well, I won't tell you what they look like other than to say I am amazed they got past the censors in 1959. Apparently these plants feed by people being so dumb as to walk right into them, not only the explorers, but apparently, natives on this island as well...
    8carolynpaetow

    Cuckoo Island

    This odd little film is--oddly enough--good because it is so badly done. For starters, it concerns some sort of South Seas witchcraft instead of voodoo. And many viewers probably feel bewitched while trying to figure out all the confusing plot devices and glaring gaps in the storyline. One can easily get the impression that minimal direction has allowed the players to conjure their own magic in regard to their individual roles. Some ring as hollow as a dried-out gourd, like those of Boris Karloff and Elisha Cook, Jr., actors who certainly knew how to move the spirit in melodramas. Rhodes Reason, on the other hand, puts yeoman effort into his boat-captain portrayal, struggling at times to make schmaltzy lines sound serious. Beverly Tyler, as Karloff's all-business assistant, lays it on thick as a prissy prig, high-mindedly brushing off the attentions of Reason and Jean Engstrom, who, as elegant decorator Miss Winters, delivers a subtle but nonetheless obvious portrayal of a lesbian. In such a lightweight, run-of-the-mill script, Engstrom's character probably could have emerged as merely a sophisticate trying to glamorize Tyler's dowdy Sarah Adams and rebuff Reason's rough-hewn Matthew Gunn. But Engstrom intricately weaves a fascinating, on-the-QT characterization that steals every scene she is in. Both women have to contend with predatory phallic-looking plants as well as the macho ministrations of Reason. And there are threats posed by hexing island natives and their oddly Anglo chief. All in all, a fun flick to be marooned in for an hour or so!
    5Doylenf

    Boris Karloff is the only reason for watching...

    "Zombies and chomping plants greet an expedition led by a debunker of the occult." That's the description of VOODOO ISLAND given by TCM and it hits the mark. But the only real reason for watching is the presence of BORIS KARLOFF as the debunker. Others in the cast do little to help the project, but include BEVERLY TYLER as a frigid assistant to Karloff and RHODES REASON as the stalwart leader of the group. His romance with Tyler gets off to a bad start but heats up before the final reel.

    The special effects are unintentionally funny, especially a scene where one of the young ladies is attacked by a carnivorous plant. Les Baxter's score is a major asset though, accenting whatever danger is indicated by the script.

    But overall, the film is a distinct letdown for anyone expecting a good zombie movie. Most of the action takes place in bright sunlight amid sets that look like leftovers from Fantasy Island.

    Summing up: Karloff admirers won't mind watching him here, but no one is likely to be impressed by the lame storyline.

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      Film debut of Adam West.
    • Pifias
      The island is supposedly uninhabited, but when rushing to investigate Claire's scream the characters run down a dirt road with recognizable vehicle tire tracks on it. In the next scene they follow an obviously human made path to the side of a lake.
    • Citas

      Matthew Gunn: I haven't been close to a woman for a long time.

      Claire Winter: Let's keep it that way, shall we? You stay out of my world and I'll stay out of yours.

      Matthew Gunn: That wasn't my idea.

      Claire Winter: It was mine.

      Matthew Gunn: What is your world?

      Claire Winter: Very private, Mr. Gunn. Very exclusive.

      Matthew Gunn: And very special too.

      Claire Winter: VERY special.

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      • febrero de 1957 (Estados Unidos)
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      • L'illa del vudú
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      • Kaua'i, Hawái, Estados Unidos
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