I Walked with a Zombie is a 1943 horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur. It was the second horror film from producer Val Lewton for RKO Pictures; the first was the very successful Cat People, also directed by Tourneur. Betsy Connell , a Canadian nurse, relates in a voiceover narration how she once "walked with a zombie." Betsy is hired to care for the wife of Paul Holland , a sugar plantation owner on the Caribbean island of Saint Sebastian. Saint Sebastian is inhabited by a small white community and descendants of African slaves. Betsy is brought to Fort Holland, where she is told the... story of how the Hollands brought the slaves to the island, and that the statue of "Ti-Misery" in the courtyard is the figurehead from a slave ship. That night at dinner, Betsy meets Paul's half-brother Wesley Rand , who works for him. While getting ready for bed, Betsy hears a woman crying. When she investigates, she is cornered by her patient, Jessica Holland, whom she had not yet met. Jessica walks towards her in a white robe, her eyes staring. Betsy screams, waking the rest of the household.
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| Release date: | 1943 |
| Directed by: | Jacques Tourneur |
| Runtime: | 69 Minutes |
| Producer: | Val Lewton |
| Editor: | Mark Robson |
| Music by: | Roy Webb |
| Cinematography: | J. Roy Hunt |
| Screenplay by: | Inez Wallace, Curt Siodmak, Ardel Wray |
| Adapted from: | Jane Eyre |